Bob Shockey

Bob has lived in Southern California for over 30 years. He graduated from Otis Art Institute in 1986, and worked in the publishing and visual effects fields for the next 15 years, where he learned many useful design and technical skills. He started writing FileMaker databases in 1991. Bob quickly fell in love with the power and elegance of FileMaker database programming, and used his development skills to increasingly greater effect over the years. In 1999, Bob started Shockey Solutions (later renamed to The Alchemy Group) to give his passion full attention, and he has never looked back.

Bob Shockey has spoken many times, at the FileMaker Developer Convention in San Diego, San Antonio, and Miami Beach; at Pause on Error in Portland; and at FMDiSC on a wide range of topics, including customer support, interface design, and scheduling in FileMaker; he currently serves as a member of the FMDiSC Advisory Board. He has also written for FileMaker Advisor Magazine, and was awarded the top prize in FileMaker Inc.’s 2004 DevCon Solution Contest. He is a FileMaker Certified Developer.