Business

Joe formed Joseph Yoder Enterprises, Inc., in 1995 as a software-consulting firm to assist companies with the development of software applications, specifically object-oriented and web-based systems.

In addition to extensive research and field work in the area of Object-Oriented technology, Joseph Yoder has been an entrepreneur in various areas of business. The Local Biz.com idea began as way for local businesses to improve their competitive edge with the large corporate businesses in the area. So far there are three Local Biz sites: CULocalBiz.com, Dsm LocalBiz.com, and Cedar Valley LocalBiz.com. We created a community network of locally owned businesses that support each other. By becoming a member, each business benefits from our advertising campaign, in television, radio, and newspaper. We do a lot of outreach in the community, including sponsoring various events, hosting a calendar of events on our site, and community resource pages. We hope to expand our community services in the coming year.

I am also a principle of The Refactory. The Refactory, Inc. provides many services that cover all different aspects of the software development process. We specialize in everything that deals with Object-Orientation, ranging from Analysis and Design, Building Frameworks, Refactoring, Testing, and eXtreme Programming. We offer on-site and public Consulting, Mentoring, Training, and Programming. The Refactory, Inc. offers training and mentoring with OO concepts including advanced topics such as patterns, refactoring, and adaptive object-models.
 

I am currently a standing member of the Hillside Group. The Hillside Group is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving human communication about computers by encouraging people to codify common programming and design practice. They sponsor conferences (like PLoP, EuroPLoP, Using Patterns, ChiliPLoP, Mensore PLoP, KoalaPLoP, Viking PLoP and SugarLoafPLoP) and also host the patterns home page.