About Sonata

Sonata designs and develops database systems using Filemaker Pro, or Servoy with MySQL. Aesthetically appealing and intuitive user interfaces create a friendly user experience that supports the business logic of the client.

Jim Schliestett, Sonata founder, has been designing systems for business, education, and non-profit organizations since 1994. Projects range from simple contact management databases to sophisticated vertical market products and internal business solutions, always with an emphasis on intuitive user experience.

Jim is a member of the FileMaker Business Alliance and the Servoy Alliance Network.

Prior to taking up this kind of software design, Jim was an interactive music and visual artist/ programmer with Cyberlab7 in San Francisco. Before that, he was a high school teacher and counselor in Watsonville, CA. Before that, he was a commercial artist in Santa Cruz. Before that, a rock guitarist. Before that, well... you don't want to know...