← Portfolio Archive 1997 CBT IDE
FIRST TECH SOURCE / INTERACTIVE DEVELOPER
$500k Angel Round • Free Embedded Relational DB Active
$500,000 Angel-Funded CBT Authoring Engine • Circa 1997 - 2001

First Tech Source "Interactive Developer" Studio

Founded in 1997 by John Jensen and David Dombrowski in Orlando, Florida. Raising a $500,000 angel investment round, David directed the technical architecture alongside PhD technical writers, instructional designers, and artists to create "Interactive Developer" - a groundbreaking CBT IDE that enabled non-coders to assemble media assets, branching tests, and certification engines into cohesive courseware.

1997 CBT Studio Architecture: Windows 95/NT • Proprietary Interactive Developer IDE • Visual Scripting Canvas • Audio/Video SMPTE Alignment • Standalone Compiler.
Resurrected 2026 Engine: PHP 8.2+ • Free Embedded Relational DB • Node Flow Visualizer • Module Manifest Generator.
Exported Packages MANIFEST
FTS-MED-LAKELAND-1998.PKG
Release: v2.4.1
SHA256:7a89f90bce32410a8d79
FTS-SMURFIT-BOILER-1999.PKG
Release: v3.1.0
SHA256:4b91180de4819aa3bc78
ACTIVE AUTHORING SUITE

Industrial Smurfit High-Pressure Boiler SMOP

Client: Jefferson Smurfit Container Corp
Status: PUBLISHED

Interactive Screen Hierarchy & Audio Synchronization Flow

Add Screen Node to Course Manifest

Explore All 9 Resurrected Apps: 1. Op-T-Soft (1993) 2. E-Medtrain (1994) 3. First Source (1996) 4. First Tech Source (1997) 5. E-Net.com (1998) 6. Taxfree.com (2000) 7. Sherrod Vans (2005) 8. PlanMyItinerary (2008) 9. UNF 1986 Lab Simulator