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SuccessInc was an incubator project started for businesses to interconnect with customers within a network. Minix OS was used as a Shell Access exchange server to develop an Online Recruitment Board in 1987. ExecPC BBS Bulletin Board Services was setup for SuccessInc application user posts and questions. BBS was the Social Media Dial Up Ancestor.

The first project or APP1 was created on a SuccessInc server setup as a data exchange between the University Network UUNET and Employment Boards which was the first known ASP service provider in 1988.

As a note Milinx was launched in 1997 to build global infrastructure for new ASP technologies. Unix was used in the backend SunMicrosystems servers and the first commercial ASP or remote mobile app developed and launched by Milinx in 2000-2001.

During the development of SuccessInc a pivot was required to have a viable market for our platform that could pay monthly fees to cover T1 Network costs. In that process we realized the credit market seemed to be out of balance. We also had found a weakness in security of credit agencies and notified them we were able to download from their portal all the reports internal and public. It was two discoveries in one.

As a result AssuredCard was launched in "1994-1999" as a service to reduce credit stress related to payments and over the limit fees. We processed and registered over 10,000 customers and never had a single customer account breached even after launching new online digital technology systems.

We were very cognizant of security issues for customers even though at that time the applications came in by mail. We knew we needed to create a secure backend for registration as well payments. Initially we had implemented what was the best possible structure for security using two separate networks. One with newly released Windows NT which had access to the internet and the other using Novell NetWare which was used for customer accounts accessible by a separate department. We needed to link the two together in a secure manner for updating accounts online to make the operation efficient. AssuredCredit was created for that purpose.

In 1994 AssuredCard processed online payment requests in-house for security reasons. It was not until the technology was available to secure communications between systems and browsers AssuredCredit offered an on-premise version.

The AssuredCredit Web Portal was developed in 1997 as an Intranet and launched in 1998 as the Web Portal for AssuredCard operations including the original ASP CRM and Accounting applications of 1994. It was a  testing ground for the Origins of the Online Payment Gateway released Dec 1998 and launched early 1999.

The successor "Hosted" technology used Netscape Crossware and Oracle COBRA technology for the front-end UI. The backend framework and database schema were replicated within the Milinx ASP applications and updated for the new Milinx ASP hosted architecture using SunMicrosystems, Oracle, Cisco and Netscape.

Relational and meta database functionality were added for Milinx miCRM, miCollaboration (sometimes referred to SocialCollab) and the eCommerce application suite using the Oracle Netscape Javabeans architecture and database engine.

The portal was again re-engineered for the Suite of Commerce Applications under Milinx miPortal which included Advanced Search & Merchant Payment Gateway Management within miPay, miBilling and miStore. The new portal also included access to the network, wireless, mobile, and storage applications through the integrated Milinx ASPConnect authorization engine and gateway.

It was developed with the Oracle 8i database engine for hosted services and Javabeans updated layer. The ASP miPortal included 9i updates with a Universal API and toolkit for ASP applications using the Universal Hosted Desktop framework.

The Hosted Data Center Global Architecture enabled 300,000 concurrent connections with 24/7 fail over and 99% uptime guarantee. It also had the highest industry level data and connection security for users and administrators.

Milinx named as a derivative of Minix, a Unix OS used to develop the original ASP server in 1988 by SuccessInc. AssuredCredit technology was merged into Milinx as a separate entity to provide Online Payment Gateway services to financial institutions.

During my tenure as President & CEO from 1997-2001 Milinx was an innovation and development powerhouse. The company, governance, financial and strategic direction was solid and successful. This site represents the state of the company while I was CEO. SuccessInc, AssuredCredit, AssuredCard & Milinx content was directly pulled from website archive links, uspto.gov, sec.gov and public company news publications.

The strategic direction we charted, and accelerated growth made us leaders. In almost all areas we were innovators including: cloud; wireless; mobile; Saas (ASP); payment gateways; bio-encryption; text-to-speech; voice-response; meta relational databases and more. Years and in some cases decades ahead of our time.

Our philosophy is unchanged. Build a more balanced future for all digital users, we call digital citizens.

Maynard L. Dokken (2022)

NOTE: In 2001 after 14 years of research, development, disruptive innovations and much success in the ASP industry I left as an Officer and Director of Milinx. The market had become unstable and I could not see the direction the new management team,  selected by shareholders excluding directors, was going to add any real value. We had already exceeded 30,000 active users for a cutting edge technology. Their pivot ultimately caused the collapse of the project and operational market entity. We formed a foundation called MarkCrest to continue our endeavors and to support innovators and inventors worldwide.

MarkCrest has evolved since the "original MarkCrest 2002-2010" MarkCrest was created in 2002 as a foundation to assist entrepreneurs with Intellectual Property ("IP"). The focus was development and monetization of IP including for technology, financial services and business operations including supply chains.

Up and until the unfortunate event or accident of 2009 when a drunk driver almost ended his life and career he had accomplished a great deal. Valuations of almost $500 million for intellectual property of clients. We look forward to recovering that momentum and shaping the future of this incredible industry.

At the time of the accident Maynard L. Dokken had several unfinished applications in the area of financial services, AI and business processes which he is redeveloping for his next project. The lawfirm that handled the legal arranged to file two of his working IP projects as is. He is very grateful for their support during those very trying times.

MarkCrest focus has been at the forefront of monetization for IP. You will notice the term value being used in many forms. The potential of intellectual property is evolving and in many ways undiscovered.

MarkCrest researched the many different areas of practices for protection of IP including trademark, copyright, patents and other types of intangibles protection to protect untapped potential for many organizations that can be turned into cash or competitive advantage.

The RIF Industries model holds true as UN Global Compact, Gartner, EY, Deloitte, ALM & HFS Research reveal, we had the future in our hands in 2009. The vision of an open source market solution optimizing automation, intelligence, resiliency & sustainability still applies.

Key players in the global supply chain management (“SCM”) market including SAP SE, Oracle, The Descartes Systems Group, Infor, IBM, Manhattan Associates, and Logility among others have dominance. We are very different yet as global or more.

A simple solution, supply chains that changed their reliance on centralized entities such as conglomerates. Centralized models that could easily cause stresses on commerce and ultimately the economy in the event operators were impaired by factors unrelated to their industry, vertical, product or service.

Even factors related to Supply Chain Operators (“SCO”) such as massive supplier shortages, backed-up transport networks, and miscalculated Environment, Social and Governance (“ESG”) factors or metrics can be mitigated.

The principle focus is two fold: to see if stresses could be overcome if the core resources needed to create value at each step or segment with an add value services framework could be delivered online; and build an Advanced Supply Chain Portal for Supply Chain Operators ("SCO") and User's Projects in a simplified user experience for transacting business.

The "Next Generation" step involved AI (Artificial Intelligence) & ML (Machine Learning) in a shared core framework to deliver information necessary for all stakeholders to forecast and manage core supplies and stresses in the supply chain before they cause downstream expenses.

The challenges were many including the need to control the launch in two pieces: confirm market acceptance of the model; then finish the Advanced Supply Chain Portal. During this process implement and enforce controls to protect and manage the idea or IP.

Conglomerates controlling resource monopolies and platforms such as Alibaba controlling most value add supply chains were the focus. The supply chain needs options including a more inclusive model. RIFIndustries has been working on solutions for these and other core issues to enable sustainable procurement visibility, decentralization, resiliency, and advanced technology adoption.

The Interruption
During the course of this project the principal driver of the vision was Maynard L. Dokken. In October of 2009 he was hit by a drunk driver while getting into a cab after a meeting in Toronto. He had only been back in downtown for 45 minutes. He had a major appointment the next day for negotiating a partnership with one of the largest Trading Companies in the World. The focus was to take back the market from Alibaba with this new technology.

Legal & Recovery
The interruption provided an opportunity for individuals, entities, and statutory bodies entrusted with the responsibility to regulate capital markets and criminal activities to work together to support those individuals and entities that acted in a criminal manner and undermined the vision in many cases with malfeasance.

When Maynard L. Dokken had recovered from what was designated “catastrophic” injuries one of his first focuses was getting the product delivered to the customers. A lawsuit was filed in King County Superior Court and a multi million dollar judgment was awarded to the company.

At this point Maynard L. Dokken had run out of resources and had outstanding legal bills. Even though the judgment was served on a principal vendor that had failed to deliver they were unable to collect on the award. More funds were needed to track and serve the group of defendants and seek the monetary damages awarded.

He is currently working to rebuild this legal fund from his own work and collect on the judgment for the customers. He will then commence action for compensation on damages to the project.

Finish What We Started
Ahead of the curve going towards automation, the digital supply chain twin, analytics everywhere, open source security mesh, ecosystem collaboration and sustainability. We can become the leaders again. We are ready to complete the “Next Generation” supply chain model. As they say earlier is better!

Dec 11, 2000 - MAYNARD L. DOKKEN is President and CEO of Milinx Business Group, a company that offers its own software applications to businesses over the Internet. Mr. Dokken founded Milinx in 1997, and the company now has over 125 employees, with expectations to double that number in the near future. As early as a decade ago, Mr. Dokken was at the forefront of the commercial use of the Internet, when he established Success, Inc., an online corporate recruitment company. In 1994, he developed a package of software services for small businesses. The sale by subscription of this software over the Internet in 1998 presaged the Application Service Provider (ASP) model which many high-tech companies have embraced in the past year.