After serving a career in the United States Air Force, I left the service to pursue a career in engineering and programming (I have a Master's of Science degree in Computer Engineering). I quickly was drawn to Windows programming as I knew I could design and sell products using just my own PC as the development environment. Of course, this was in 1995 when such things were indeed possible.

So I started Endurasoft in 1997 and began marketing a suite of ActiveX controls I'd written that either mimicked controls I'd used with Silicon Graphics workstations or added functionality I'd seen in other Windows applications that wasn't widely available otherwise. I spent a lot of money and time, neither of which I had, and basically didn't sell many units (what I did sell, I had no bug reports from, so I am gratified in that regard).

So I turned to another goal I'd set for myself, one of writing a book. In fact, I've now authored four books and had a significant hand in two others. I've also reviewed dozens of books prior to their printing and hopefully contributed beneficially there.

I now find myself teaching and consulting for Wintellect. I specialize in Windows distributed application development, smart client technology, XML-based technology, and Microsoft's relatively new .NET initiative, where I write all manner of applications using this very cool technology.

I'd like to get back to product development someday...I've learned a lot about marketing and the business world and will take another stab at it. I also play to write a fictional novel, perhaps even something Tom Clancy-like. :)