Michael StockdellAfter graduating from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor's degree in English, Mr. Stockdell began a career in systems work, which at the time included manual as well as computerized processes. After three years in Federal government employ, dring which time he wrote what was considered to be the best systems report ever created in the Department of Agriculture, he took a job as a Systems Analyst for an internal computer department. For the next twenty-five years he was involved in a variety of jobs in high tech, both in business and engineering/ scientific computing. He was responsible for an integrated Order Entry System, which included Billing, Shipping, Inventory Control, Sales Analysis, and Accounts Receivable, which led to the company becoming first in its industry in order-delivery cycle. He was a Management Consultant for a (then) Big Eight accounting firm and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation's Management Consulting program. In the late 1980s he became Executive Vice President of Paralex, a startup Parallel supercomputer company. This is the origin of this book. Read More Read Less