Michael Kahn has worked in software development for nearly two decades. He has worked in a wide range of environments, including defense projects, factory automation, instrumentation, and consumer electronics. He has worked for American, European, and Japanese companies and has worked for both large companies having over 10,000 employees and small companies with less than 100. This wide range of applications and corporate cultures has provided the background on which much the information in this book was developed. He holds a B.S.E.E. degree from Drexel University, and an M.S.E.E. from New Jersey Institute of Technology.