He has been a program manager, team leader, project lead, technical lead, and analyst. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, he is a veteran with more than 2,500 hours of flying time as a navigator and bombardier in the B-52. He has co-authored three other books, Teach Yourself NT Workstation in 24 Hours, Teach Yourself ODBC Programming in 21 Days, and Teach Yourself ActiveX in 21 Days.