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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Charles Bergren has an MSEE from Cornell University and has been a top-notch EE
for over 30 years. He has a consulting engineering firm, http://www.bdesigncorp.com,
and has served as VP of Engineering in numerous companies. His design work includes:
Robotic Tape Libraries Building high-speed network control processors for
storage systems.
Voice Processing Systems For voice recognition and text-to-speech applications
Vision Systems For the visual tracking of bacteria and DSP
Video Systems For MPEG video compression and satellite broadcasting
Power Control Systems For solar powered systems and nuclear reactor monitors
Communication Systems For wireless RF and free space laser networks

He has taught academic and technical courses from kindergarten through college. His
work teaching and playing lacrosse has led to two observations:
Nothing prepares you for the world like teaching proxy warfare to JHS boys
After people chase you with sticks for 2 hours, nothing else can hurt you the
rest of the week.

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