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About the Author
Donald Norris has a degree in electrical engineering and an
MBA specializing in production management. He is currently
teaching undergrad and grad courses in the IT subject area at
Southern New Hampshire University. He has also created and
taught several robotics courses there. He has over 30 years
of teaching experience as an adjunct professor at a variety of
colleges and universities.
Mr. Norris retired from civilian government service with
the U.S. Navy, where he specialized in acoustics related to
nuclear submarines and associated advanced digital signal
processing. Since then, he has spent more than 17 years as a
professional software developer using C, C#, C++, Python, and
Java, as well as 5 years as a certified IT security consultant.
Mr. Norris started a consultancy, Norris Embedded
Software Solutions (dba NESS LLC), which specializes in
developing application solutions using microprocessors and
microcontrollers. He likes to think of himself as a perpetual
hobbyist and geek, and is always trying out new approaches
and out-of-the-box experiments. He is a licensed private pilot,
active member of the Civil Air Patrol, photography buff,
amateur radio operator, and avid runner.
Mr. Norris is also the author of the TAB McGraw-Hill book
Raspberry Pi Projects for the Evil Genius.