Gregory Gerard is an engineer, though not the cool kind that drives a train. In his career, he's brought up new hardware, lived inside networking stacks, had fun with writing HDTV decoders, and written oodles of applications, thick, thin and web depending on the terminology in vogue at the time. He¹s had the pleasure of working for Apple Computer, Sony Electronics, Compaq Computer, and Aceva Technologies and is a managing partner of Southgate Consulting Group. When not tanning in front of a computer screen, you¹ll find him climbing rocks. He can be reached at ggerard@southgatecg.com or ggerard@mac.com.