ABOUT THE AUTHORS
MICHAEL WALLACE has more than 35 years of experience in the information systems field. He began his career as a mainframe operator for Super Food Services and then moved to a programming position at Reynolds & Reynolds, where he developed financial applications for automotive dealers.
He became a consultant after graduating magna cum laude from Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science. For eight years he was president of Q Consulting, a custom application development firm. He has been an application developer, a business analyst, Agile coach, and a technical and business consultant assisting companies in using information technology to solve business problems.
Wallace has served on the board of directors of various IT user organizations and is active in the local technical community. He served as president of the Columbus Chapter of the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP), is a Competent Toastmaster and Competent Leader with Toastmasters International, and graduated from the Executive MBA program at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.
After working as a practice manager and director for the last few years, Wallace is now a Principal Consultant at Cardinal Solutions, which provides clients with guidance on IT strategy, application development, business intelligence, disaster recovery planning, and policies and procedures. He has also taught in the graduate programs at The Ohio State University and DeVry University Keller Graduate School of Management and has published several articles and books on business and technology topics.
Wallace can be reached by email at [email protected].
LAWRENCE WEBBER has more than 35 years of experience in the information services field. He began his career in the U.S. Marine Corps as a field radio operator, then was trained as a digital network repairman and finally moved to a position as a COBOL programmer supporting the Marines’ Logistics traffic management systems.
He has worked as a COBOL programmer/analyst, end-user computing manager for a major telecommunications company, and the IT manager for a major law firm. More recently he has supported the factory systems for major Ohio manufacturers as an IT project manager.
Webber has an Associate in Science degree from Darton College (Albany, Georgia) in Data Processing; a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and an MBA, both from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri; and an Associate in Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. He also holds a Master of Project Management degree from West Carolina University. As an adjunct associate professor, he has taught graduate project management for the Keller Graduate School of Management.
Webber retired from the U.S. Army Reserve as a First Sergeant in the Infantry. He is certified as a Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute and in Production and Inventory Management by APICS; he is a certified Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt and an ITIL Service Manager. He also holds CompTIA certifications for Network+, Security+, A+, and Project+. He has previously published numerous books on quality control, IT governance, military and veterans benefits, Green Tech, and project management.
Webber can be reached by e-mail at [email protected].