Dr. Georges Merx is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department

of Computer and Information Sciences at San Diego Mesa College. He also

regularly teaches courses as a visiting professor at University of

California, San Diego (Department of Computer Science and Engineering) as

well as UCSD Extension and National University. In addition to his teaching

practice, Dr. Merx has over twenty years of industry experience in software

development as a software engineer, human interface architect, manager, and

company executive.

Dr. Merx holds a Ph.D. in Education from Claremont Graduate University

(joint program with San Diego State University), as well as M.S. and B.S.

degrees in Information Systems from SDSU.

Dr. Ronald J.Norman is an internationally known speaker, author, educator

and researcher. He has written over a million lines of code and built

hundreds of business applications for dozens of global enterprises. He has published

over three dozen software engineering articles and written an object-oriented software

engineering book.

Dr. Norman is currently a Professor at National University in San Diego,

California. He has held field technical leadership and mentoring positions

with Borland, TogetherSoft, Ivis Technologies, and Data Based Decisions,

Inc., as well as a long tenured professorship at San Diego State University.

Norman holds B.S. and M.S. degrees as well as a Ph.D. - all related to the

software industry - and is also a Certified Computer Professional.