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Michael J. Tobler

Biography

Michael J. Tobler, based in Houston, TX, maintains experience as a technical
account manager and as a software consultant. He has more than 19 years
experience working on software development projects and now specializes in
the planning, designing, and development of object-oriented multi-tier systems.

A dedicated methodologist, he is a practitioner of the Rational Unified Process
from IBM* (RUP at Wiki) and the Extreme Programming (XP at Wiki) discipline.
Michael actively engages in project management activities and identifies
business opportunities in order to build a business case
.

Michael is an exceptional C / C++ and Java developer, with a focus in J2EE,
application servers, portals, and distributed systems, and presided (1998) as
President of the Houston Java Users Group
.

Michael's authorship includes:
Lead Author                 Inside Linux
Co-Author                    C++ HowTo
Contributing Author     C++ Unleashed
Technical Editor           UML in 24 Hours
Technical Editor           C Primer Plus

Michael is a devoted Linux (and Unix) user, advocate, and has been using
Linux since 1993. He is the sole author of "Inside Linux", receiving
five-star ratings
.


* IBM acquired Rational Software on February 21, 2003