Jim Gray, Turing Award winner and the Father of Transaction Processing: continues to inspire me with his work.
Bob (Dr. Robert W.) Horst, master inventor: showed me how to invent and patent ideas.
Professor Ben Wah, my thesis advisor: made the rest of my professional career look easy!
Professor Larry Rendell (University of Illinois): taught me how to turn inspiration into a technical paper.
Professor S. N. Maheshwari (IIT, Delhi): gave me the foundation in computer science and programming for which I cannot thank him enough!