Big hugs and thanks to my wonderful wife, Stella, and our boys, Emmanuel and Luke, who were all very supportive as I wrote this book. My boys listened to it as a bedtime story.

With great thanks to my friends, mentors, and family, who have changed my life in small and big ways.

A special thanks to Jessica Foong, Wen Wei Zhao, and Mike Van Den Eijden for their special work.

I thank God for granting me the experiences in actionable intelligence so I can share them with you in this book.

A special thanks goes to Debra Donston-Miller, who helped sand off the rough edges from this book.

I would also like to mention the following people who contributed to the book in their own special way:

• Yuri Aguiar
• Ed Dubeau
• Dennis Cheek
• Haley Garner
• Rayna Fagen
• Naveed Husain
• Jason Schogel
• Ser Aik
• Jason Mayberg
• Naveed Husain
• Mike Saliter
• Hideki Sakai
• Rocky Russell
• Helena May

• Teresa Kennedy
• The SCI team
• And IT people around the world!