Acknowledgments

My sincere gratitude for their contributions to Power Presentations, Ltd., and the programs from which this book is derived goes out to: Nichole Nears, Pearl Cheung, Jim Welch, Jon Bromberg, Rich Hall, Brad Seals, and David Weissman (no relative) and Bob Johns of Video Arts.

For their contributions to the publication of this book: my attorney, Bill Immerman; my agent, Jim Levine and Kerry Sparks of the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency; my Executive Editor at Pearson Jeanne Glasser, and her colleagues, Lori Lyons, project editor, Krista Hansing, copy editor, Gloria Schurick, compositor; and, again, Nichole Nears, for managing the manuscript and graphics.

For their contributions to the stories in this book: Olivier Fontana, John Boladian, and Matt Vasey, Microsoft Corporation; Kaan Terzioglu, Cisco Systems; Jason Trujillo, Intel Corporation; Mike Wallace, CBS News; Bill Portelli, CollabNet; Bill Peacock, Commonwealth Club; James E. Muller, M.D., InfraReDx; Stephen Kosslyn, Ph.D., Harvard University; Marshall H. Klaus, M.D.; Dave Vieau and Mike Rubino, A123 Systems; David Bellet, Crown Advisors International; Gino Giglio, Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers; and Eyal Waldman, Mellanox Technologies For their support and love: my kids, Bixby and the AR Emeritus, and Natalie.