Acknowledgments

Many thanks to my God for His wisdom and blessings, my wife Angela for her sacrifice in relocating with me to the United States, and my son Johanan for his patience when waiting to play with me after nights and weekends spent on this book. Also, thanks to my senior management—Jonathan Schwartz, Cheryln Chin, Edward Schwarz (now GorillaLogic), Sharon Moore, and Dr. Glen Reece—for their support; the Prentice Hall team Greg Doench and Eileen Clark for this opportunity; reviewers Daniel Malks, Sridhar Reddy, and Casey Chan; editor Ralph Moore; the numerous research groups for their honest review and endorsement; the Sun support team May Goh, Alana Lee, and Patrick Spencer who made this book a reality; Weili Zhong (ex-Sun colleague) and Bob Morgan (Fortune 100 financial services company) for their personal advice and constructive comments; the production team (Ann Imhof, Nicole Schlutt, and Anne Garcia) and those heroes/heroines who have made this book project happen.