Contributors
James Burgess—James is a student at the University of Southern California who has been
conducting research in wireless communications since the late 90s. He is the co-founder of
F lexilis, a disruptive technologies research and development firm, where he is currently explor-
ing new wireless implementations and protocols. He takes particular interest in open source
wireless developments, contributing much of his findings to the community. In his free time he
writes for
DailyWireless.com
, a wireless industry news site. He resides in Los Angeles,
California.
John C hirillo—John is a Senior Internetworking Engineer for a technology management
company specializing in security. He holds an impressive number of professional certifications,
including Cisco certifications and the CISSP. John has authored several books. His latest
include Storage Security and Implementing Biometric Security.
John Hering—After only three years of study at the University of Southern California in Los
Angeles, California, John Hering has already made his mark in the ever-advancing field of
wireless technologies. Using past experience in entrepreneurial business, advertising, and tech-
nology, John co-founded F lexilis (
www.flexilis.com
), a wireless technologies research
and development firm, which has been responsible for the creation of DailyWireless
(
www.DailyWireless.com
), the Internet’s premier Wireless news portal. John has played
a critical role in the advancement of emerging disruptive technologies, such as wireless
networking and security, while constantly exploring the use of open source-based solutions,
and will continue to help make way for the future of wireless technologies.
Michael Hurwicz—Michael Hurwicz is a freelance writer, developer, designer, animator, and
musician living in Eastsound, WA. He is the Flash and 3-D Guy at Late Night Design. He
has been writing about technical topics for the computer trade press since 1985. Michael is the
president of Irthlingz, a nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental education and
entertainment. You can e-mail Michael at
michael@hurwicz.com
, as well as visit his Web
sites at
www.latenightdesign.com
,
www.hurwicz.com
,
www.flashoop.com
,
and
www.irthlingz.org
.
David Karlins—David Karlins (
www.davidkarlins.com
) writes and lectures on technol-
ogy and graphic and Web design. His books include Build Your Own Web Site.
Frank Keeney—Frank is a computer security and network consultant. He works for Pasadena
Networks, LLC,
www.pasadena.net
, on wireless projects for retail, educational, financial,
and other industries. He got his start in wireless when it became clear that security was a need
in wireless networks. He is the co-founder of the Southern California Wireless User Group,
www.socalwug.org
.
Trevor Marshall—Trevor is an engineering management consultant, with interests ranging
from RF and hardware design to Linux internals, Internet infrastructure, Digital Video, and
Biomedicine. He can be contacted at
www.trevormarshall.com
Michael Mee—Michael started building his own computers after discovering the TRS-80 at
Radio Shack years ago. He went on to work for a software startup, before dot-coms made it
fashionable. Then he had several great years at Microsoft, back when “the evil empire" meant
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