Dr. Georges Merx is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department
of Computer and Information Sciences at San Diego Mesa College. He also
regularly teaches courses as a visiting professor at University of
California, San Diego (Department of Computer Science and Engineering) as
well as UCSD Extension and National University. In addition to his teaching
practice, Dr. Merx has over twenty years of industry experience in software
development as a software engineer, human interface architect, manager, and
company executive.
Dr. Merx holds a Ph.D. in Education from Claremont Graduate University
(joint program with San Diego State University), as well as M.S. and B.S.
degrees in Information Systems from SDSU.
Dr. Ronald J.Norman is an internationally known speaker, author, educator
and researcher. He has written over a million lines of code and built
hundreds of business applications for dozens of global enterprises. He has published
over three dozen software engineering articles and written an object-oriented software
engineering book.
Dr. Norman is currently a Professor at National University in San Diego,
California. He has held field technical leadership and mentoring positions
with Borland, TogetherSoft, Ivis Technologies, and Data Based Decisions,
Inc., as well as a long tenured professorship at San Diego State University.
Norman holds B.S. and M.S. degrees as well as a Ph.D. - all related to the
software industry - and is also a Certified Computer Professional.