Esmond Pitt, Melbourne entrepeneur, consultant, and author, is a leading expert in object-oriented, communications, and compiler technologies, and in the C++ and Java languages, and has had a distinguished 25-year international career in the design and implementation of systems software products.
Kathleen McNiff is a freelance technical author-editor and Human Factors consultant. She has written for audiences as diverse as computer programmers, application users, paediatricians, and clinical geneticists.