About the Author

Brian W. Kelly retired as an Assistant Professor in the Business Information Technology (BIT) program at Marywood University, where he also served as the IBM i; and Midrange Systems technical advisor to the IT faculty. Kelly has designed, developed, and taught many college and professional courses. He is also a contributing technical editor to a number of IT industry magazines, including "The Four Hundred" and "Four Hundred Guru" published by IT Jungle. Kelly is a former IBM Senior Systems Engineer and he still has an active information technology consultancy. He is the author of 59 books and numerous articles. Kelly has been a frequent speaker at COMMON, IBM conferences, and other technical conferences. In 2010, Kelly ran for Congress as a Democrat against a 13-term Democrat and, took no campaign contributions, spent enough to buy signs and T-shirts, and as a virtual unknown, he captured 17% of the vote. In 2015, Brian Kelly ran for Mayor of Wilkes-Barre, PA,