Author Biographies

	Thomas J. Glover Tom is the President of Sequoia Publishing, Inc. and founded the company in March 1989. He has a Masters Degree in Geology from the University of Texas and is a registered AAPG Geologist. He has a broad background in engineering, computers and electronics and has been a small business entrepreneur since 1980. Tom is the author of Sequoia's best-selling, flagship product Pocket Ref and has co-authored several other books since 1989.
	D. Roger Maves Roger Maves is an author, instructional designer, trainer and photographer. He has a degree in Illustrative Photography from Brooks Institute of Photography and worked for many years in advertising and design. He has worked with computers for the last 20 years and has extensive experience in both hardware and software. Roger has trained users in corporations across the United States, both publicly and privately. He has developed and taught courses in database programming, network installation and administration, and custom business applications. Roger continues to write, develop courses and train. Founder and principal of The Knowledge Group, Inc., he specializes in thinking, creativity, innovation and communication training.
	Mary E. Miller Mary Miller is an author, editor and DTP (desk top publishing) expert for Blue Willow, Inc. and Sequoia Publishing, Inc. She has a degree in Psychology from the University of Colorado in Boulder and has a broad background in finance, education and business management.
	Charles Vander Kooi Charles Vander Kooi has been involved in the construction industry for over 30 years, thirteen as an upper-management employee of companies and seventeen as a consultant. He has bid over a billion dollars in work over his career. As a private consultant, he has helped over 1,200 companies in their estimating/bidding systems and has lectured to over 70,000 contracting people nationally and internationally. He speaks at an average of 100 trade shows and conventions annually, teaching his philosophy across the U.S., Canada and Australia. His company consults with an average of 100 clients annually to assist in improving their performance. He has authored eight books to the industry and his seminars are available on audio cassettes as well as videos.
	Susan Woodward Springer Susan Springer is a former resident of Seldovia. Susan was reared on the coast of Maine, in a town much like the Alaskan bush village of Seldovia. In 1985 Susan began collecting information for the Seldovia Alaska book which was finally published in 1997. Then in 1995 Susan also authored and illustrated "Alaska...Pure Poetry, A Natural History Coloring Book for Children and Their Parents" as a special feature of Alyeska's Environmental Excellence Program, Trans Alaska Pipeline. She currently is working on a series of childrens' books and now lives in Ketchum, ID.
	Bruce W. Westberg Sgt. Bruce Westberg is a law enforcement officer with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department in Tucson, Arizona. Since 1988, Bruce has held many positions within the law enforcement field: patrol officer, training officer, special operations officer, police academy counselor, detective, and personnel supervisor. He was a field training coordinator for the Sheriff’s Department which ran its own law enforcement academy. Bruce was intimately involved in the training of the recruit officers. Later he was assigned to the regional academy as an advisor. Throughout his career, Sgt. Bruce W. Westberg has been involved with all aspects of law enforcement officer recruiting, training and retention.
	Millie M. Young Millie Young came to Sequoia in 1989 as the first hired employee. Her 10 years of company experience has brought her many challenges and proud accomplishments, some of which include: co-authoring the books, Pocket PCRef and TechRef. She also does DPT (desk top publishing) for internal company operations. With 10 years of experience in artistic creation and graphics layout she has utilized those accomplishments (among other things) to assist customers in the creation of permanent custom imprinting dies. The bottom line is that Millie, a very talented and excellent artist, enjoys the creative outlets provided by the best place to be, a publishing company!
	Richard A. Young Richard Young is an author and civil engineer. He holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, a master of science degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and is a registered professional engineer. He worked as a civil engineer with the Corps of Engineers in New Orleans from 1968 to 1979 and as a civil engineer/research engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation in Denver from 1980 to 1994. He has worked as an author / researcher / compiler for Blue WIllow, Inc. since 1994.
	Dennis H. Evers Dennis Evers is a 23-year veteran police officer. He has a degree in Criminology from Grossmont College and has completed dozens of additional specialty courses. He was a Field Training Officer for 8 years, an Academy Instructor for 8 years, an officer for the Navajo County Sheriffs Dept. for 9 years and Chief of Police, Taylor, Arizona for 3 years. He is currently an author and consultant.

All other author sketches are by Jake Williams, with Copyrights to Blue Willow, Inc. (1997-1999) and Sequoia Publishing, Inc.(1999-2005)

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