Acknowledgments

We thank Jeff Pepper for proposing this project to us. We also thank him for his prodigious efforts down the homestretch of this project.

We thank Jessica Belanger, Rita Fernando, and Mary Sudul for helping to produce the book.

We thank Joe Craver of Science Applications International Corporation for encouraging us and supporting our work on this project.

We thank Leadership Maryland, Leadership Montgomery County Maryland, and William Ballard, President of Location Age Geographic Information and Technology for supporting our efforts to identify key leaders in the local technology community.

We thank Jack Speer, newscaster and journalist for National Public Radio (NPR), for providing guidance on effective interviewing strategies and techniques.