- Bruce Webster
Bruce Webster is an internationally recognized expert on
information technology , as well as asoftware engineer , anentrepreneur and a formergame programmer .Webster is a
1978 graduate ofBrigham Young University with abachelor's degree incomputer science . He also did graduate work in computer science at theUniversity of Houston-Clear Lake in southeastHouston, Texas .One of Webster's early achievements is the co-design and programming of the original Apple II version of the
computer game "" forFTL Games . The game was somewhat of a success and is still recognized today as one of the landmark games for earlyhome computer s. After finishing version 2.0 of "SunDog", Webster quit FTL due to burn-out. His disenchantment with programming was so severe that he did not take another programming job for four years.Instead Webster went on to write for BYTE and
Macworld and taught computer science at his "alma mater " ofBrigham Young University . He later went on to help found another software startup (Pages Software Inc. ), where he served as Chief Technical Officer and chief software architect for five years.Webster is the
author of severalbook s regarding programming and the programming process, 150 articles on computer industry analysis and severalwhite paper s. He's been an invited speaker at several international IT conferences and is an experiencedexpert witness in IT matters. In addition, "he has given presentations at private conferences of theWorld Bank , the US intelligence community, and U.S. Congressional staff. He has testified about information technology issues three separate times before Congress and has provided analysis and documents to Senate and House committees." [ [http://www.brucefwebster.com/ Webster's background] from his personal website]Webster is the founder of
Bruce F. Webster & Associates LLC , a company which "provides expert analysis in matters involving information technology, with a focus on system development, project failure, intellectual property, web and internet technologies, and software engineering." (ibid)One of Webster's current projects is the SunDog Resurrection project, an
open-source rewrite of his early game. It will be implemented in Java.Webster and his wife Sandra make their home in
Parker, Colorado (just outside of Denver).References
External links
* [http://www.brucefwebster.com/ Bruce Webster's web site]
* [http://and-still-i-persist.com/ Bruce Webster's "And Still I Persist" blog]
* [http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/ Bruce Webster's "Adventures in Mormonism" blog]
* [http://bfwa.com/ Webster & Associates web site]
* [http://www.brucefwebster.com/sundog.htm Webster's "SunDog" page]
* [http://sundog.sourceforge.net/ The SunDog Resurrection project] atSourceForge
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