Jim Bender has over 25 years experience in developing and leading the development of software systems. His first 13 years in the field were all in Defense work, first in Maryland, and then in Dallas. His career reflects the constantly changing technology. He has worked with IEEE-488 (including as a member of the IEEE P981 Task Force), Ada, AI and Expert Systems, Smalltalk, Java, and web development. His publications include the ACM's First Washington Ada Symposium, several Rochester Forth Conferences, and the North Texas Association for AI. Also, in the latter 1980's, he started and led for two years the AI SIG at the NTPCUG. He has filled a variety of roles, from senior staff, lead engineer, technical lead, and senior consultant in his career. That is in addition to doing a great deal of development, usually on teams of senior consultants. Recently, he is the author of several white papers at Recursion Software, Inc. Jim has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, and an M.S. in Computer Science from Old Dominion University.