M. D. Hanley has been working and consulting in the software engineering field for the past 30 years. From writing code, authoring extensive software specifications, to being a managing director of large teams around the globe, his career has always been a new and exciting challenge. In all of these endeavors, his experience of different development methodologies always gave him a great advantage. An adventurer at heart, some of his hobbies are scuba diving, flying, or hang gliding. Debuting his first novel, has been a great experience and a lot of fun.