Michael Barr holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland. He was editor-in-chief of the magazine for over three and a half years. Prior to joining the magazine as technical editor, Michael spent half a decade developing embedded software--a field to which he has since returned. He is the author over 50 articles and three books Embedded C Coding Standard, Programming Embedded Systems: With C and GNU Development Tools, 2nd Edition, and the Embedded Systems Dictionary For more info about Michael Barr's books, go to www.netrino.com/Embedded-Systems/Books.