S Lee BarckmannBorn and raised in the small Jersey Shore town of Barnegat NJ. Moved to North Jersey suburb at 13 (1964). Went to University of Kansas, graduated (1973), degrees in Economics and History. Worked in various capacities as laborer, heavy equipment operaor, became a Land Surveyor (1977). During this period, wrote much of the backstory later incorporated into The SwiftPad Series. Worked in a Civil Engineering office, managing business. Wrote articles, grant writer of social service agency, involved in local politics, as a Progressive (Eugene Oregon). Went to China, (1984) as English teacher in Xian Medical college, The following year in Beijing teaching at Foreign Language Institute. Returned to the US (1987), married Mary Traeger, son Zach born (1988). Worked at a strip-mall Computer store, then for various companies and organizations as technical lead in various IT specialties, (networking, software development, computer security, systems management) Became a consultant with a tech start up, (2001). Retired from IBM (2014). Presently full time author Read More Read Less