About the author: Kevin C. Rea is the principal consultant with Global Platforms <http://globalplatforms.com/> Corporation, a company providing training and specialized IT/computing problem solving using TRIZ. He is also an 8-year veteran of -Lucent Technologies Bell Labs <http://www.bell-labs.com/> where he is a computer scientist for third generation wireless product development (UMTS). He holds a B.S. in Electronic Engineering, a M.S. in Computer Science and is in pursuit of a PhD in Computer Science - applying TRIZ to advanced computing problems.