Lowell Mauer has worked in the field of data processing for more than 22 years as a programmer, instructor, and consultant. He has taught programming at Brooklyn College in New York City and Montclair State College in New Jersey, and has developed and marketed several Visual Basic applications, including a SQL Server-based reservation system for a private golf course. As a manager he has attended and presented training sessions in several countries and is an expert is more than six computer languages, including Visual Basic and Transact-SQL. He currently is a senior consultant in New York City.