Paul J. Deitel, CEO and Chief Technical Officer of Deitel & Associates, Inc., is a graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he studied Information Technology. He holds the Java Certified Programmer and Java Certified Developer professional certifications, has been designated by Oracle Corporation as a Java Champion–"a prominent member of the Java community whose input is solicited by the company in order to improve the Java platform," and is a Microsoft C# MVP. He has delivered programming language courses to clients including numerous Fortune 1000 companies, government organizations and the military, and is one of the world's most experienced corporate trainers.