Karl G. Kowalski is a Technical Architect at MicroStrategy, Inc., and is a co-founder of BlazingApps LLC, a software solutions company specializing in mobile app development for the iOS and Android platforms. Karl has been writing code since the late 1970s, fell in love with the Macintosh in the late 1980s, and has been devoted to iOS development since the first public SDK became available in 2008. Karl has written several books on mobile and desktop software development and has been involved in writing and improving network software apps since 2000. Karl currently resides in the Washington, D.C. area and enjoys visiting friends and family around the USA and Canada. Karl can be contacted via email atkgkpearson@gmail.com.