Michael Hurwicz - michaelh@orcasnet.com
Michael is the lead writer on our dataVISION documentation team. His writing career started with freelancing for the technical trade press around 25 years ago. He has delved into topics such as local area networking, wide area networking, the Internet, web graphics, Macromedia Flash, discreet 3ds max, streaming media, ColdFusion, wireless technologies and security. He has also written several books and created video tutorials on web graphics and 3D animation.

When not at the computer Mike can often be found singing locally or even as far away as Florida. Mostly Mike performs with his partner Sharon Abreu but is also with the Parking Lot Angels, and was the lead in a local performance of Godspell. He is the son of Leonid Hurwicz, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize for economics.

John Clancy - johnc@orcasnet.com
John Clancy received his masters degree in Criminal Justice from the School of Criminal Justice at the State University of New York at Albany in 1973. Since then he has gravitated to free-lance writing and editing. He has written plays, fiction, technical manuals, numerous magazine articles and interviews and has edited for magazines, publishing companies and writers.

He is a member of our dataVISION documentation team which not only creates the written and video Help resources for our system, but also is actively involved in system testing and useablity analyses.

Brook Meinhardt
Brook was born and raised in New York City. The daughter of two architects, she was surrounded by art as a child. She majored in art at The High School of Music and Art in Harlem, studied at The School of Visual Arts, The Art Students League and Cooper Union, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design. A freelance illustrator since college, Brook's work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal. She has also done work for The Gap, MTV, Pottery Barn, Old Navy, Barney's New York and Sephora. Her perceptive, often whimsical illustrations add an invaluable element to our system documentation.

Brook moved to Orcas Island with her husband and two children in 2006, where she has happily traded the urban bustle of The City for the quiet natural beauty of our island.

Francie Kisko
Francie Kisko holds a Master's degree in English Literature from California State University at Long Beach. Before joining the team as a Technical Writer, Francie worked for the USAF on the Manned Orbiting Laboratory and Space Shuttle programs, and was the West Coast Operations Manager for Meer Corporation, an international food and pharmaceutical company. She then owned her own business, Dolphin Project Support, providing computerized support work, including writing and editing of software manuals, for numerous companies such as Mobil Oil, the City of Rolling Hills, and Matthew Bender, a division of Time Life Books, Inc. After attaining her Master's degree, Francie taught English composition, technical writing, and literature courses at California State University, Long Beach, and several Southern California community colleges.

Besides supporting the team, Francie currently teaches Latin to both adults and high school students. She and her husband Bill live on Orcas Island.