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Terence Sherlock is a researcher and writer trained in systems thinking and process analysis.

A lifelong technology enthusiast, Terry's passion is understanding how technologies and their associated processes affect people's work. His expertise allows him to explain clearly how to improve workers' and customers' experiences.

With extensive experience in strategy definition and process design, Terry held increasingly senior positions in technology companies, including Digital Equipment Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, Tegra, Aydin Controls, Mathematica Products Group (MPG), and Planning Research Corporation. He researched emerging technologies, created strategy, and developed business models and plans for Linux and open source products and services. He advised multinational clients about datacenter solutions. He led global teams that created new business processes in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He also designed and implemented worldwide revenue-tracking processes and supporting software. He is the founding technologist of ConText.

Terry also worked as a business analyst, program manager, software designer, and writer at high-tech start-ups, hardware companies, and application and database ISVs.

He has written over eighty technical books, including COM Beyond Microsoft (Sherlock and Cronin, Digital Press, 2000) and OpenVMS and Windows NT Integration for Dummies (McAndrew/Scheffy/Sherlock, IDG Books, 1999).

Terry's ongoing interests and studies include graduate work at Villanova University, certificates from Boston College, studies at the MIT Sloan executive education program, and classes at Harvard Divinity School.