Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower, a software, Web, and e-learning development firm based in Los Angeles. Dr. Karrer has 20 years' experience as a CTO and leader of software development. He also has 11 years' experience as an associate professor of computer science. Dr. Karrer has been the CTO for several startups, most notably eHarmony. His work in e-learning and performance support has won awards and has led him to engagements at many Fortune 500 companies, including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies, and SHL Systemhouse. Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University and attended the University of Southern California (USC) as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, an honor bestowed annually on the top 30 graduating engineers across the US. He holds an MS and PhD in computer science from USC and is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Dr. Karrer is the author of eLearning Technology(http://elearningtech.blogspot.com), which received the Edublog award for best e-learning/corporate education blog in 2007. Dr. Karrer can be reached at akarrer at techempower.com.