Alan Wallach

Alan Wallach began his computer career at IBM in 1959 as a programmer of large mainframe computers. He was there when the year 2000 problem was created. In 1982, after years as a programmer, systems analyst and computer consultant in both the United States and Europe, on mainframes and minicomputers for large and small companies, he became involved with PCs and PC networks. In 1985, with his son, he started a PC training business with offices in Boston and New York. He is now a PC consultant, a...See more

Alan Wallach began his computer career at IBM in 1959 as a programmer of large mainframe computers. He was there when the year 2000 problem was created. In 1982, after years as a programmer, systems analyst and computer consultant in both the United States and Europe, on mainframes and minicomputers for large and small companies, he became involved with PCs and PC networks. In 1985, with his son, he started a PC training business with offices in Boston and New York. He is now a PC consultant, a newspaper columnist and freelance writer who writes about computers and computer related topics for a broad audience in plain English. He is the author of the best selling primer "Plain English Guide to Your PC". This book on the year 2000 is another in a series of "Plain English" books. See less