Ronald Mak

Ronald Mak wrote the earlier editions of this very successful book as well as "The Martian Principles for Successful Enterprise Systems: 20 Lessons Learned from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission" (also published by Wiley). He is also the author of "Java Number Cruncher: The Java Programmer's Guide to Numerical Computing." He develops advanced software systems for organizations from startups to NASA. Currently a research staff member at the IBM Almaden Research Center, he also teaches...See more

Ronald Mak wrote the earlier editions of this very successful book as well as "The Martian Principles for Successful Enterprise Systems: 20 Lessons Learned from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission" (also published by Wiley). He is also the author of "Java Number Cruncher: The Java Programmer's Guide to Numerical Computing." He develops advanced software systems for organizations from startups to NASA. Currently a research staff member at the IBM Almaden Research Center, he also teaches compiler writing and software engineering at San Jose State University. See less