Although an avid reader growing up, Dan not once imagined himself as an author, nevertheless he has written two novels to date. His first work, Us: An Intimacy Innovation, came from the heart, an ambitious effort blending romance and relationship advice in a harmony he termed 'practical fiction'. His second work, a thriller titled The Superior Arsenal came from the head and derives directly from his computer programming experience. Yet to be published, at its core it deals with the privacy risks of Big Data. Dan was born and raised in Green Bay Wisconsin, and this background is woven into his tales. Despite a love of skiing, Wisconsin winters became an anathema to him and he headed south, currently residing in Tallahassee Florida. Along the way he picked up a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from Georgia State University. Not one who was ever perplexed by the 'what do I want to be when I grow up' question, it didn't take long before he achieved his ambition, first identified in eighth grade, of becoming a consulting computer programmer. www.DanPahnke.com