Philip Conrod holds BS degree in computer information systems and a master’s certificate in the Essentials of Business Development from Regis University where he graduated with honors.  Philip Conrod also received a Computer Programming for Business certificate from Warren Tech, in Golden, Colorado and a Generating Business Value CISR certificate from MIT Sloan School of Management in Boston, MA.  Philip has authored, co-authored and edited over two dozen application and game programming textbooks.   In addition, Philip has also held various Information Technology leadership roles in companies like Sundstrand Aerospace, Safeco Insurance, FamilyLife, Kenworth Truck Company, PACCAR, and Darigold.   Today Philip serves as the CEO of KIDWARE SOFTWARE, LLC and serves as an adjunct professor at Northwest University.   Philip is the proud father of 4 children, has 3 grandchildren and his married to an amazing woman.  Philip and his family live in Maple Valley, Washington.

Lou Tylee holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Electrical Engineering. Lou has been programming computers since 1969 when he took his first Fortran course in college. He has written software to control suspensions for high speed ground vehicles, monitor nuclear power plants, lower noise levels in commercial jetliners, compute takeoff speeds for jetliners, locate and identify air and ground traffic and to let kids count bunnies, learn how to spell and do math problems. He has written several on-line texts teaching Visual Basic, Visual C# and Java to thousands of people. He taught computer programming courses for over 15 years at the University of Washington and currently teaches math and engineering courses at the Oregon Institute of Technology. Lou also works as a research engineer at a major Seattle aerospace firm. He is the proud father of five children, has six grandchildren and is married to an amazing woman. Lou and his family live in Seattle, Washington.

​​