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Next week, November 5-6, will be Quadralay's first ever user conference, dedicated entirely to sharing and listening to our customers. We decided to go with a Texas tradition in choosing the name of our new annual conference. Tradition aside, the new name, RoundUp, also represents how we are all gathering together to share ideas.

I look forward to seeing everyone in Austin next week. The weather is nice, and the venue we have chosen is even nicer.

Since this is my first blog posting, here is a short bio for those of you who are interested.

I was born and raised in Texas. I grew up for the most part in Austin, although I lived briefly in Houston and Dallas during my high school years. I graduated from Lake Highlands High School in Dallas. After that, I was a full time student at the University of Texas, in Austin, where I earned both my BS and MS degrees from the College of Electrical Engineering. During my studies, I was fortunate to be a part of UT's Co-op intern program, which allowed me to work for General Dynamics (now Lockheed-Martin) during alternate semesters. That program proved very valuable for getting hands on experience as well as some extra cash to help out with the pizza bills, etc. when living the college lifestyle.

It was in 1992 that Quadralay was founded. At that time, I was finishing up graduate school, and starting a software business just seemed like the right thing to do. Although, I don't think at the time I realized just how much work it was going to require. Since then, I have acted in a number of roles at Quadralay, including C++ developer, consultant, trainer, manager, and executive. That's all for now, however, I do plan on posting again, as there is much I would like to tell about all I've learned from customers and users who are solving some really significant issues for their companies out there.

Best Regards, Tony McDow