About the author

 Dr. Gary Leive holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a consultant to the electronics and software industries. He has held positions of Vice President of Engineering at several companies including Xilinx, Inc., Gateway Design Automation (now part of Cadence) and OrCAD, Inc. He has recently moved to Sarasota, Florida and is pursuing his interest in developing software for technical analysis of the stock market. He can be reached at: gary@leive.com