The Way of the Axe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781533029188)

C. Lloyd Preville grew up in Oakland, California racing motorcycles through the Oakland/Berkeley hills and playing the electric bass guitar in a garage band. His band started sounding pretty good and they began to tour. At the age of 20 he was presented with three options for his career: rock musician, uncertain future to be sure; follow his older brother's footsteps and become an engineer, that seemed kind of boring; or do something else, something crazy. Mr. Preville decided to strike out in a new direction and joined one of the first two personal computer companies on the planet, IMSAI Manufacturing Corp. He was then recruited by ComputerLand, an IMSAI spin-off, as their first franchise sales rep. After that, Mr. Preville managed Wang Laboratories' dealer program in Los Angeles, and then joined Plexus Computers, one of the first UNIX microcomputer manufacturers. All of these companies were successful in their day, offering disruptive technologies that changed the computer industry forever. During the early 1990's, Mr. Preville moved to Virginia and eventually founded CorData, a leading data storage dealer catering to federal government agencies, think tanks, and intelligence community clientele. Data storage is the tail currently wagging the computer industry dog. Along the way, Mr. Preville held positions as sales executive, sales manager, contract negotiator, database applications designer, artificial intelligence applications developer, and a successful small business entrepreneur. He's also the father of four daughters, including identical triplets, and a newlywed graced with a loving wife, two dogs, and a cat. There's lots of literal and figurative tail wagging in his happy life these days. C. Lloyd Preville watched new technology like microcomputers, the internet, and cell phones change the world in dramatic ways during his almost 40 year computer career. Now, he's writing books about technological change--to entertain his readers.