Bob Pritchett has been programming since he was eight years old. As a freshman in high-school he founded a software company and developed and marketed programming tools used world-wide. He left high-school a year early to attend Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he majored in Computer Science. After a second internship at Microsoft Corporation he left Drexel early to accept a position as one of Microsoft’s youngest program managers.
In 1992 Bob co-founded Logos Research Systems, Inc. and serves as President/CEO of Logos and its subsidiaries, Libronix Corporation and Logos Electronic Publishing, Pty. (South Africa). Bob speaks regularly at industry conferences and to academic groups on electronic publishing and digital libraries. He is a 2005 winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, and was included in the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. Bob lives with his wife Audra and two teenage children (Jacob & Kathleen) in Bellingham, Washington.
Bob’s first book, Fire Someone Today, And Other Surprising Tactics for Making Your Business a Success, was released in April, 2006. He blogs atBobPritchett.com and http://www.twitter.com/BobPritchett.