Gene Backlin是一名獨立顧問，在軟件工業領域為客戶提供谘詢幫助超過30年，包括IBM公司、美國環境保護署（U.S. Environmental Protection Agency）、廢棄物管理（Waste Management）組織、美國銀行（Bank of America）、摩根大通銀行（JP Morgan Chase）和美國電話電報公司（AT&T）。除瞭在DePaul大學任教以外，Gene還是開發者套件的圖書作者。

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