Acknowledgments

People who work together will win.

Vince Lombardi

I’m tremendously grateful to the Manning Publications team for the hard work they contributed to bring this book to fruition—it was truly a team effort! Cynthia Kane was instrumental in holding my hand (okay, prodding me) along the way with marvelous suggestions for improvement; the copyediting and proofreading work of Liz Welch and Katie Tennant transformed the readability of the work; and the review coordination efforts by Karen Tegtmeyer resulted in further improvements. Lastly, Marjan Bace’s insights provided me with encouragement throughout the process. To others I didn’t mention, your contributions were also greatly appreciated!

Special thanks are extended to the reviewers. They took time in their very busy schedules, usually under tight timelines, to review what was often rough copy. Their suggestions and ideas, while not always welcome by me at the time, helped make the book tighter in messaging and improved its content. The reviewers are Peter Johnson, Irena Kennedy, Francesco Goggi, Doug Warren, Davide Piazza, Ara Abrahamian, Alberto Lagna, Rick Wagner, Jonathan Esterhazy, Chuck Lee, Madhav Vodnala, Edmon Begoli, Valentin Crettaz, Andy Dingley, Glenn Stokol, Deiveehan Nallazhagappan, Christian Siegers, Michele Galli, Patrick Steger, Ramnath Devulapalli, and Marco Ughetti.