Meilir Page-Jones [pronounced to rhyme with "Tyler"] is a consultant and business analyst at Wayland Systems Inc. in Renton, WA, where he splits his time among training, consulting, conference presentations, writing and doing honest work on software projects. Meilir is the author of four books: The Practical Guide to Structured Systems Design, Practical Project Management, What Every Developer Should Know About Object-Oriented Design and The Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design in UML (whose first edition won a Jolt award). In addition, he has written many articles on software technology and management, together with Wayland Systems’ courses on structured methods, object-oriented design, business analysis and software-project management. As his name suggests, Meilir was born in Wales. His early career was as a developer in London. Later, after emigrating to the United States, he was appointed head of the Structured Design Department at Yourdon Inc. in New York City. He has been at Wayland Systems since the 1980s. He is a member of several professional organizations and frequent-flyer programs.