The author, Robert A. Welcome, is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, with a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering. He was employed with GE Aerospace Industries, with various responsibilities. He was a Circuit Design Engineer, a Systems Engineer, a Test Berth Director, a Cost Analyst and he held several business management
positions. He also was the GE Rep to the International Society of Parametric Analysts (ISPA), a prestigious appointment. During his employment, he authored many GE technical and U.S. Navy documents. He also authored several Business plans for GE.  In addition to his professional career, Welcome did considerable research on the mechanical and electrical physiology of the human body, as he tried to understand his own ill-health conditions.  He is now retired.