ERIC TEICHOLZ is President of Graphic Systems, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts firm specializing in facility management consulting, and management and systems integration. Teicholz is the editor of NACORE Technology Quarterly and the author of eight other books, including the award-winning CAD/CAM Handbook and Computer-Aided Facility Management. He lectures extensively and has current consulting projects in North America, Asia, Europe, and South America. Teicholz is an architect educated at Harvard University. He remained at Harvard's Graduate School of Design for a number of years as an Associate Professor in Architecture and the Associate Director of Harvard's Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis. While at Harvard, Teicholz designed and helped to develop the first commercial architectural CAD system.

TAKEHIKO IKEDA, PhD, is Managing Director of the Okamura Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. Ikeda has extensive experience in systems design and development in the CAD and CAFM arena and, under his leadership, Okamura has earned a number of awards for its advanced computer systems. Ikeda's current interests lie in the area of knowledge-based productivity systems and multimedia. Dr. Ikeda's most recent book is Office Impact of Multimedia. He is the author of two other books on office automation and facility management in Japan, one of which he coauthored with Teicholz. Dr. Ikeda earned his MS degree in applied mechanics from Caltech and his PhD in management science from Northwestern University.