Jacob Matthews was born and raised in northern Colorado. As a teenager, he developed a fascination with technology during the early years of the burgeoning electronics industry. After receiving his degree in Electrical Engineering, he moved to Silicon Valley where he spent the first few years of his career in electronic design and later transitioned to software development. He spent over 35 years working for a number of Fortune 500 technology companies in California and Colorado, developing embedded AI algorithms for detecting and analyzing errors in high-speed networking systems. He retired to Arizona, where he spends most of his time writing, annoying his lovely wife, attempting to stay in the good graces of our future AI overlords, and avoiding social media.