Terri Malinski graduated from Arizona State University in 1981 with a degree in Computer Information Systems. She's been working in IT for over 30 years and has been in project management and executive management for over 20 years. Ms Malinski has lived in Australia, Canada, and Japan as well as the United States and worked in various industries such as aerospace, banking, health care, education and software development. She's the also author of Daisho, a fictional historical novel set in Japan and The Idiot's Guide to Section One, based on the hit television series 'La Femme Nikita'.