John P. Kindinger is an author and semi-retired engineer living in Eustis, Florida. Before moving to Florida, John was employed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory where he served as Nuclear Design and Risk Analysis Group Leader. Before joining LANL, John was Manager of Risk Assessment Technology at ARES Corporation and a senior consultant with Pickard, Lowe, & Garrick (PLG), Inc. in Newport Beach, CA. Before that, he was employed as a staff engineer for the Consumers Power Company in Jackson, Michigan. John has extensive experience in the assessment of risk for complex projects and important investment decisions and safety analysis for defense nuclear facilities, nuclear power plants,… and other high hazard facilities. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and a MS in the Management of Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.