Bøker av Greg Pierce

In "Good Engineering Leadership," Greg Pierce leverages over three decades of hands-on experience in the world of software engineering to provide invaluable insights into becoming a remarkable engineering leader. With a career spanning from an individual contributor to engineering director, Greg is a seasoned expert who has excelled in every facet of the industry. Drawing from his prestigious education at a renowned Northeastern engineering college and holding an impressive eight patents, Greg Pierce is not only an innovator but a proven leader in his field. This book serves as a comprehensive guide for anyone aspiring to lead engineering teams with finesse and expertise.Inside these pages, you'll discover: Why is it difficult to find good engineering leadersWhy engineers are adverse to leadership or management positionsThe qualities of a good engineering leadership broken out by category"Good Engineering Leadership" is the ultimate guide for engineering professionals, managers, and aspiring leaders who want to follow in the footsteps of a true industry luminary. Greg Pierce's wisdom, honed by decades of experience, offers a blueprint for achieving not just good but exceptional engineering leadership. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting your leadership journey, this book is your key to mastering the art of engineering leadership and creating a legacy of excellence.

11 November 1918- Great War Armistice-an uneasy peace descends over Earth. Beneath a supposedly placid surface of world affairs, evil men plot actions certain to lead to a second world war.Cape Cod, summer 1940, a gifted boy wiles away summer vacation dabbling in the emerging science of rocketry. An equally gifted girl, older and wiser, takes a shine to him, slowly drawing him into her world. Is it serendipitous or a carefully laid plan with hidden portents awaiting the inexperienced boy?This story of the duo's rocket adventures, the reader with deep insights into complex scientific arenas by way of simplified and entertaining explanations of real world scientific issues. From the most basic rocket science, the duo press forward with a promising working model rocket which catches the attention of U.S. government officialdom, titans of U.S industry and, sadly, a rapidly emerging German Nazi empire. The Nazis spare no effort to gain access to the duo's work. When unsuccessful, the Nazis resort to grim draconian measures.During their adventures, the duo interact with a diverse array of friends and supporters. But enemies clearly intend to end their brilliant work on an important weapon to be employed in the inevitable Second World War. The story ranges across continental U.S. and Europe. Key, real-world, international players from the story era are drawn into the tale-fictionalized-and made integral story characters.

An unexpected event, of split second duration, spins lives out of control. A girl and her partner live a nightmare, racing to contain disastrous outcomes from an ill-considered 'spur-of-the-moment' action. Earlier events, lying beyond the girl's control, reach forward to twist and turn matters. Unbeknownst to the girl, she's been swept up in a Mafia-controlled, international criminal conspiracy. How high does the conspiracy rise in the halls of government power?... All the way to the top! Can the girl depend on her man? Maybe, but the partnership seems always inches from a disastrous collapse. Does the girl have others to fall back on? Yes, there's a wealthy neighbor lady who takes the girl under her wing; and a young man who bonds strongly with the girl, but is he too young? A diverse cast of characters, both local and national figures, each in their own words, tell this story of avarice, intrigue, and primal passions. The story ranges across regional, national and international backdrops. Action is non-stop. Back story ties together and interrelates all the tales. Careful time lines enhance the reader's immersion, deep into the story.

Andy Warhol's The Chelsea Girls had its premiere at the Film-Maker's Cinematheque on 15 September 1966. It sold out a 200-seat theatre and went on to become the first film to move from the underground to commercial cinema. Since 1972, when Warhol pulled all of his films out of distribution, the public has had extremely limited access to The Chelsea Girls , outside of museum screenings. In honour of the 20th Anniversary of The Andy Warhol Museum and what would have been Warhol's 85th birthday, hundreds of Warhol's films - some never seen before - have been converted to a digital format with the partnership of The Andy Warhol Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Moving Picture Company (MPC), a Technicolor Company. This book is an in-depth look at Warhol's most famous film. It includes all newly digitized film stills, never-before-published transcripts, unpublished archival materials, and expanded information about each of the individual films that comprise the three- plus hour film. As the film alternates sound between the left and right screens, the book reproduces the transcript in complete form as one hears it, with imagery from the corresponding reels. There is also a full transcription of the unheard reels in the back of the book. This is a substantial contribution to the scholarship on Warhol's complex and most commercial film.