John Boon is a part-time operations researcher for RAND and the proprietor of Intelligent Information Analysis, a consulting firm providing integrated mathematics and computer science services. Mr. Boon's areas of expertise are operations research, advanced statistical analysis, systems analysis, and software engineering. Mr. Boon earned undergraduate degrees in mathematics and political science from Virginia Wesleyan College and a M.S. in operations research from the George Washington University. He was a tenured faculty member at Hood College prior to returning to corporate employment. Mr. Boon has taught graduate courses since 1988.