I've been writing columns and feature articles for Monitoring Times magazine since 1996.

In my spare time I edit a newsletter related to cryptography and collect old calculators and computers.

I'm also hoping to find some spare time and cash to get back into aviation. See www.rotorshop.com for more about that.

This is my short bio, which was originally written for inclusion in a prospectus:

Dan Veeneman has served in a number of management, technical and consulting positions since 1980. He has designed and implemented secure data networks for a number of government and civilian clients, encompassing video, audio and data delivered over telephone, satellite and the Internet. Dan is also the system architect for the United States Army's satellite-based two-way realtime messaging and geolocation system, used on thousands of battlefield vehicles around the world.

Dan has been writing software for more than 25 years, coding everything from embedded firmware to distributed processing applications for a variety of small, midsize and Fortune 500 companies.

He writes a monthly magazine column covering wireless issues and edits a quarterly newsletter concerning cryptography. Dan holds an engineering degree from Northwestern University.