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About the Author

Gabriel Gurley is a community college instructor and technical specialist with a passion for education. As an instructor, students have recommended the use of his handouts over the course adopted textbooks due to his concise, easy-to-understand explanations of the material being taught.

Gabriel began his academic career over 7 years ago as an adjunct instructor for a community college in North Carolina. Courses taught included basic computing, spreadsheets and web design. Within a year, Gabriel was selected to teach Network Administration courses within the college's two-year Information Systems program. He subsequently became a program administrator for a college, where he provided leadership in developing the Continuing Education Division's first certificate program in Publishing and Web Design. Upon relocating to New York, Gabriel joined the State University of New York system as a Computer Technical Specialist for a liberal arts program.

Gabriel has held an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator certification for nearly 5 years, has used the Macintosh platform for 14 years and the Linux platform for over 6 years. He is also a Gold Level assessor for the skills-based INGOTs office productivity certification in the United States and a certified instructor for the Rural Entrepreneurship Through Action Learning (REAL) program.