Neil J. Gunther, M.Sc., Ph.D. is a computer science researcher, instructor and consultant specializing in performance analysis and system scalability. He has authored several books including, "Guerrilla Capacity Planning" (2007) and "Analyzing Computer System Performance with Perl::PDQ" (2nd edn, 2011). In 2008, Dr. Gunther received the prestigious A.A. Michelson Award.