Michael Schuler spent over four decades in the computer and electronics secondary market, growing a PC service parts company into a hundred-million-dollar operation. As founder and CEO of Veterans Alliance Resourcing, Inc., he built one of the first R2v3 Certified ITAD companies in the US, earning Inc 5000 recognition before selling in 2023. He now consults and serves as an expert witness on ITAD and product valuation.Before business, Mr. Schuler served in the US Marine Corps, training at the Precision Measurement Electronics Laboratory (PMEL) at Lowry Air Force Base - experience that shaped the novel's character, Dr. Elara Vogt, whose PMEL background parallels his own.In 2024, he began a year of immersion into AI and quantum computing while writing EVRIM, completing Outskill's AI Generalist certification in the process. The novel is grounded in the Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing technology and research it explores.He lives in Parkersburg, West Virginia, with his wife, Paula.