Daniel Kusswurm has over 35 years of professional experience as a software developer, computer scientist, and author. During his career, he has developed innovative software for medical devices, scientific instruments, and image processing applications. On many of these projects, he successfully employed C++ intrinsic functions, x86 assembly language, and SIMD programming techniques to significantly improve the performance of computationally intense algorithms or solve unique programming challenges. His educational background includes a BS in electrical engineering technology from Northern Illinois University along with an MS and PhD in computer science from DePaul University. Daniel Kusswurm is also the author of Modern X86 Assembly Language Programming (ISBN: 978-1484200650), Modern X86 Assembly Language Programming, Second Edition (ISBN: 978-1484240625), and Modern Arm Assembly Language Programming (ISBN: 978 1484262665), all published by Apress.