My name is Gary Elfring and I have been writing commercial software since 1975. I formed my own software business in 1979. My software company, Elfring Fonts Inc, employees eight people and sells a number of bar coding, check printing, and font related products.

I live and work about 50 miles west of the city of Chicago. My office looks out on a major intersection that has been under construction for the last two years with no end in sight. I live with my wife, pets, and our transient children.

 I joined the ASP in 1989, was elected to the ASP Board of Directors in 1991, and was elected Chairman of the ASP Board of Directors in 1992. I was elected to the SIAF board of directors in 1998, which hosts the Software Industry Conference each year. I am also a founding member of the European Shareware Conference, which began in November of 2000.

Books:

• Microcomputer Assembly Language Programming, Van Nostran Reinhold Company, 1984
• The LaserJet Soft Font Manual, Elfring Fonts Inc, 1993

Magazine Articles

• Choosing A Programming Language, Byte 6/85
• Basic: Used or Abused, Computer Language 2/86
• Guide to Real-Time Executives, Computer Language 2/86
• Modular Programming Tools, Computer Language 6/86
• The QNX Real-Time Operating System, PC Tech Journal 1/87

Patents
4,210,785 Tape Replay System, July 1, 1980

Education
B.S. Medical Engineering, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, 1973
M.S. Medical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1975