Phil Bowermaster

Writer, The Speculist

Phil Bowermaster earned a master's degree in technical communication from the University of Colorado. For more than 15 years, he has worked in the fields of IT and Telecommunications. He worked as reviews editor for MacGuide, a magazine devoted to the Apple Macintosh computer. Later he was hired by Denver-based Quark, Inc., developing end-user documentation and training materials for their QuarkXPress desktop publishing software.

After Quark, he joined U S WEST (now QWEST) as Global Business Process Development Specialist, rolling out digital mobile joint-venture companies in Russia. He had the chance to work in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhni Novgorod, and Rostov. Plus he spent some time in London and Budapest. He later landed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he spent four years heading up the Process Management/Business Improvement group for a company called Maxis, the most ambitious start-up in the history of telecommunications He lives in Colorado with his wife and two shih tzus.