title: Today's Technician: Advanced Automotive Electronic Systems (The Ultimate Series Experience)
author:  Barry Hollembeak 
description: Barry Hollembeak has been involved in the automotive repair industry for more than 40 years and has provided technical training to dealership technicians for 20 years. Mr. Hollembeak entered the automotive technology field in 1974 as a service technician, working in both fleet and independent repair shops before opening his own repair facility. After selling his business and retiring as a technician, he became an instructor and author, teaching automotive technology at the post-secondary level for five years and serving as director of education for two years. Mr. Hollembeak then entered manufacturer training. He currently owns his own training development company, which provides both written training materials and eLearning courses to the aftermarket automotive repair industry. Mr. Hollembeak is a Master and Advanced Engine Performance Certified Technician with ASE; serves as an advisory board member for Arapahoe Community College's automotive technology program; and is involved with the College Automotive Program, AYES, and SkillsUSA. Mr. Hollembeak has been a guest speaker for NATEF, CATS, and several other organizations.
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  # Learn to Program with Scratch: A Visual Introduction to Programming with
  Games, Art, Science,
  
  
  and Math
  
  ### Majed Marji
  
  Published by No Starch Press  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## About the Author
  
  Majed Marji holds a PhD in electrical engineering from Wayne State University
  and an MBA in
  
  
  strategic management from Davenport University. He has over 15 years of
  experience in the automotive
  
  
  industry, where he developed many software applications for real-time data
  acquisition, device
  
  
  control, test-cell management, engineering data analysis, embedded
  controllers, telematics, hybrid
  
  
  vehicles, and safety-critical powertrain systems. Dr. Marji is also an adjunct
  faculty member with
  
  
  the Electrical Engineering Department at Wayne State University. He has taught
  courses on
  
  
  communication engineering, machine vision, microprocessors, control systems,
  and algorithms and data
  
  
  structures, among other topics.
  
  ## About the Technical Reviewer
  
  Tyler Watts, EdS, is a creative-computi