Robin Ziegler hails from Minnesota, where he went to work for Control Data Corporation as "Internal Training Instructor", and later, as "Senior Education Analyst". His career in computer information technology spans some 40 years as consultant, programmer, software engineer, and training seminar presenter. Throughout his career, training has been a recurrent theme. Besides Control Data, the various positions mentioned above were held with Digital Research Inc, Atari Inc, and Convergent Technologies. From 1990 until 2005, Robin operated Ziegler Enterprises, holding contracts in Publishing, Computer Consulting, and Flight Instruction. Currently, Robin manages "Google Earth Community Development." With almost one million users, he stays busy conducting user training seminars throughout the world.