Ethan Stern is a CLA and Manager at Composed Systems. With an education in Mechanical Engineering and a cynical attitude, he begrudgingly entered the workforce about 20 years ago, forming an immediate and lasting fascination with graphical programming in LabVIEW. He got the NI certs, taught the LV classes, and now co-manages Composed Systems, a Massachusetts-based NI Alliance Partner, focusing on excellence in all aspects of software design.