Roland Hughes is the president of Logikal Solutions, a business applications consulting firm specializing in VMS platforms. Hughes serves as a lead consultant with over two decades of experience using computers and operating systems originally created by Digital Equipment Corporation (now owned by Hewlett-Packard).
With a degree in Computer Information Systems, the author’s experience is focused on OpenVMS systems across a variety of diverse industries including heavy equipment manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, stock exchanges, tax accounting, and hardware value-added resellers, to name a few. Working throughout these industries has strengthened the author’s unique skill set and given him a broad perspective on the role and value of OpenVMS in industry.
Besides consulting and technical writing services, Roland is also a multi-published author. He has an award winning technical book series under The Minimum You Need to Know registered trademark. His debut novel “Infinite Exposure” has gotten some great reviews. His current novel, “John Smith – Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars” has been compared to the works of Plato by multiple reviewers and declared as important as George Orwell’s “1984” by another.