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   HTMLcode += "Laurence Platt, an American citizen from England, "
   HTMLcode += "works with computers and the people who work with "
   HTMLcode += "them. During his international career he has worn hats "
   HTMLcode += "of program designer, operator, troubleshooter, "
   HTMLcode += "contract programmer, consultant, mentor, and trainer."
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   HTMLcode += "He specializes in end-user application softwares that "
   HTMLcode += "run on IBM compatible mainframes in the z/OS, OS/390, "
   HTMLcode += "MVS, or VM operating system environments, on personal "
   HTMLcode += "computers, and on the internet."
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   HTMLcode += "A university graduate, he first encountered computers "
   HTMLcode += "while writing his graduate thesis, then again while "
   HTMLcode += "working as a lighting technician at the Lido Cabaret "
   HTMLcode += "in France. He has worked with and trained data "
   HTMLcode += "processing managers, salespeople, and programming "
   HTMLcode += "staff from many of the Fortune 1000 group of "
   HTMLcode += "companies, including IBM in New Zealand, Australia, "
   HTMLcode += "Portland, and New York, and Amdahl in California, "
   HTMLcode += "Chicago, Maryland, and Canada."
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   HTMLcode += "He is a mentor to IT technicians, and a brilliant "
   HTMLcode += "programmer and website creator. He brings his vast and "
   HTMLcode += "varied knowledge and experience of the IT environment "
   HTMLcode += "to bear so that complex relationships between all "
   HTMLcode += "aspects of the enterprise (legacy and current) become "
   HTMLcode += "clear and simple."
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   HTMLcode += "In 1986 he founded Laurence Platt and Associates and "
   HTMLcode += "continues to deliver on his promise to lead "
   HTMLcode += "effective, quality software seminars to clients "
   HTMLcode += "throughout the United States and Canada."
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// Laurence - LP&A 8/24/2009
