Marty Saulenas

Following his graduation from Boston University with an advanced degree in philosophy, Marty began his career as a Technical Writer for a large US based worldwide IT company. Progressing over a number of years, he ultimately became the 'Corporate Voice and Champion' for leading edge system development products. Known within the IT industry for both his presentation and writing skills, Marty decided to become his own corporate voice and returned to his first love - writing, but 'fiction based on fact' rather than 'fact based on fiction' which was often the case in the corporate world!

Tonya Jarvis

Tonya began her career in technology as a System's Analyst and Programmer following a degree in Computer Science and later an MBA in International Business. She met Marty, while he was championing his company's IT development products. Tonya transitioned from IT director to VP Human Resources, following her passion to expand influence and represent employees. She later took the top HR role for a multinational Manufacturing company with over 33,000 employees worldwide. In her various corporate roles Tonya gained extensive experience in financial control and negotiation. She then left the corporate world and started her own business, pursuing her personal interests including graphical design and publishing, and is supporting the publication of Marty's novels.

Warwick Longman

Like Marty and Tonya, Warwick began in IT, first as a Programmer, then Systems Analyst, and after a move to continental Europe, also as a Technical Writer for a large Dutch multinational. He later joined the European wing of the same US based worldwide IT company as Marty, where they first met. Later Warwick became the European Product Manager for all their strategic software products. He then moved on and formed the European subsidiary of a NASDAQ listed US company as European General Manager based in Brussels. Later moving to Spain he became an independent International Business Development Consultant helping local companies develop their businesses outside of Spain.

Jose Luczyc-Wyhowska

Jose provides her entrepreneurial experience and global business acumen to the directors' team. She founded her own very successful wholesale and retail company in London trading in kilims, both import and export. She created the first website on Oriental handmade rugs in the UK, which is still present to this day - see www.kilim-warehouse.com She first met Warwick in London, and through him met Marty and Tonya. She is the co-author of Kilim - The Complete Guide, one of the most successful non-fiction books on kilims, is highly thought of by her peers in the community and regarded as an authority in her chosen subject. Jose is multi-lingual, speaking as well as English, French and Spanish, she learnt Turkish in order to facilitate negotiations whilst travelling. She has journeyed extensively throughout the kilim prducing countries as well as wider afield in Asia, Australasia and the Americas.