Welcome to the Michael E. Grost personal home page.

Please mail your comments to me at MG4273@aol.com.

I am a System Architect at a large computer company near Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Born 10/10/1953.

I have a Bachelors and Masters degree from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Michigan.

Technical specialties:

• Project Management.
• Many sales efforts.
• System Architecture: the design and architecture of entire software systems, the development of algorithms, working extensively with customer Subject Matter Experts to understand business processes of system.
• Object-Oriented Programming: Java (3 years experience), Smalltalk (12 years experience, since 1986), C++ (since 1988). Expert on Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, UML.
• XML, SGML, Web Services.
• Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence.

Personal Interests:

• I am an Abstract Painter.
• I read a great deal about evolutionary biology.
• I love classical music, mysteries and poetry, film, art and architecture.
• I like to work out at the gym, and eat Chinese, Thai, and Indian food.

Web sites designed and written by Michael E. Grost:

• I write mysteries myself. Some detective stories by me are available on my mystery fiction page.
• A Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection.
• Classic Film and Television.
• A History of American Art
• Classic Comic Books

Individual Articles:

• Some Thoughts on Classical Composers.