Nicholas D. Johantgen spent four decades helping Fortune 500 companies unlock the competitive potential of large-scale data, designing massively parallel database architectures and building consulting practices at Teradata and IBM that turned complex information into commercial advantage.

He earned a Master of Physician Assistant Studies and spent nearly a decade as a PA in Vascular Surgery at the Portland VA Medical Center. An active options trader and electronica DJ, he began writing fiction in 2022 as he stepped back from clinical practice.

His novels draw on four decades at the intersection of technology, systems thinking, and high-stakes decision-making.