Michael Raithel
Senior Systems Analyst, Westat
Michael A. Raithel is a senior systems analyst for Westat, an employee-owned contract research organization in the Washington, DC, area. He has worked with Information Systems in the commercial and government sectors since 1980. An internationally recognized expert in the use of SAS software in mainframe and UNIX environments, Michael is the author of more than 25 SAS technical papers and is a popular lecturer at SAS Global Forum and at regional SAS conferences.
Michael has been a section chair at SUGI, SESUG, and NESUG, and he co-chaired NESUG in 1995. He has been a keynote speaker at WUSS, SCSUG, PharmaSUG, and a Featured Lunchtime Speaker at SAS Global Forum. Michael has taught SAS classes at SUGI, SAS Global Forum, and at American University in Washington, DC. He has written four books for SAS Press, the latest of which is How to Become a Top SAS Programmer. A copy of the first edition of Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment resides in the Smithsonian Institution of American History's Permanent Research Collection of Information Technology.
By This Author
How to Become a Top SAS® Programmer
By Michael A. Raithel
*This book is out of print.
Tuning SAS® Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments, Second Edition
By Michael A. Raithel
*This book is out of print.
The Complete Guide to SAS® Indexes
By Michael A. Raithel
*This book is out of print.
Awards
2006-2007 Society for Technical Communication, Carolina Chapter: Technical Publications Competition
Award of Excellence - Software Guides
The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes
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