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About Michael A. Raithel

Michael A. Raithel author photo 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, he is the author of over 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 three books for SAS Press; the most recent book is The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes. A copy of the first edition Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment, resides in the Smithsonian Institution of American History's Permanent Research Collection of Information Technology.
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podcast Shelly Goodin talks with Michael at SAS Global Forum 2010.
podcast Michael speaks with Shelly Goodin at the 2008 SAS Global Forum

Webinar: Programmatically Measure SAS Application Performance on any Platform with the New LOGPARSE SAS Macro

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Authorline Interview, January 2006

Authorline Interview, February 2004

Awards

STC logo 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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The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes book cover Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments, Second Edition book cover

The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes

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Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments, Second Edition

 Table of Contents (PDF) Free Chapter (PDF) Example Code and Data Reviews Buy now