Lisa Friedrichsen is a professor at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, where she teaches database and web development classes. As an author, she has written several prominent Access, Office and Web-related textbooks. Ms. Friedrichsen combines her ability to teach with extensive industry experience to create clear, practical presentations. Ms. Friedrichsen's undergraduate degree is in engineering from Iowa State University and she has an M.B.A.

from Drake University. She worked for a decade at IBM Corporation before becoming a consultant, author and college professor.