Principal Research Scientist Emeritus W. Michael McCracken was C21U's director of Online Course Development and Innovation and director of Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL) Programs for the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. In his current position, he is responsible for the operations of the College's programs at GTL and the development of new programs at other European universities. He also taught, conducted research in computer science and software engineering, was a member of the faculty of the Cognitive Science Program at Tech, and was on the editorial board of the Journal of Computer Science Education.