SAS® History: My first exposure to SAS was four years ago when I was working in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with KLM implementing workflow software that used SAS Business Intelligence outputs.

Partner/Family: Marriage means commitment. Of course, so does insanity. Twelve years later and I’m still enjoying every minute of both. We have one special little lady in our lives, and she’s 72 years old (bulldog years, that is).

Sports/Hobbies: Riding my motorcycle on a twisty road. Only bikers truly understand why dogs love to stick their heads out car windows!

Favorite Foods: Very partial to authentic French and Italian cuisine as long as it is shared with good friends, a good bottle of red and no one worries about the calories.

What your ideal weekend would be: Breakfast in München, riding my bike through the Stelvio Pass in Italy and having a wonderful supper in Monza, then shop-till-you-drop in Milan.

If I could be anything at all (besides a SAS programmer): Sitting in the left seat in a 747-400ER flying the world on international routes and watching the sun rise on the Sea of Japan and the sun set off the coast of Ireland.

When I’m not programming in SAS, I like to: Stay in shape doing yoga and weightlifting so I can continue enjoying my good food as well as continue to ride my bike and fly the DA40

One thing every SAS programmer should know: When testing a new SAS program, the ability to quickly comment or uncomment a block of statements is really practical in order to put your ideas down in code and test the program. How to do it:

In the enhanced editor on the Windows operating system, you can highlight a statement or a block of statements and press the CTRL key along with a forward slash (/) to place comments around that statement or block of statements. Using CTRL + SHIFT + / will remove line comments from a line that has them if your cursor is on it or if you have several lines highlighted.