About the Author

Charles Zaiontz is the author of the Real Statistics using Excel website, www.real-statistics.com, which is a practical guide for how to do statistical analysis in Excel using free software which can be downloaded from the site.

He holds a PhD in mathematics from Purdue University and has taught at the university level for many years. Recently he was Chief Operating Officer and Head of Research at CREATE-NET, a telecommunications research institute in Italy. He has also worked for many years at BBN, one of the most prestigious research institutes in the US, and widely credited with implementing the Arpanet and playing a leading role in creating the Internet.

Charles has held a number of executive management positions, including President, Genuity Europe, responsible for the European operation of one of the largest global Internet providers and a spinoff from Verizon.

He grew up in New York City and has lived in Europe for the past 26 years. He is married to Prof. Caterina Zaiontz and has a beautiful golden retriever named Ariel.