Robert Wernli Sr. is an international expert in the technology that weaves throughout his first two novels, Second Sunrise and Sunrise Cartel; he has chaired eighteen international...ver maisRobert Wernli Sr. is an international expert in the technology that weaves throughout his first two novels, Second Sunrise and Sunrise Cartel; he has chaired eighteen international conferences in related technology in the United States, Canada, Scotland, Norway, Taiwan, China, and Japan. In Pop-Up, he spins off his investigative reporter in those two novels, Sam Brashly, for his own thriller along the US/Mexico border.
He holds mechanical engineering degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and San Diego State University. A former navy-qualified diver, he has spent his career developing unmanned underwater robotic vehicles and work systems. Recently retired from a navy research center in San Diego, California, he now works as a consultant in underwater robotics and technology as president of First Centurion Enterprises.
He has coauthored two nonfiction works: a comprehensive book on CD-ROM on underwater vehicles, Operational Effectiveness of Unmanned Underwater Systems and the recently released second edition of The ROV Manual.
He lives in San Diego, California, with his wife, Beverley.ver menos