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Dr. James Martin is a consultant and author, has been called the "Guru of the Information age," and was nominated for a Pulitzer prize for his book, "The Wired Society: A Challenge for Tomorrow." He has written over a hundred books, many of which where best sellers in the information technology industry, however some of which are considered to be self-promoting in character.
He has written extensively on his computer systems design methodology Information Engineering and also on CASE, of which some say he is the father. He was an early promoter of fourth-generation programming languages. He was also the primary author of the Rapid Application Development methodology.
Martin established the information technology consultancy firm Headstrong in 1981, (formerly known as James Martin Associates), clients of which have included the United States and United Kingdom governments. Martin also co-founded software company KnowledgeWare with Fran Tarkenton.
Martin helped establish The James Martin 21st Century School at the University of Oxford, whose stated goal is to "formulate new concepts, policies and technologies that will make the future a better place to be". The School runs several research institutes [1].