Philip Q. Chase has had a substantial career as an engineer and a businessman. In "Humpty Dumpty: a love story," his first novel, he has distilled that career to describe an ordinary company: full of romance, intrigue and backstabbing. Phil is intimately familiar with research and development companies. He worked for some years on NASA’s manned space program both with the agency and as a contractor employee. Though he delights in far-out engineering, he is also a great fan of British literature. In "Humpty Dumpty" he has made a stab at being a twenty-first century Jane Austin, making ordinary things interesting.