Gary Shields is an Assistant Professor of Teaching at Wayne State University's Mike Ilitch School of Business in the heart of Detroit, Michigan. After earning his MBA from Wayne State, Gary has taught a variety of management courses for Detroit's Business School during the last 30-plus years, including a graduate course in improvisation for business that he currently teaches with this book's co-author Rico Bruce Wade. He and Rico also teach several student-focused improv workshops at the university. Gary is a graduate of the Second City Training Academy, where he had the good fortune to study with some of the modern masters of theatrical improvisation, later adapting those improvisation skills for use both in the college classroom as well as in his start-up businesses and consulting work. His dream is to someday open an improv club in Detroit, so he hopes you like this book and tell your friends!