W. Michael McCracken is a Principal Research Scientist and is the Director of Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL) Programs for the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. In his current position, he is responsible for the operations of the College's programs at GTL, and the development of new programs at other European universities. He also teaches and conducts research in computer science and software engineering, and is a member of the faculty of the Cognitive Science Program at Georgia Tech. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Computer Science Education.