Lankford grew up in farmland Nebraska, where his father was a biochemist and his mother taught music.
To buff STAC's impartial image, Lankford and crew roam industry events in white lab coats.
Enter Peter Lankford, founder of STAC (Securities Technology Analysis Center), in Warrenville, Ill.
Mr Lankford vividly paints the picture in nearby Cape Clear, an inhabited island five miles north-east of Fastnet.
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"We're measuring the zero-to-60 speed but also the gas mileage, " says Lankford.
Lankford even tests the way systems react after sudden shutdowns and reboots, so clients know what to expect--and what data might get lost.
Then Lankford heard through the grapevine that Hewlett-Packard had landed a big contract to supply a New York investment bank with servers and other trading hardware.
Lankford further ingratiated himself with clients by forming the STAC Council, where banks and traders would all get a say in how performance would be measured.
In 2005 Lankford ditched a comfortable salary, hired away an engineer from Reuters and went hunting for consulting gigs optimizing speed performance for trading firms and hardware vendors.
When Lankford raised fiscal issues during the meeting, he also pointed out that the president's other meeting on Wednesday was with his political arm, Organizing for Action.
He was beaten in his cell and subjected to mock executions during captivity, and after his release, he became a recluse and an alcoholic, according to Lankford.
Oklahoma Rep. Jim Lankford asked the first question, pressing the president to explain why he wouldn't join House Republicans in their effort to balance the budget in a decade.
Both Rep. Lankford and I would likely think it pretty great if the government created new super-special monetary benefits for all citizens, but then denied these benefits to all non-redheads.
"We are a very close-knit community and when news of the shooting spread through our town, everyone wanted to help, " said Mary Lankford, who taught Chapa at Sinton High School.
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