In the mid 1990s, he founded Datalogic Software, which creates software to simplify billing and scheduling from home health care agencies in Texas.

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Imagine having a software agent that could automatically do scheduling on your behalf, surveying your calendar and fitting a session with the personal trainer into each week, followed by a massage, with enough time afterward to get dressed and hotfoot it to your next meeting.

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The trick is writing software and algorithms that tackle industry-specific problems, such as flight scheduling that keeps pilots below flying limits and financial models that account for the cost of currency exchanges.

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Cars will book themselves in for servicing, hospitals will consult online diaries before scheduling an appointment, and fishing boats will sell their catch at market before reaching port, all thanks to these software agents.

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