DANIEL M. STOWELL is president of D.M. Stowell & Company and provides consulting, training, facilitation, research, and project management services in the areas of sales, marketing and quality. Stowell also draws on his 26 years of experience with the IBM Corporation, where he held management positions in Sales, marketing, and quality improvement. he has contributed to such publications as Quality Progress and Quality Digest, an is an active member of the American Society for Quality Control and The American Marketing Association. He lives in Southbury, Connecticut.