Troy Martin Hughes has been a SAS practitioner for more than 20 years, has managed SAS projects in support of federal, state, and local government initiatives, and is a SAS Certified Advanced Programmer, SAS Certified Base Programmer, SAS Certified Clinical Trials Programmer, and SAS Professional V8. He has an MBA in information systems management and additional credentials, including: PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PMI-RMP, SSCP, CSSLP, CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CISA, CGEIT, Network+, Security+, CySA+, CASP+, Cloud+, CSM, CSP-SM, CSD, A-CSD, CSP-D, CSPO, CSP-PO, CSP, SAFe Government Practitioner, and ITIL Foundation.He has given more than 150 presentations, trainings, and hands-on workshops at SAS user group conferences, including SAS Global Forum, SAS Analytics Experience, SAS Explore, WUSS, MWSUG, SCSUG, SESUG, PharmaSUG, MSUG, BASAS, and BASUG. Additionally, he is the author of three groundbreaking books that model SAS best practices, including: PROC FCMP User-Defined Functions: An Introduction to the SAS® Function Compiler (2024) SAS® Data-Driven Development: From Abstract Design to Dynamic Functionality, Second Edition (2022) SAS® Data Analytic Development: Dimensions of Software Quality (2016)Troy is a U.S. Navy veteran with two tours of duty in Afghanistan and is a former firefighter and EMT.Read more about this authorRead less about this author