<p>I'm a LaTeX support and product specialist at <a href="https://www.overleaf.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Overleaf</a>. I've also done some freelance work preparing illustrations and manuscripts for a small publisher using <code>tikz</code> and <code>pgfplots</code>. Recovering perfectionist and former mechanical/controls engineer.</p>

<p>As a graduate student at Marquette University (MSME 2014), I became frustrated with the kludges found in the so-called "official thesis class", and wrote my own, <a href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mugsthesis" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>mugsthesis</code></a>. This was my first contribution to CTAN and first foray into "official" (La)TeX programming. Since then, I have written a small font package and numerous private packages.</p>

Paul Gessler