Graduating from the University of Minnesota in the Spring of 1968, Mr. Solstad served as a commissioned officer with the U. S. Army Signal Corps, and then as an Information Technology Executive with the U. S. Air Force for a combined period spanning thirty-eight years at various locations: the Pentagon; Fort Knox, KY; Fort Riley, KS; Fort Gordon, GA; Fort Snelling, MN; Fort Richardson, AK; Fort McCoy, WI; Camp Ripley, MN, and overseas in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Germany. After service he formed DS Information Systems Corporation with a friend and business partner in Aiea, Hawaii, but is now retired and resides in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, where he continues to write.

Graduating from the University of Minnesota in the Spring of 1968, Mr. Solstad served as a commissioned officer with the U. S. Army Signal Corps, and then as an Information Technology Executive with the U. S. Air Force for a combined period spanning thirty-eight years at various locations: the Pentagon; Fort Knox, KY; Fort Riley, KS; Fort Gordon, GA; Fort Snelling, MN; Fort Richardson, AK; Fort McCoy, WI; Camp Ripley, MN, and overseas in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Germany. After service he formed DS Information Systems Corporation with a friend and business partner in Aiea, Hawaii, but is now retired and resides in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, where he continues to write.