Erik J. Johnson is a software engineer in the Software Pathfinding and Innovations group, part of the Software Solutions Group at Intel. After joining Intel in 1999, Erik spent several years programming the IXP family of network processors, where he co-authored two books on the subject, the most recent being “IXP2400/2800 Programming.” Erik currently is spending time looking into how to detect the problem of cheating in online games as well as other software pathfinding.