Nilles talks about rocket science, the growth of telecommuting and major challenges facing that community Father of telecommuting Jack Nilles says security, managing remote workers remain big hurdles.

That will come as welcome and overdue news to Jack Nilles, known as the Father of Telecommuting. Born 1932 in Evanston, Illinois, USA, ...

As Inc. continues its experiment in working without an office, I've had a chance to interview some fascinating people. Over the next few weeks I'm going to be posting some of these interviews ...

"The most fundamental equipment a telecommuter needs is a telephone," Jack Nilles, president of JALA International, a telework consulting group in Los Angeles, told Government Executive in 1997.