Steve Weissman
Director, Insight Forums; Senior Analyst & Director of Marketing, Art Plus Technology

Steve Weissman has been a trade journalist and industry analyst since 1979. Known for his strong business sense, marketing savvy, and innate ability to pinpoint critical success factors, he has stewarded scores of successful consulting engagements, research programs, and industry forums for vendors, VARs, resellers, integrators, and buyers of information technology who are looking to maximize the value of their technology investments.

Mr. Weissman is highly regarded for his pragmatic analyses and populist style; as such, he is in constant demand as an industry expert and as a dynamic public speaker, a role in which he regularly 'wows' audiences at industry forums, user and channel conferences, and association annual meetings. Recent Program Chair of the AIIM Conference Committee and ECM West, he also is an ongoing resource for the trade, business, and general press, where the likes of Business Week, Red Herring, InfoWorld, and Network World, and television programs as diverse as World Business Review and Entertainment Tonight, frequently seek his input and opinions.

Immediately prior to assuming his present roles, Mr. Weissman was the founder of Kinetic Information LLC, a business strategy consulting and software industry analyst firm he led for 12 years. He holds a B.S. degree in Public Relations from Boston University.

Session: Personalization, Privacy, Technology & Culture: Key Ingredients to Weigh & Balance