Meet Phil

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I am the author of four books, including The Age of the Platform. I focus on the intersection of people, management, and technology.

Short Bio

Phil Simon is a recognized technology expert. He consults companies on how to optimize their use of technology has written four books:

His contributions have been featured on NBC, CNBC, Huffington Post, The Globe and Mail, the American Express Open Forum, Fast Company, Technorati, ComputerWorld, ZDNet, abcnews.com, forbes.com, The New York Times, ReadWriteWeb, and many other sites.

While not consulting, Phil speaks about emerging trends and technologies. He also writes for a number of technology-oriented media outlets. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and Cornell University.

Longer Bio

I began working with emerging technologies in 1994 after graduating from college. After grad school, I started a new career in corporate human resources. That wasn’t the best fit for me, and I quickly gravitated to work rooted more in technology and systems. In 1998, I took my first IT job, traveling extensively to Latin America on a global PeopleSoft project for a Fortune 50 company. I started full-time consulting in 2000 and decided to become my own boss in 2002.

My goal as an independent consultant is–and always has been–to optimize organizations’ use of technology. I like to think that I’ve been reasonably successful, having cultivated more than 50 clients in a wide variety of industries, including health care, manufacturing, retail, education, telecommunications, and the public sector. I have worked with many different organizations that use technology in many different ways–some better than others.

Education

I am a graduate of the Cornell University (Master’s of Industrial and Labor Relations) and Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., Policy and Management). I reside in Henderson, NV.

Books

After many years of seeing what organizations did well (and not so well), I decided to write a book. (Note for aspiring authors: Typing fast, lacking moderation, having way too many opinions, and not sleeping helps.) I started in earnest in August of 2008 and, four and half months later, had a book. In February of 2009, I published the first edition of Why New Systems Fail. In February of 2010, Cengage published the second edition of the book.

Well, I didn’t stop there. In March of 2010, John Wiley & Sons published my second book, The Next Wave of Technologies. In November of 2010, I published my third book: The New Small: How a New Breed of Small Business is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies (Motion Publishing) and followed that up with The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business (Motion, 2011).

Hobbies

When not fiddling with computers, hosting podcasts, putting myself in comics, and writing, I enjoy English Bulldogs, tennis, golf, movies that hurt the brain, fantasy football, and progressive rock. I am a particularly zealous fan of Rush, Porcupine Tree, and Dream Theater. Anyone who reads my blog or books will catch many references to these bands.

Misc.

I reserve the right to try out advertising on this site. Should you find an ad or affiliate link on my site, it’s because I endorse that product or service and believe that it has value to the community.

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Thanks,

 

Phil

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