Bob Lewis

Since the 1996 launch of his "Survival Guide" column in InfoWorld, Robert Lewis has been in the forefront of a guerilla consulting movement that rejects the orthodoxy of "running IT as a business" that has "internal customers." Instead, he advocates integrating IT into the enterprise, where it actively collaborates to improve how the business functions. The award-winning author of 12 books and more than 1,700 articles, Mr. Lewis is one of the most respected advisers and commentators in the IT industry. He has held a wide variety of executive, management, and staff positions in information technology, manufacturing, product development, and business planning ... he was a practitioner before becoming an author and adviser, one source of his reputation for providing a unique blend of vision and pragmatism. In 2001, Mr. Lewis founded IT Catalysts, a consultancy specializing in business change, IT organizational effectiveness, and IT/business integration.