GARY BOLLES is a San Francisco-based writer, speaker, and entrepreneur. He is the author of hundreds of articles and columns on subjects such as technology strategy, online marketing, and startup management, and is a frequent speaker and moderator of roundtables and panel discussions on the strategic uses of technology. He has also consulted with a variety of corporations on a range of strategic business and technology issues for clients as diverse as Silicon Valley Bank and McKinsey.

He has an extensive background in the successful launches of award-winning publications, with more than a dozen years experience in print, online, and broadcast. He was the founding editor-in-chief or editorial director for Interactive Week, Yahoo! Internet Life, and Network Computing magazine. For one year, he was the host of Working the Web for TechTV, and most recently was a contributing editor to CIO Insight magazine.

Bolles is the former Chief Operating Officer of Evolve Software, Inc., helping to launch the company that pioneered the Professional Services Automation field, and was the VP of Marketing for Network Products Corporation, an early network communications vendor. He has served as an advisor to numerous hi-tech startups, including as a member of the Board for privacy software vendor MEconomy.

Currently, he is a partner in Collective Intelligence, responsible for helping to articulate the strategic vision of CI and its projects, devising technology solutions, coordinating project operations, and assisting with partner development and fundraising. He is also co-founder of Conferenza, the premier newsletter for high-tech events, which regularly informs readers about early-stage companies. He is also the co-founder and President of Microcast Communications, a new marketing services firm that helps high-tech companies build closer relationships with their customers through strategic events and online content. Microcast is also involved in an exciting muni Wi-Fi joint venture with Wi-Fi maven Esme Vos called MuniWireless that includes events around the country and a new magazine.