Peter Cohan

For the past 22 years, Cohan has been a pioneer in the field, looking at the way technology changes business and deciding what businesses should do about it. From global corporations to sophisticated private equity-investors, business leaders seek out Cohan to help them make complex strategic decisions.

President of Peter S. Cohan & Associates, Cohan helps technology-intensive companies identify, evaluate, and exploit new business opportunities. His clients include international leaders from a broad spectrum of industries including computer networking, on-line information services, telecommunications, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and oil services. In addition, general partners of leading investment firms and high net-worth individuals work with Cohan to identify and capitalize on investment opportunities. Executives have hailed his strategic planning as "the most brilliant work [they have] ever seen."

Cohan - an investment analyst whose 2002 stock picks gained 81% when the S&P 500 plunged 24% -- has written seven books including The Technology Leaders (Jossey-Bass, 1997) which Management General selected as one of the 10 best management books of 1997 and Net Profit (Wiley, 2001) which the Washington Post called "A savvy, discriminating guide to Internet business." He has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN and CNBC and been quoted in the New York Times, Time, Fortune, and Business Week. Cohan is also an executive-in-residence at Babson College in Wellesley, MA.

Prior to starting his firm, Cohan worked at CSC/Index with James A. Champy, co-author of Reengineering The Corporation, and at The Monitor Company, a strategy consulting firm co-founded by Professor Michael E. Porter of the Harvard Business School. Cohan received an MBA from The Wharton School and did graduate work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Programs:

• Value Leadership: Building Tomorrow's Organization Today - Internet-Related Companies: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly as a Metaphor for Sensible Business Value Creation - Outsourcing: Market Overview, Case Studies and Implications for Business - Strategies for Growth: Analyzing Value, Acquisitions and Alliances - Top 12 Technology Trends for 2004 - Profiting from the Transition to E-Commerce - Investing and Competing in the Real World of Internet Business - Winning in the Digital Economy - The Technology Leaders: How America's Most Profitable High Tech Companies Innovate Their Way to Success - Entrepreneurial Alchemy: How America's New Venture Machine Spins Gold From Innovation - Applying Disciplined Resource Allocation for Maximum Profit Potential

Peter tends to invent new presentations each time he speaks. So, he's pretty flexible with the topics above.