Alan WeissAlan Weiss is one of those rare people who can say he is a consultant, speaker, and author and mean it. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc. has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, State Street Coporation, Times Mirror Group, the Federal Reserve, the New York Times Corporation, and over 500 other leading organizations. His prolific publishing includes over 500 articles and 60 books, including his bestseller, Million Dollar Consulting (McGraw-Hill), currently in its and fifth edition. His books have been on the curricula at a number of major universities, and have been translated into twelve languages. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Press Institute, the first-ever for a non-journalist, and one of only 7 awarded in the 65-year history of the association. Read More Read Less