Meet The CRM Playaz

Paul Greenberg, Author of CRM at the Speed of Light, President of The 56 Group, LLC

 

Paul GreenbergIn addition to being the author of CRM at the Speed of Light, often called the “Bible of CRM”, Paul is the President of the 56 Group, LLC, President of The 56 Group, LLC, an enterprise applications consulting services firm, focused on CRM strategic services including go-to-market strategies for vendors and integrators, CRM strategic planning and vendor selection.

Paul is also the EVP of The CRM Association and the Co-chair of the Rutgers CRM Research Center. He writes two blogs including the ZDNET Blog on CRM 2.0 and PGreenblog, which has won numerous awards as the best CRM blog every year since 2005. Paul was also named the most influential person in CRM by InsideCRM and one of the most influential by CRM Magazine – both in 2008.
 
Paul is a contributor to multiple business publications including CRM Magazine and others.  He keynotes conferences across the United States, Europe and Asia. He has a degree in Journalism from Northwestern University.  He lives in Manassas, VA with his wife and five (yes, five!) cats. Follow Paul on Twitter @pgreenbe

Brent Leary, Co-author of Barack 2.0 and co-founder of CRM Essentials

Brent Leary is a crm industry analyst, advisor, author, speaker and award winning blogger. He is co-founder and Partner of CRM Essentials LLC, an Atlanta based CRM advisory firm covering tools and strategies for improving business relationships.  Recognized by InsideCRM as one of 2007's 25 most influential industry leaders, Leary also is a past recipient of CRM Magazine's Most Influential Leader Award.

He has written regular online columns for Inc. and Black Enterprise magazines, as well as for popular business sites including American Express OPEN Forum. And in 2009 Leary co-authored Barack 2.0: Social Media Lessons for Small Business.  Leary also hosts and produces the popular "Technology For Business $ake" Internet radio program.  Follow Brent on Twitter @brentleary