Peter S. Cohan, author of Value Leadership: The 7 Principles That Drive Corporate Value in Any Economy, is a leading expert on technology and business. 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. His newest book, published in December 2008, You Can't Order Change: Lessons From the Turnaround at Boeing, reveals Jim McKerney's approach to accountability, cost cutting, leadership development, customer focus, and other universal challenges.

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.