Paul Glen is the founder, publisher and editor of GeekLeaders.com.

He is best known as a columnist for Computerworld where he writes two columns a month that are frequently syndicated around the globe.

He is also an award-winning author, columnist, consultant and keynote speaker who helps technical organizations grow better leaders.

He is the author  of "Leading Geeks: How to Lead and Manage People Who Deliver Technology" (Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer, 2003, Warren Bennis Signature Series) and "Healing Client Relationships: A Professional's Guide to Managing Client Conflict" (Professional Service Publishing, 2001).  "Leading Geeks" has won several book awards including the 2003 Financial Times Germany International Book Prize naming it the best new book published worldwide on the subject of leadership.

In 1999, he founded C2 Consulting to help technology organizations grow better leaders and help technical managers perform at their best.

He received his MBA from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University with majors in marketing, organizational behavior, and strategy. He received a BA from Cornell University with majors in computer science and mathematics.

He has taught as a part-time faculty member in the MBA programs at the University of Southern California and Loyola Marymount University. AT USC he developed and taught an e-Business Strategy course. At Loyola he taught a second year MBA course that he authored entitled “Marketing of High Technology Products and Services.” 

He has almost twenty years experience delivering and managing IT related products and services. For four years, he was western regional manager for SEI Information Technology, a national IT consultancy. In that role he had full profit and loss responsibility for a $13 million consulting practice including supervision of sales, service delivery, recruiting, human resource management and administration. Prior to serving as the western regional manager, he served as regional manager for SEI’s Oak Brook region in the Chicago area.

He has served in many roles including: project manager, product manager, account manager, and programmer. He has been involved in dozens of software development and deployment projects. He has led two startup product teams, launching both hardware and software products to the quick service restaurant industry.

He is one of only three people worldwide outside Microsoft to be certified a Master Trainer for delivering and adapting Microsoft’s project management curriculum, the Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF). He has also consulted with clients on the implementation of MSF.

Mr. Glen is a past president of the Southern California Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants. He is also a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association.

A self-proclaimed geek, during his off-hours, he studies writing, photography, and improvisational comedy.