A 20-year veteran technology entrepreneur, executive and consultant, Scott Allen is the Entrepreneurs Guide for About.com, one of the top ten websites in the world with over 37 million readers, and a subsidiary of the New York Times. He offers current and future entrepreneurs guidance and resources to help them start and develop their new businesses.
Scott is the coauthor of The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online, published by the American Management Association. He blogs at TheVirtualHandshake.com and LinkedIntelligence.com. He also co-writes a monthly column for FastCompany.com about virtual business relationships and social software. He is a contributing author to several books, including Blog!: How the Newest Media Revolution is Changing Politics, Business, and Culture and Get Slightly Famous.
Scott is a recognized authority, having been quoted or featured in ABCNews.com, The Washington Post, CFO Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Sales and Marketing Management, Networking Times, Southwest Airlines Spirit, Worth and other major publications, as well as appearing on radio and at industry conferences. He consults with businesses and individuals on the strategic use of social software and with social software companies on product design.
Scott has offered training programs in conjunction with business networking sites LinkedIn, Ryze, and others, plus courses on creating a powerful personal presence and growing your personal network on the internet. He is an experienced presenter, both virtually and from the podium, with clients and event partners including Microsoft, Business Development Institute, Execunet, American Marketing Association, and others.
He has implemented solutions for clients including IBM and Amazon and has managed several remote teams. In his most recent corporate roles, he worked in the enterprise portal industry as VP of Professional Services and later VP of Product Management for Mongoose Technology and as Professional Services Manager for Viador.
You can contact Scott Allen by email at scott (at) thevirtualhandshake.com
