Dan Woods is an analyst, writer, and explainer, who aspires to live the examined life in technology. Dan's primary mission is to understand and explain how technology makes people more effective in achieving their goals. His strong belief is that we are at the threshold of a golden age of IT, in which the promise of gaining value from technology will be fulfilled, breaking free of many past frustrations. Dan pursues this mission in two ways.Research, Consulting, Speaking: Dan is constantly seeking out how technology is working and how it is not. Dan performs research in collaboration with CIOs, CTOs, IT practitioners at all levels, and vendors. Dan publishes his findings in Forbes.com and on his own site CITOResearch.com, which is dedicated to advancing the craft of technology leadership. He speaks about his research in venues large and small.Content Marketing: Based on his background as a a CTO and journalist, Dan brings principles of software development to the practice of content creation. The result is Evolved Media, a purpose-built newsroom for content marketing for B2B technology companies. For startups, growing companies, and large organizations, Evolved Media creates streams of content used for blogs and contributed articles, as well as white papers, infographics, comic books, webinars, videos, and books. Evolved Media has created more than 25 books.Dan is excitable, fun to talk to, loves food, music, stories, and almost any nerdy pursuit. Give him a call.