<p><B>PETER A. HIGH </B>is the President of Metis Strategy, a CIO-advisory firm that he founded in 2001. He has been an advisor to many <i>Fortune</i> 500 CIOs. Peter is also the author of <i>World Class IT: Why Businesses Succeed When IT Triumphs</i>, which was named one of the top three IT books of 2009 by <i>CIO Insight</i>, and the number one book to read to “be smarter than your boss,” according to <i>Baseline</i> magazine. <p>He writes the Technovation column in <i>Forbes</i>, and moderates a popular podcast entitled “The Forum on World Class IT,” which is available on iTunes. He is a regular contributor to <i>CIO Insight</i>, and he has also written for <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>CIO, CIO Digest</i>, and<i> Information Week</i>, among other publications. <p>Peter has been the keynote speaker at a vast array of executive conferences and universities in the US, Mexico, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Canada, China, India, and Australia. <p>He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, with degrees in economics and history. <p>Follow Peter on Twitter @WorldClassIT. Contact him at peter.high@metisstrategy.com.