Chris West

Mike Southonis a serially successful entrepreneur. He co-foundedThe Instruction Set,an open systems consultancy in 1984, and sold the company five years later to what is nowCap Gemini Ernst & Young.Mike has since been involved in seven start-up ventures, responsible for sales and marketing as well as helping to secure funding from venture capitalists. Mike is very active as an independent consultant, and has been a keynote speaker at conferences all over the world for Microsoft, IBM, Novell, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and many others.

Chris Westis a writer and journalist. HisChina Quartetof mysteries is published in Asia, the USA, the UK and Europe. He also works in PR and marketing, and is currently involved in his own start-up enterprise.