Barry Libert
| Barry Libert | |
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| Born | January 3, 1954 |
| Residence | Dover, Massachusetts |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | B.A. from Tufts and M.B.A. from Columbia University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder of Mzinga, Founder of OpenMatters |
| Title | Founder and Chairman of OpenMatters |
Barry Libert (born in 1954) is a digital board member, technology (angel) investor, and strategic advisor to boards and their leaders seeking to benefit from the digital revolution. He is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Libert specializes in social, mobile and big data company investing and advising larger organizations on the impact of these technologies on their business models.
Career
Libert is CEO and founder of OpenMatters,[1] a technology (angel) investor, digital board member and strategic advisor.
1. As a digital and business model advisor, Barry has helped large enterprises, including Deloitte, GE Healthcare, ESPN and Goldman Sachs, pivot their business models.
2. Barry is a Senior Fellow at the SEI Center at Wharton where he researches business models and Leadership styles and publishes for both HBR and Wharton.
3. Lastly, as an angel (technology) investor, Barry sits on a number of start up and not for profit boards (partial list) advising them on leadership styles, value, and business models
- Guestnet, a wifi customer loyalty company
- Innocentive, a crowd sourcing software company
- Activate Networks (ANI),a big data analytics and services company that was sold to Decision Resources
- Zyncd [2] a crowdsharing company
- The Pulse Network,[3] an social video company
- Sonicbids, a social music marketing company that was sold to Backstage Media, NYC, NY
- Parametric Dining, a mobile solutions company that was sold to Bypass Mobile, Austin, Tx
- The SEI Center at the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania[4]
- Knowledge@Wharton, Wharton's on line digital publication
- Us Against Alzheimer's Network, an advocacy network using technology to end Alzheimer's
- Mzinga, a social media and e learning company
Barry began his career at McKinsey & Company.
Publications
Libert has co-authored 6 books on the value of business, financial and social networks. His 6th book, The Network Imperative: How to Survive and Grow in the Age of Digital Business Models, is scheduled to be published at the end of June, 2016, by Harvard Business Review Press.
In 2010, Libert wrote the book Social Nation on the value and power of social networks in organization's. Before that, Barry co-authored ''We Are Smarter Than Me'' with Jon Spector (CEO of the Conference Board), which focused on the power of crowdsourcing. Using a wiki and the contributions of more than 4,500 people, We are Smarter than Me illustrated through practical applications (e.g. the first business book to be written by a crowd using a wiki) how businesses can profit from the wisdom of crowds using today's technologies.[5]
Prior to publishing We Are Smarter Than Me, Barry co-authored Value Rx: How to Make the Most of Your Organization's Assets and Relationships in 2001 about the power of patients, data and new technologies, and Cracking the Value Code: How Successful Businesses Are Creating Wealth in the New Economy in 2000.[6] Both of these books focused on his research into the value of social interactions between constituents of an organization and emerging technologies. He also published the book Barack, Inc, which showed how Barack Obama used social media to win his presidential campaign and the lessons that could be used by business leaders seeking to win the loyalty and support of their customers and employees.
Barry has also authored 20 e-books on the value of social media, mobile devices and big data. His 3 newest e-books, The Social Revolution, The Big Data Revolution, and The Mobile Revolution, focus on what leaders need to know and do in today's digital world. Additional new ebooks are due from HBR press this summer.
Bibliography
- Social Nation
- Barack, Inc.
- We Are Smarter than Me
- Value Rx
- Cracking the Value Code
Articles
Barry's primary focus is the value of new business (network) models. Barry has co-authored 1,100 articles on the importance of digital technologies, value, strategy, and leadership. His articles have appeared in publications such as Harvard Business Review (HBR), the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Baron's, Institutional Investor, CIO Magazine and Mckinsey Quarterly.
Broadcast and Radio
Libert has appeared on CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg TV, as well as 100 other local and national outlets. He has discussed how social, mobile and open technologies impact business, government and finical markets. He has also appeared on more than 300 radio stations, including two appearances on National Public Radio (NPR).
Key Note Speaking Events
Libert has been the key note speaker at more than 400 events globally addressing 30,000 plus people.
Personal
Libert holds a B.A. from Tufts University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. He currently resides in Boston with his wife and two sons and serves on the boards of a number of charitable, academic and for-profit organizations.
References
- ↑ http://www.openmatters.com www.openmatters.com
- ↑ http://www.zyncd.com www.zyncd.com
- ↑ http://www.thepulsenetwork.com www.thepulsenetwork.com
- ↑ "Mzinga Chairman Barry Libert Named to The Wharton School's SEI Center Board of Directors". Reuters. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ Bulkeley, William M. (2006-11-16). "U.K.'s Pearson Tests The Group Dynamic For a 'Wiki' Book - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ http://www.hunt-scanlon.com/newsarchives/orsarchives/2001/oct.htm
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