“If you know anything about television, you probably know Alan Wolk.” That’s how Adweek describes the best-selling author of "Over The Top. How The Internet Is (Slowly But Surely) Changing The Television Industry."​ Slate Editor-in-Chief Jacob Weisberg wrote a stellar review of "Over The Top"​ that was featured in a cover story in the New York Review of Books. It's safe to say that Wolk, who has also been recognized by Wired as one of the "Top 20 Thinkers In Social TV and Second Screen,"​ has established himself as one of the industry's most influential thought leaders. Wolk’s observations on how the industry is changing can be found on his well-known blog, The Toad Stool, and in the articles he writes for publications like The Guardian, Digiday and Variety. Currently a Senior Analyst at The Diffusion Group, Wolk serves as Chairman of the 2nd Screen Society and as Expert-in-Residence at BRaVe Ventures. He also provides strategic and marketing-based advisory services for clients in the media and entertainment industries through his own venture, Toad Stool Consultants, where he is able to put his ideas into practice. A business-development and product-marketing pro, Wolk's visionary ideas about where the set top box was heading lead him to conceive and then spearhead Piksel’s 2Si social program guide initiative, which won the CSI Award at IBC in 2012.