Tom Hayes has been called a tastemaker for the new net generation and one of the most influential executives and bloggers in high tech today. He has spent a career making sense out of emerging technology trends, serving as a senior marketing executive at Silicon Valley stalwarts Hewlett Packard and Applied Materials, and network software upstart, Enea. In the 1990s, Hayes was the founding Chairman and CEO of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley, the pioneering business network credited with catapulting Silicon Valley into leadership of the Internet Era. Profiles of Tom and his work have appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Los Angeles Times, Wired, San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Rolling Stone, and publications and news outlets around the world. His often controversial rants and riffs on business can be found on his blog, Tombomb.com. Hayes lives with his family in Silicon Valley."