Ted Demopoulos’ professional background includes over 25 years of experience in Information Technology and Business, including 17 years as an independent consultant. Each year he helps organizations make informed decisions through his seminars, keynotes, and consulting services. His clients have included Cisco, Hewlett Packard, IBM, The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, Motorola, The Singapore Ministry of Education, The UK Post Office, T Rowe Price, TRW, and The Hong Kong Post.

Ted Demopoulos' first significant exposure to computers was in 1977 when he had unlimited access to his high school's PDP-11, and hacked at it incessantly. He consequently almost flunked out but learned he liked playing with computers a lot. His first entrepreneurial ventures began in college and have been continuous since.

His first professional computer work was in 1984 when he helped work his way through graduate school by programming. In 1986 Ted joined Apollo Computer where he worked with network administration, security, and user interfaces. He stayed a couple of years beyond the takeover by Hewlett-Packard, and then, in 1990, he founded Demopoulos Associates. He has been very fortunate since then to be able to work on a number of exciting projects worldwide. Along the way, Ted has also helped start a successful information security company, was the CTO at a "textbook failure" of a software startup, and has advised several other startups.

Ted is a frequent speaker at conferences, conventions, and other business events, quoted often by the press, author of What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting: Real-Life Advice from 101 People Who Successfully Leverage the Power of the Blogosphere and coauthor of Blogging for Business: Everything You Need to Know and Why You Should Care.

Ted conducts Leadership and Information Security Bootcamps for The SANS Institute, and is the principal of Demopoulos Associates, a consulting organization specializing in information security and new media. Ted holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MS from the University of New Hampshire. More information about Ted is available at www.demop.com, and Ted blogs at BloggingForBusinessBook.com.