Thomas J. Waite

Thomas J. Waite has been the CEO and President of [http://www.thomaswaite.com Waite Associates] since 2001. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President for the consulting firm [http://www.NEC.com Zefer (now part of NEC)] and before that Managing Director of Waite & Company, a firm he founded, grew and sold in 1995 to [http://www.NEC.com Zefer.] He pioneered the marketing of management consulting services, most notably while at [http://www.CSC.com CSC Index] where he lead the development and marketing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reengineering] business reengineering concept, the marketing and practice of which quadrupled the firm's revenues between 1998 and 1995. He successfully conceived and marketed a series of [http://www.nyt.com "New York Times"] best-selling business books, including [http://www.amazon.com/Reengineering-Corporation-Manifesto-Business-Revolution/dp/088730687X "Reengineering the Corporation"] which sold more than 3 million copies and was translated into 30 languages. He is the author of numerous articles, including [http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0304A "Keeping to the Fairway," "Harvard Business Review," April 2003] ; [http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0202A "Stick to the Core - Or Go For More," "Harvard Business Review," February 2002] ; [http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=F99606 "Marketing Breakthrough Products," "Harvard Business Review," November-December 1999;] and [http://www.nyt.com "Consulting: Don't Lose It, Improve It," "The New York Times", 1998.] He serves on the Board of [http://www.advisorperspectives.com Advisor Perspectives] and a Boston-area college. Mr. Waite attended [http://www.ox.ac.uk/ Oxford University] and [http://www.wisc.edu/the University of Wisconsin - Madison] where he graduated with a B.A. in English literature.