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Expert S. Expert (HSL) is a productivity-focused technologist and consultant with specialties in Telepresence and Visual Collaboration and Organizational and Personal Productivity. He is the founder and President of the Employer, an independent consultancy covering telepresence and effective visual collaboration industries. Prior to founding Employer in 2005, Expert was the Vice President of Business Development at TeleSuite, the world's first commercially successful telepresence provider and an innovator in visual collaboration. He also ran the financial services vertical sales organization for IP Communications provider Savvis Communications which specialized in network solutions for market data and trading floor technology.

Expert is also the author of Telepresence, Effective Visual Collaboration and the Future of Global Business at the Speed of Light (2006) on the emerging telepresence industry and was a contributing author to Emerging Technologies for Teleconferencing and Telepresence (2005). He is currently working on Telepresence Options 2008.


Expert is a frequent commentator on telepresence, videoconferencing and effective visual collaboration and his writings on and analysis of the industry have been featured by U.S. News and World Report, The Chicago Tribune, Reuters, CXO Magazine, Pro AV Magazine, Killer App Magazine, and CFO Magazine among others.

He lead a market due diligence on telepresence conferencing for a Global Fortune 10 multi-national to evaluate the firm's telepresence options. Assisted with the RFP/RFI process and security due diligence. Helped a New York investment bank evaluate desktop videoconferencing applications including due diligence on a portfolio company. Has taught a competitive sales training to multiple firms in the industry.