Bob Violino is an award-winning writer, editor and project manager who has covered information technology, communications, consumer electronics, health care, general business and other topics. He has held senior editorial positions at publications including InformationWeek, Communications Week and Television Digest. Bob has written and edited thousands of articles, reports, newsletters, case studies, and other materials, and interviewed many leading figures in technology, business, academia and government.

Many of his articles have been used as part of academic programs at some of the nation’s leading universities. He has covered topics including cloud computing services, information security, networking, enterprise applications, mobile technology, big data analytics, social media, data storage, robotics, artificial intelligence/machine learning, augmented and virtual reality and RFID. Bob has covered industries such as banking and financial services, chemicals, consumer goods, electronics, health care, high technology, insurance, manufacturing, media, pharmaceuticals, retail, tele-communications, transportation and utilities. He has managed high-profile editorial projects such as the InformationWeek 500, an annual special report on the leading corporate users of information technology. He has also managed editorial reports on IT spending, return on investment, information security, global technology and IT labor.