Chris Sherman is President of Searchwise (www.searchwise.net), a Boulder Colorado based Web consulting firm, and Executive Editor of Search Engine Watch. He is a frequent contributor to Information Today, Online, EContent and other information industry journals, and his published work includes The McGraw-Hill CD ROM Handbook, and The Invisible Web, co-authored with Gary Price. Chris has more than 20 years of experience in developing multimedia and Internet applications. Early in his career, he worked on prototypes of many products and concepts that are now commonplace, such as CD ROM and multimedia technologies and interactive cable television. Later, he was Vice President of Technology for a global management consulting firm based in Amsterdam. His clients have included International Data Corporation, Andersen Consulting, Motorola, Levi-Strauss, Porsche, United Technologies, and the Scripps Clinic. Chris holds a master's degree in Interactive Educational Technology from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in Visual Arts and Communications from the University of California, San Diego.