I can be reached at garym@proactiveworldwide.com or 847.772.6826. I have built my 25+year career in competitive, marketing and customer intelligence on a broad array of industries: pharma/bio, consumer goods, industrial, financial services and technology. I have trained and coached hundreds of teams, from the Fortune 50 to start-ups, on CI function, program and skill development; and have consulted and spoken routinely on business transformation based on timely insights from big data, analytics and intelligence outcomes. Along with my business partner David Kalinowski, I began Proactive in 1995 as a professional service firm that specialized in evidence based intelligence. We opened our doors with the idea that unpublished intelligence can lead to a competitive advantage and help support executives in their business planning efforts. Over the past 20 years the firm has continued to grow by expanding our core leadership team, refining our global strategy, focusing our core service offerings, as well as developing multi-tiered analytical teams. These developments continue to sharpen Proactive's core capabilities to pressure test and align leadership strategies, while also assisting our clients in better utilizing evidence based intelligence to drive actually business outcomes. My business partners and I have also assisted in training the competitive intelligence industry at many levels. We have led numerous training seminars, symposia, interactive sessions, and workshops, with audiences ranging from international conference attendees to university students. I have also served as an adjunct professor at the Center for Knowledge Management at Dominican University in Illinois, where I helped developed the school’s graduate-level course on competitive intelligence.My firm and I look forward to collaborating and supporting your efforts to drive your business to its next level.Gary D. MaagChief Executive OfficerProactive Worldwide, Inc.