She has over 20 years of business experience in management and executive positions, and maintains an in-depth knowledge of the inner-workings of computer and communications technologies.
Ms. Currid lectures internationally, serves as a keynote speaker at major industry events, and conducts seminars on how to reap the rewards from technology in business, professional, and personal pursuits. Her opinions on computer industry trends are frequently quoted by leading business publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Reuters, Associated Press, Investors Business Daily, Forbes, and Fortune, as well as PBS, ABC News, and CNBC.

An award winning industry commentator, Ms. Currid has published ten books and hundreds of articles on computer technology topics. She writes regular magazine columns for Information Week and Windows Magazine. Her most recent books -- Cheryl Currid's Guide to Business Technology; Reengineering Tool Kit: 15 Tools and Technologies; Computing Strategies for Reengineering Your Organization; and The Electronic Invasion: Survival Guide for the Brave New World of Business Communication -- have received rave reviews for insightful vision and useful tips. She is an active advisory board member for industry conferences, such as Comdex and Networks Expo.

Cheryl Currid is the president of a premiere company which has developed an internationally recognized practice for technology assessment and using information technologies to streamline or transform business processes. The firm has identified 18 major technology focus areas that serve to change the rules of business operations. These include technologies ranging from client/server computing to knowledge bases and software agents.

Prior to founding her company Ms. Currid was in charge of applying information technology at a division of The Coca-Cola Company. There, she engineered the planning, design, and implementation of an enterprise-wide network that connected virtually all company computers, with network servers replacing mainframe processing for most business applications.