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Fred McClimans

Fred is a business strategist and advisor, with a diverse background and experience that ranges from startups to executive board rooms, and from small businesses to global enterprises. He’s here on Episode #13 of ACT LOCAL to discus pervasive communications.

Throughout his career, Fred has helped businesses become more competitive, adapt to changes in technology and market trends, and better serve the needs of their customers.

He accomplishes this by working directly with organizations to develop innovative opportunity-oriented strategies that leverage strong corporate branding, emerging technologies, and changes in consumer behavior to their advantage.

In addition to his work at firms such as Gartner, Ernst & Young and Newbridge Networks, Fred is also a start-up veteran, including the global competitive intelligence firm Current Analysis, which he launched to provide rapid, actionable insights and analysis about market events for business, consumer and financial organizations.

Over the course of his career, Fred has worked within a number of different industries, and helped guide a wide range of organizations, from local businesses to global enterprises.  He often shares his insights as a frequent speaker and guest on radio and online media programs. He has also authored a book on communications infrastructure and has been widely published as an editorial analyst, covering current events and long-term global trends through outlets such as IDG and CNN Online.

He is also an executive committee member of IntelliFest, an international conference on Applied AI technologies.

You can reach Fred at his blog-site, fredmcclimans.com and follow him on Twitter @fredmcclimans

Tweet me during the show @kalynnamadio and use the hashtag #ACTLOCALMarketing to join the conversation.