Alan Weiss-author, international consultant, highly sought keynote speaker-is the founder and president of Summit Consulting Group. His clients have included Hewlett-Packard, State Street Corp., Fleet Bank, Coldwell Banker, Merrill Lynch, American Press Institute, Chase, Mercedes-Benz, GE, American Institute of Architects, and Arthur Andersen. He is the author of "The Ultimate Consultant" (Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2001) and "Getting Started in Consulting" (John Wiley & Sons, 2000). Weiss resides with his wife Maria in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.