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Christopher S. Rollyson has been a thought leader and proponent of e-business since 1994, when he began designing websites for clients as a marketing consultant. He is currently Vice President of Marketing & Alliances of nVISIA, a enterprise software consultancy that supports Fortune 1000 companies' business-critical initiatives with innovative software. At nVISIA, he formulates and implements business strategy, market positioning and alliances with IBM, Sun, Rational and others. He is active in Chicago's technology community and serves as an advisor to several start-ups.

Previously a subject matter expert for e-business and knowledge strategy at PricewaterhouseCoopers' Strategic Change practice, Mr. Rollyson was instrumental in developing and bringing e-business thought leadership to clients in automotive, software, telecoms, consumer electronics, chemicals and petroleum industries. His focus was both on helping global enterprises to use e-business strategies to transform themselves and on advising leaders of e-business start-up companies on business strategy. One of the firm's e-business pioneers, he developed several original models and services frameworks for e-business strategy consulting and played a key role in educating fellow strategy consultants on e-business and IT strategy. He helped to lead PwC's venturing efforts by co-launching the B2B Accelerator, innovating alliances with startups, inventing a go to market model for strategic alliances and consulting to entrepreneurs on their business strategies. He is a co-founder of The KnockNow Foundation and the current chair of the Technology Executives Club's Web Services Whitepaper Committee.

Prior to PwC, Mr. Rollyson was marketing director of KPMG's Midwest High Technology practice, where he directed marketing strategy for offices in twelve states, pioneered a new knowledge strategy and focused the delivery of consulting, audit and tax services to high technology clients. Previously at Strategic Technology Resources, a leading edge OOT and Java consultancy, he was pivotal in building the knowledge and marketing infrastructure to drive the firmís expansion and played a key role in co-launching Java via marketing alliances with Sun and Netscape.  Prior to that, he launched and build two profitable consulting businesses as an entrepreneur.

Mr. Rollyson has published several articles and papers in which he explains how e-business is transforming the business (and cultural) environment (many available at www.rollyson.net).  Having worked with leaders of bricks and mortar companies on transforming their enterprises as well as with entrepreneurs who are launching technology companies, he writes about the synthesis of "old" and "new" business models in a style that makes the ideas approachable.  One of his foremost interests is "selective delearning," which is a process that businesses must undertake to profit from e-business.  As the cost of interaction between people continues to fall, many of the principles that used to make businesses successful are rendered invalid; however, many others' validity remains intact.  The trick is figuring out what the new rules are, which old ones still work, what must be tweaked a little bit and what must be thrown out entirely.  It's as if someone sat you in front of a table on which 100 cards were laid.  Thirty cards are worthless, forty are worth something if you play them a little differently than you used to and thirty are extremely strong.  Your task is to learn which is which!  Those who figure it out first stand to gain significantly, which is a focus of his consulting work.

Mr. Rollyson has done graduate work in economics at the University of Chicago as well as Die Freie Universität Berlin and L'Université de Clermont-Ferrand in France. He took his undergraduate degree from Kalamazoo College. He may be observed tearing up and down Chicago's lakefront bike path, near which he lives with his wife and daughter.

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Christopher S. Rollyson has been a thought leader and proponent of e-business since 1994, when he began designing websites for clients as a marketing consultant. He is currently Vice President of Marketing & Alliances of nVISIA, a enterprise software consultancy that supports Fortune 1000 companies' business-critical initiatives with innovative software. He is active in Chicago's technology community and serves as an advisor to several start-ups.

Previously a subject matter expert for e-business and knowledge strategy PricewaterhouseCoopers' Strategic Change practice, Mr. Rollyson was instrumental in developing and bringing e-business thought leadership to clients in automotive, software, telecoms, consumer electronics, chemicals and petroleum industries. His focus was both on helping global enterprises to use e-business strategies to transform themselves and on advising leaders of e-business start-up companies on business strategy. One of the firm's e-business pioneers, he developed several original models and services frameworks for e-business strategy consulting. He helped to lead PwC's venturing efforts by co-launching the B2B Accelerator, innovating alliances with startups, and consulting to entrepreneurs on their business strategies. He is a co-founder of The KnockNow Foundation and the current chair of the Technology Executives Club's Web Services Whitepaper Committee.

Prior to PwC, Mr. Rollyson was marketing director of KPMG's Midwest High Technology practice, where he directed marketing strategy for offices in twelve states, pioneered a new knowledge strategy and focused the delivery of consulting, audit and tax services to high technology clients.  Previously at Strategic Technology Resources, a leading edge OOT and Java consultancy, he was pivotal in building the knowledge and marketing infrastructure to drive the firmâs expansion and played a key role in co-launching Java via marketing alliances with Sun and Netscape.  Mr. Rollyson has done graduate work in economics at the University of Chicago as well as Die Freie Universität Berlin and L'Université de Clermont-Ferrand in France.  He took his undergraduate degree from Kalamazoo College.

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Christopher S. Rollyson has been a thought leader and proponent of e-business since 1994, when he began designing websites for clients. He is currently Vice President of Marketing & Alliances of nVISIA, a enterprise software consultancy that supports Fortune 1000 companies' business-critical initiatives with innovative software. He is active in Chicago's technology community and serves as an advisor to several start-ups.

Previously a subject matter expert for e-business and knowledge strategy PricewaterhouseCoopers' Strategic Change practice, Mr. Rollyson developed and brought e-business thought leadership to clients in automotive, software, telecoms, consumer electronics, chemicals and petroleum industries. His focus was on both helping global enterprises to use e-business strategies to transform themselves and advising e-business start-ups on their business strategy. He helped to lead PwC's venturing efforts by co-launching the B2B Accelerator, innovating alliances with startups, and consulting to entrepreneurs on their business strategies. In addition, he has developed original models and services frameworks for e-business strategy consulting. He is a co-founder of The KnockNow Foundation and the current chair of the Technology Executives Club's Web Services Whitepaper Committee.

Prior to PwC, Mr. Rollyson directed marketing strategy and pioneered a new knowledge strategy for KPMG's Midwest High Technology practice.  Previously at a leading edge Java consultancy, he built the knowledge and marketing infrastructure to drive the firm's expansion and played a key role in co-launching Java via marketing alliances with Sun and Netscape.  Mr. Rollyson has done graduate work in economics at the University of Chicago as well as Die Freie Universität Berlin and L'Université de Clermont-Ferrand in France.  He took his undergraduate degree from Kalamazoo College.

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Christopher S. Rollyson has been a thought leader and proponent of e-business since 1994, when he began designing websites for clients. He is currently Vice President of Marketing & Alliances of nVISIA, a enterprise software consultancy that supports Fortune 1000 companies' business-critical initiatives with innovative software. He is active in Chicago's technology community and serves as an advisor to several start-ups. Previously a subject matter expert for e-business and knowledge strategy PricewaterhouseCoopers' Strategic Change practice, Mr. Rollyson developed and brought e-business thought leadership to clients in automotive, software, telecoms, consumer electronics, chemicals and petroleum industries. He advised global enterprises in e-business strategy and e-business start-ups on business strategy. He led PwC's venturing efforts by co-launching the B2B Accelerator, innovating alliances with startups, and consulting to entrepreneurs on their business strategies. He developed original models and services frameworks for e-business strategy consulting.  Prior to PwC at a leading edge Java consultancy, he built the knowledge and marketing infrastructure to drive the firm's expansion and played a key role in co-launching Java via marketing alliances with Sun and Netscape.  Mr. Rollyson has done graduate work in economics at the University of Chicago as well as Die Freie Universität Berlin and L'Université de Clermont-Ferrand in France.  He took his undergraduate degree from Kalamazoo College.

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Christopher S. Rollyson has been a thought leader and proponent of e-business since 1994, and he is currently Vice President of Marketing & Alliances of nVISIA, a enterprise software consultancy that supports Fortune 1000 companies' business-critical initiatives with innovative software. He is active in Chicago's technology community and serves as an advisor to several start-ups. He specializes in technology companies on marketing and business strategy and advising global enterprises in e-business strategy. Previously at PricewaterhouseCoopers, he helped to lead the firm's venturing efforts by co-launching the B2B Accelerator and innovating alliances with startups. He developed original models and services frameworks for e-business strategy consulting. Prior to PwC at a leading edge Java consultancy, he played a key role in co-launching Java via marketing alliances with Sun and Netscape. Mr. Rollyson has done graduate work in economics at the University of Chicago as well as Die Freie Universität Berlin and L'Université de Clermont-Ferrand in France.  He took his undergraduate degree from Kalamazoo College.

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Christopher S. Rollyson is currently Vice President Marketing at nVISIA, a enterprise software consultancy that supports Fortune 1000 companies' business-critical initiatives with innovative software. Mr. Rollyson advises several start-ups and is active in Chicago's technology community. Previously at PricewaterhouseCoopers, he helped lead the firm's venturing practice by co-launching the B2B Accelerator, and he served as an e-business thought leader by developing original models and services frameworks for e-business strategy consulting. Prior to PwC at a technology consultancy, he played a key role in co-launching Java via alliances with Sun and Netscape. Mr. Rollyson graduated from Kalamazoo College and has done graduate studies at the University of Chicago, Die Freie Universität Berlin and L'Université de Clermont-Ferrand.