Amir Hartman is the Founder and Managing Director of Mainstay Partners, LLC in San Mateo, California, which helps B2B companies quantify and communicate the value their solutions deliver to customers.

One of the leading global authorities on corporate and technology transformations, Amir is an international bestselling author and sought-after advisor to senior business leaders in a broad cross-section of industries. He is on the faculty at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and Columbia’s Graduate School of Business where he teaches in their MBA and Executive MBA programs. He is a renowned expert in corporate turnarounds, technology and innovation strategy, business and IT governance.

Prior to Mainstay Partners, Amir was at Cisco Systems where he was responsible IT strategy and governance.  A frequently requested speaker to forums of senior business leaders, he is the author of a number of books including “Ruthless Execution: What Business Leaders Do When Their Companies Hit The Wall” and “Net Ready”.