Gregory S. Smith is vice president and CIO for an international conservation organization based in Washington, DC., and adjunct professor in the School of Professional Studies in Business and Education, graduate programs, at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He's the author of Straight to the Top: Becoming a World-Class CIO and regularly speaks internationally and publishes best-practice articles on a variety of business and technology topics and magazines. His experience as an internationally recognized IT executive, educator, and parent make him the ideal expert for this important text.