Erik Qualman
Author of Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way
Global Vice President of Digital Marketing, EF Education
Erik Qualman is the author of Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business. Socialnomics made Amazon's #1 Best Selling List for the US, UK, Canada and Germany. It is also currently being translated into Chinese, Portuguese, Korean and Japanese.
Qualman is a frequently requested International speaker of the Fortune 500 and has been highlighted in numerous media outlets including: BusinessWeek, The New York Times, CNET, San Francisco Chronicle, Mashable, USA Today, Forbes, CBS Nightly News, TED and The Huffington Post.
He has been fortunate to share the stage with Alan Mulally (Ford CEO), Lee Scott (CEO/Chairman Walmart), Jose Socrates (Prime Minister of Portugal),Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (Nokia CEO), Julie Andrews (Actress), Al Gore (former Vice President) and Sarah Palin. He also has one of 2010's most viral videos on YouTube in "Social Media Revolution" [http://bit.ly/RTzPe]
Qualman is an MBA Professor at the Hult International Business School. For the past 16 years Qualman has helped grow the online marketing and eBusiness capabilities of many companies including Cadillac, EarthLink, EF Education, Yahoo, Travelzoo and AT&T. He is a columnist for ClickZ, while also owning the social media blog socialnomics.com. Qualman holds a BA from Michigan State University and an MBA from The University of Texas.
Erik Qualman is the Global Vice President of Digital Marketing for EF Education headquarted in Lucerne, Switzerland. Qualman works out of the 950 person Cambridge, MA office. EF Education is the world's largest private educator with 26,000 employees in 53 countries.
He was Academic All-Big Ten in basketball at Michigan State University and still finds time to follow his beloved Spartans while living in Boston with his wife.
Prior to joining EF Education in 2008, Qualman was the Head of North American Marketing operations for Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ TZOO).
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