Michael Krauss

Michael Krauss is a veteran management consultant and entrepreneur. He was part of the team that helped launch Andersen Consulting (now Accenture NYSE: ACN) and later grew OmniTech Consulting --- a business strategy and change management services firm that was acquired by Diamond Technology Partners [now Diamond Technology and Management Consultants NASDAQ: DTPI]. His current professional services venture, Market Strategy Group focuses on helping organizations develop and execute strategies to achieve growth. His consulting practice includes global organizations, mid-size firms and entrepreneurial ventures.

Michael co-chairs Mayor Richard M. Daley's Council of Technology Advisors. He also serves on the advisory board of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School where he also served as a faculty member in the school's New Products Laboratory. Michael also served as a director of Ellerbe Becket, the global architecture and engineering firm which was recently acquired by AECOM. Michael speaks and writes frequently on business issues and is a columnist for Marketing News, the publication of the American Marketing Association. He is also a past business columnist for the Chicago SunTimes.