Dave Faulise was a professional consultant for more than 40 years. He started consulting with Price Waterhouse, later moved to KPMG where he became a partner, and then co-founded his own practice, Faulise, Janda & Docherty. His clients represent a broad range of industries including banking, insurance, financial services, health care, mining, manufacturing, distribution, retail, wholesale, government and education. Dave's consulting assignments have included program management, business and enterprise architecture, as an interim director, and as an interim vice-president. He has developed requirements, written RFPs, negotiated contracts and implemented complex systems. In short, Dave has been around the block more than a few times and is clearly qualified to write about the business of IT consulting. Dave lives with his wife Joan in Bloomington, Minnesota. They both enjoy traveling, volunteering and spending time with their children and grandchildren.