Ed ***** is a ***** leader who has conducted business in more than 40 countries. He helps companies around the world to assess and grow their leadership pipeline and develop outstanding learning strategies. He is the only chief learning officer to have led two companies (Booz Allen Hamilton and Satyam Computer Services) to the #1 rank ***** ly for learning and development. ***** is co-author of Riding the Tiger: Leading Through Learning in Turbulent Times (ASTD/Cengage 2010), and author of Leadership Without Borders: Successful Strategies from ***** Leaders (Wiley 2007). He contributed to The Next Generation Corporate Universities (Pfeiffer 2007) and The Leadership Handbook (ASTD 2010) as well as numerous articles around the world.