Vinnie Mirchandani is President of Deal Architect, Inc, a technology advisory firm that helps clients take advantage of disruptive trends like cloud computing and business process outsourcing (BPO) before they go mainstream. The Black Book of Outsourcing has recognized his firm as one of the top boutique advisory firms. Known by many as “The King of Wow” for his keen eye for technology-enabled innovation, prior to found Deal Architect, Vinnie worked at Gartner where he evaluated and negotiated over $10 billion in technology contracts.  He spent his early career at Price Waterhouse (now a division of IBM), first as an accountant, then as a technology consultant.

Vinnie is the author of the acclaimed new book, The New Technology Elite: How Great Companies Optimize Both Technology Consumption and Production (2012), which provides the essential building blocks that a company needs to go from 0 to 60 on the innovation gauge by emulating the secrets of the technology elite. He is also the author of The New Polymath: Profiles in Compound-Technology Innovations (2010), which builds on 150+ interviews with innovators in infotech, cleantech, healthtech and biotech and is praised as an “innovation firehose.” Both books reflect his global perspective refined from his travels to over 50 countries.

Vinnie has been quoted in most major technology and business publications, and has presented at a wide range of industry events.