David Strom -- professional speaker, freelance writer

David Strom: Making the most of technology

Welcome to my site. Here you can get an idea of what I can do to help inform, educate, and even amuse your audiences and readers.

Whether you got your first PC at age 60 or grew up with an Apple in your crib, you are my kind of person. I love sharing my years of experience using computer networks, keeping them secure, and understanding how to create and deploy Internet applications.

You will get just the right amount of information, whether you want to just know how to make the best purchase decisions or the total inner workings of some technology. My goal is help you use technology in fiscally sound, strategic, creative and fun way.

What do you get when you hire me?

Professional speaker. I am fortunate to have spoken around the world at numerous conferences doing keynotes, break-out sessions, small and large groups, hands-on workshops. I speak to audiences ranging from rank beginners at the local Rotary to the most geeky collections of CIOs. I am a member of the National Speakers Association. Here is more information on my speaking business, including a current copy of my one sheet, a look at my testimonials, and a list of my previous speeches.

Product tester. Companies come to me to try out new computer networking products and understand how they will work at some of the largest corporate IT shops. This hands-on approach permeates my work and gives me a firm foundation of what I recommend for my audiences and readers. The results can be found in various blogs and podcasts here.

Freelance writer. New York Times, Baseline Magazine and Techtarget are just a few of the publications where I write over a 100 articles a year on technology. I have also appeared on numerous TV and radio shows such as ABC World News Tonight and NPR's Science Friday.

Create magazines and Web sites. Because I love to write, I also have started and run dozens of print and Web magazines, including being editors-in-chief at Tom's Hardware.com, Network Computing and Digital Landing.com. I still am an advisor to publishing companies looking for help on starting new properties or tuning up their existing magazines. I was also on the original launch of PC Week's first demographic section called Connectivity.