Through the Golden Doors

Phil Bookman is CEO of the Crown Jewels Group, his business strategy consulting company. A Silicon Valley veteran with a long record of starting, growing and managing profitable software companies, he developed a unique style of dealing with competition and strategy that is direct, clear and practical. The attacking the crown jewels model and the Strategic Competitive Defense Planning Process grew out of this, blended with insights gained from observing, analyzing and participating in the high-tech industry for three decades.Phil is a member of the Association for Strategic Plan-ning, the American Management Association and the Chief Operating Officer Business Forum. A graduate of Rensse-laer Polytechnic Institute, Adelphi University and Santa Clara University, he lives with his wife, Lois, in Los Gatos, California.Bookman, Barbara is the author of 'Through the Golden Doors ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781419661679 and ISBN 1419661671.