Kevin Maney is an author and journalist who has interviewed many of the biggest names in business in a career spanning 25 years.
His most recent book is Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't, published in the fall of 2009 by Broadway Books.
He writes for Fortune, The Atlantic, Fast Company and other magazines. Maney was recruited by Conde Nast Portfolio magazine prior to its launch in 2007, and was a contributing editor there until its demise in April 2009.
Maney was previously technology columnist and senior technology reporter at USA Today.
Maney is the author of the critically-acclaimed The Maverick and His
Machine: Thomas Watson Sr. and the Making of IBM, published in 2003 by John
Wiley & Sons. Working with Chicago firm VSA Partners, Maney is currently an historical consultant and collaborator helping IBM plan for its 100-year anniversary in 2011.
Maney also wrote the 1995 BusinessWeek bestseller Megamedia
Shakeout. He is often on television and radio, and has appeared on PBS, NPR, CNBC, and other media outlets. He is a frequent keynote speaker and on-stage
interviewer.
He is also a musician and songwriter, and in 2008 released a CD of songs of wry commentary about business and technology -- "Privacy," by Kevin Maney & His Briefs.
Maney has a B.A. in English and Journalism from Rutgers University. He grew up in Binghamton, N.Y., and now lives outside Washington, DC, where he plays soccer and hockey as much as possible.
