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Tim Cole is considered one of the most experienced Internet and biztech publicists in Germany.
A native of the U.S., his articles, commentaries and columns have appeared in some of the most prestigious German business magazines ("Capital"), newspapers ("Sueddeutsche Zeitung"), "Die Welt"), and computer magazines ("ComputerBILD", "Chip"). He has anchored television shows such as "eTalk" for n-tv (a CNN subsidiary) and N24.
From 1998 through 2000 he was editor-in-chief of the Internet business magazine "NET-Investor". As an author of widely-read books ("Success Factor Internet", "The Customer Cartel"), as a consultant and speaker at numerous seminars, road shows and customer events, he carries on an intense dialogue with leaders in business, politics and finance.
From 2002 to 2004 he was a META Group Fellow, where he had direct access to one of the world’s leading networks of analysts on questions of eBusiness and technology. In 2004 he co-founded Kuppinger Cole + Partner, an analyst group focusing on Identity Access Management and Digital ID.
He remains a popular public speaker on a wide range of topics dealing with the impact of technology in such fields as the finance industry, government, commerce. mobility, eHealth, privacy issues, IT security, online banking and customer services.
Tim Cole is an American citizen, born 1950, who has lived in Germany off and on since 1961. In 1985 he married a charming girl from the Austrian town of Soelden high in the Tyrolean Alps, possibly the world's best skiing area. They have a daughter who recently began a career in the international hotel profession.