Gideon Rosenblatt writes in Seattle, Washington. He writes about social change, technology and innovation, and a variety of other topics.
Gideon is the Executive Director of Groundwire, a mission-based, not-for-profit technology and strategy consulting firm dedicated to building a sustainable society. He has led Groundwire since 2001, transforming the organization into a nationally recognized leader in citizen engagement. He has also focused on strengthening cross-organizational ties within the environmental movement. His Movement as Network paper serves as the framework for much of this latter work.
Before joining Groundwire, Gideon held a variety of senior management positions in marketing and product development over ten years at Microsoft. While there he pioneered some of the company’s earliest work on the Internet. He received his MBA in marketing from the Wharton School in 1991 after several years doing business consulting in Beijing, China.