Paul Harmon

Paul Harmon is an internationally known business consultant, technology analyst, and thought leader with a focus on applying new technologies and methodologies to real-world business problems. He began his career in artificial intelligence (AI) with the publication of his popular book, Expert Systems: AI for Business (coauthored with David King in 1983). As a decades-long Cutter Expert, Mr. Harmon authored various Cutter journals, including Expert Systems Strategies, Intelligent Software Strategies, CASE Strategies, Object-Oriented Strategies, Application Development Strategies, and Business Process Strategies. He is also coauthor of Intelligent Software Systems Development with Cutter Expert Curt Hall, a book that predicted many software developments.

Mr. Harmon also served as Director of Cutter's Distributed Computing Architecture practice, the predecessor to Cutter's Technology practice. In 2003, Mr. Harmon published Business Process Change, a book that became the most popular book among those interested in business process management (BPM) development in that decade. Around that time, he also held the position of Executive Editor for the Business Process Trends website.

Combining his interest in intelligent software technologies and how businesses organize their processes to maximize their success, Mr. Harmon is currently researching and writing about how organizations are using the latest cognitive techniques to maximize the efficiency of their business activities. He has consulted with various companies, including Apple, Bank of America, Citibank, IBM, Prudential, Security Pacific, Unisys, and Wells Fargo. Mr. Harmon is a popular speaker and has developed and delivered executive seminars, workshops, briefings, and keynote addresses on all aspects of AI, expert systems, BPM, and cognitive systems to conferences and at major organizations throughout the world. He can be reached at experts@cutter.com.