Ralph Cohen has more than 20 years' experience in market, geopolitical, and competitive intelligence, product management, and business development. He is currently an environmental industry analyst and consultant for Strategic Intelligence Partners (SIP), where he specializes in green IT, sustainability, and related areas. Before SIP, Mr. Cohen was a voice and data services product and market intelligence manager for XO Communications. He has also been manager of market and competitive intelligence for e-commerce software at IBM, a competitive intelligence analyst for Fuld & Company, and manager of market intelligence and strategic business ventures at Renaissance Overseas Group. While a senior telecommunications industry analyst at Gartner, Mr. Cohen founded and directed the firm's Eastern Europe Telecommunications Strategies Program, which provided clients with research, advisory, and strategic planning services. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a master's in business administration in marketing from the University of Connecticut. Mr. Cohen is a member of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. He can be reached at ralphcohen at strategicintelligence.us.