SAUL BERMAN, Ph.D
Global Strategy & Business Development Leader
IBM Business Consulting Services
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Saul J. Berman is a partner at IBM Business Consulting Services and the
Global Leader of the Business Strategy practice within Strategy & Change. He
specializes in the Media & Entertainment industry.
Dr. Berman has over 20 years consulting experience advising senior management of large corporate organizations, as well as start-up companies, on a broad range of strategy, organizational transformation and operations issues. His clients have included entertainment and telecommunication companies, consumer goods manufacturers and retailers in the United States, Japan, Europe and Australia.
Dr. Berman also leads IBM’s team of business consultants who are specifically dedicated to helping the world’s leading media and entertainment companies tackle complex business problems. His work takes him around the globe, where he has worked closely with business leaders in a variety of ways, such as helping large entertainment companies evaluate their future business strategies and working with venture groups and major publishing companies to identify new market opportunities.
Voted one of Consulting Magazine’s “Top 25 Most Influential Consulting Leaders of 2005, “ Dr. Berman has authored numerous articles and publications and is quoted regularly in media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Businessweek, USA Today, CNN and CNBC. Additionally he is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and strategic planning seminars such as the Association of Strategic Planning, the National Association of Broadcasters, the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, and Digital Hollywood.
Prior to joining IBM, Dr. Berman was the global lead partner for the Strategic Change practice at Pricewaterhouse Coopers where he also created the “Future Series” of thought leadership publications. He was also a divisional vice president at a major department store and an assistant professor of management at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, where he taught classes in corporate strategy, international business and operations management.
Dr. Berman was previously a member of the Board of Sponsors for the Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California Film School and was a member of the Board of Directors for the California Chapter of the Strategic Leadership Forum’s International Society for Planning and Strategic Management.
He received his Ph.D in Management and Information Systems and holds an MBA in Production Systems and Operations Research from the Columbia University School of Business. He is a graduate of The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, with a B.S. degree in Economics.
*For a list of published articles and papers please see addendum. # # #
Articles and Publications – Saul J. Berman, Ph.D
Articles
"Media and entertainment 2010 scenario: the open media company of the future," Strategy and Leadership Magazine, April 2004, vol. 32, no.4.
“High-tech 2005: the horizontal, hypercompetitive future," Strategy and Leadership Magazine, co-authored with Vivek Kapur and John Peters, February 2003, Vol. 31, No. 2.
“Ten strategies for survival in the attention economy,” Strategy and Leadership Magazine, co-authored with Bennett E. McClellan, March 2002, Vol.30, No. 3.
"Branded Content and the New Media," PWReview Fall 1995.
"Strategic Direction: Don't Reengineer Without it, Scanning the Horizon for Turbulence," Planning Review, November-December 1994.
"U.S. Memories: The Secret of Competitive Analysis," Planning Review, November/December 1991.
"Compete! A Sophisticated Tool that Facilitates Strategic Analysis," co-authored with Robert F. Kautz, Planning Review, Vol. 18, No. 4, July/August 1990.
IBM Business Consulting Services Publications:
"Eliminating the Strategic Blind Spot, Technology-Driven Business Strategy Spurs Innovation and Growth," IBM Institute for Business Value executive brief, co-authored with Kevin McCurry and Jeff Hagan, 2005.
“Beyond Access: Raising the value of information in a cluttered environment,” IBM Institute for Business Value executive brief, co-authored with Adam R. Steinberg and Louise Shipnuck, 2005.
“Media and Entertainment 2010,” IBM Institute for Business Value executive brief, 2004.
“Corporate Strategy for the New Millennium,” an IBM Institute for Business Value report, 2002.
“Vying for Attention: The Future of Competing in Entertainment and Media Our Industry Perspective 2001-2005," An IBM Business Consulting Services Publication, 2001.
"Developing Strategy in Rapidly Changing Markets, A Case Study in Scenario Envisioning," An IBM Business Consulting Services Publication.
Pricewaterhouse Coopers Publications:
“Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2002-2006 & 2001-2005,” PricewaterhouseCoopers publications, Industry Analysis and Perspective Contributor.
“Technology Forecast: 1999, 2000, 2001-2003, 2002-2004,” Navigating the Future of Software, Vol 1;Contributing Editor, PricewaterhouseCoopers publications.
"The Future of the Entertainment and Media Industries: 2005," Pricewaterhouse Coopers, 1999.
"Technology Forecast: Entertainment, Media and Communications," a Pricewaterhouse publication, Advisory Review Board, 1998.
Books: “The Paradox Principles: How High Performance Companies Manage Chaos, Complexity and Contradiction to Achieve Superior Results,” Co-Author; Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade, November 1995.