Clark Aldrich, an international consultant, workshop leader, and popular conference speaker, is an award- and patent-winning designer of educational simulations including SimuLearn's Virtual Leader global product line. He works with corporate, academic, entertainment, and military organizations, and is the author of two award-winning books, Simulations and the Future of Learning and Learning by Doing (both from Pfeiffer). He is also a columnist and analyst in the overlap of IT and HR and founder of, and former director of research for, Gartner's e-learning coverage.