J. Allan McCarthy, principal of McCarthy & Affiliates, has 20-plus years of experience that span 15 industries and more than200 companies. Allan is a scaling expert. He has also filled CHRO and internal consulting roles with several early-stage to mature companies, including Cisco Systems, Raychem Corporation, SAP Inc., Redback Networks, SmartMachines and BEA Systems. Allan is theauthor of The Transition Equation: A Proven Strategy for Organizational Change, The Free Press, 1995, and now, Beyond Genius, Innovation & Luck: The “Rocket Science” of Building High-Performance Corporations. He has a graduate degree in management from Golden Gate University and an MBA refresher… (AEA-sponsored executive education) from Stanford University. Allan is mediation-certified and available to help non-profit organizations on a pro bono basis in areas pertaining to the topics of this book as his schedule allows.