Brent Leary is a CRM industry analyst, speaker and award winning blogger. He's co-founder of CRM Essentials, an Atlanta-based Social CRM advisory firm.

Recognized by InsideCRM as one of 2007's 25 most influential industry leaders, Leary also is a past recipient of CRM Magazine's Most Influential Leader Award.

In 2009 Leary co-authored Barack 2.0: Social Media Lessons for Small Business.