For the past twelve years Gene Marks has written on small business, the economy, public policy, technology and workplace issues for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, Entrepreneur and The Guardian. A Certified Public Accountant and former Senior Manager at KPMG, Gene has run - since 1994 - a highly successful ten person financial and technology management consulting firm near Philadelphia and speaks regularly to business groups nationwide on issues and trends affecting them. He also frequently appears on MSNBC, Fox Business, Sirius Radio, WABC Radio and CNBC. Gene is the author of six best-selling books on business management including In God We Trust, Everyone Else Pays Cash and The Small Business Book of Lists.