Jerk: Twelve Steps to Rule the World (Paperback or Softback)

Uber, Airbnb, Lyft and Waze are examples of a whole generation of new companies taking the world by storm. Using data, analytics and the sharing economy they come out of nowhere to take over industries once dominated by huge companies. How do they cause such disruption? How do they take their new business models and jerk entire industries in a year or two? In “Jerk: Twelve Steps to Rule the World” award-winning author Christopher Surdak explains how these companies do what they do, why they are successful, and why their rise to dominance may be inevitable. According to global Big Data expert Douglas Laney of Gartner, “Chris Surdak takes the reader on a wild ride through space and time to encapsulate our information-driven economy, and how a special class of people and organizations – ‘Jerks’ – are poised to capitalize best on this phenomenon.”

Christopher Surdak is an industry-recognized expert in Mobility,Social Media and Analytics, Big Data, Information Security, RegulatoryCompliance, and Cloud Computing with over 20 years of experience.
-  Chris has held leadership roleswith leading companies such as Hewlett Packard, Accenture, Siemens, Dell and Citibank. 
-  Chris began his career with LockheedMartin Astrospace, where he was a spacecraft systems engineer and rocketscientist.
- Chris holds a Juris Doctor fromTaft University, an Executive Masters In Technology Management and a MooreFellowship from the Wharton School of Business at the University ofPennsylvania, a Master's Certificate in Information Security from VillanovaUniversity and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania StateUniversity.
- He is also author of "Data Crush:  How theInformation Tidal Wave is Driving New Business Opportunities",published by AMACOM Publishing, recipient of GetAbstract's International Bookof the Year Award, 2014.
- He is contributing author to the book "Big Data Combat," a 2016best-seller in China.
- He is recipient of the Information Governance Initiative's Evangelistof the Year for 2015. 
-  He is recipient of the WhartonDC Benjamin Franklin Innovator of theYear Award for 2015.
- Mr. Surdak is Honoured Consultant to the FutureTrek Community ofTsinghua University, Beijing, China
- He is contributing editor andcolumnist for European Business Review,European Financial Review and China Business Review magazines.
Mr. Surdak provides talks, guidance and advice toglobal leaders on a range of technology, policy and business topics, includingover 300 public speaking engagements in the last 3 years.