About the Author - Shel Perkins
The author is a graphic designer, management consultant and educator with nineteen years of experience in managing the operations of leading design firms in the U.S. and the U.K. He currently provides management consulting services to a range of creative firms in both traditional and new media.
Shel writes the Professional Practice column for STEP magazine, the Design Business newsletter for AIGA, and the Design Firm Management column for Graphics.com. He has given presentations and workshops for many organizations, including IDSA, SEGD, HOW, ACD, Dynamic Graphics, STEP, Seybold, and the Graphic Artists Guild.
He teaches courses in professional practices at the California College of the Arts, the Academy of Art in San Francisco, and the University of California. He has served on the national board of the Association of Professional Design Firms and has been honored as an AIGA Fellow “in recognition of significant personal and professional contributions to raising the standardsof excellence within the design community.”
© 2006 Shel Perkins