Mike Moran has established many credentials over a 30-year IBM career, and as a professional speaker, author, inventor, and consultant.
Named an IBM Distinguished Engineer in 2005, an executive level technical position held by fewer than 400 people.
Do It Wrong Quickly named one of the 11 best business books of 2007 by the Miami Herald, one of 25 Essential Reads for Web Pros by Website Magazine, and one of Top 100 Social Media Books Ever by Mellow Billow
Named 56th on the list of Top 100 Most Influential Marketers of 2009 by Invesp Consulting
Named 51st on the list of Top 100 Most Influential Marketers of 2008 by Invesp Consulting
Holder of 12 U.S. patents with more in other countries
Biznology’s twitter account named #69 in the Top 100 Brands for Social Selling in 2015 and #77 in the Top 100 Brands for Big Data in 2016 by Onalytica
Biznology named #80 in the Top 100 B2B Marketing Blogs 2016 by Feedspot
Instructor at Rutgers University, Business School Executive Education, 2010-present and instructor for the Rutgers Executive MBA program 2012-present
Instructor at University of California at Irvine, 2010-present. Distinguished Instructor Award Recipient, 2013
Visiting Executive Lecturer at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, 2007-2015
Instructor at Farleigh Dickinson University, Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies, 2012-2014
Instructor at UCLA, 2010-2012
Course Developer for ClickZ, 2011-2014
Course Developer for Direct Marketing Association’s Search Engine Marketing Certification Course, 2007
National Speakers Association (Certified Speaking Professional)
Society for New Communications Research (Senior Fellow), now the Conference Board
Digital Analytics Association (member from 2008-2024)
Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (Board of Directors 2017-2020)
Association for Computing Machinery (member)
IEEE Computer Society (member)
C-Suite Advisors (2016-2019)
Marketing Executives Networking Group (member from 2008 to 2016)
BS with honors in Accounting in 1980 from Rutgers University, Newark College of Arts and Sciences.
Certified as marketing professional by UK Royal Chartered Institute of Marketing in 1998 and awarded with an Advanced Certificate of Market Management Practice
Certified as a Senior IT Specialist in 2008 and as a Distinguished IT Specialist in 2011
Certified as a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) by the National Speakers Association in 2015, a designation earned by fewer than 12% of NSA members
Certified as a product manager by Pragmatic Marketing in 2007
Certified as a Web Analytics Specialist by DataShaping in 2008
Certified as a Senior IT Specialist by IBM in 2003