Biographical Information

David Baum is a freelance business writer and marketing consultant with 20 years experience focused in the computer and telecommunications industries.

As an independent journalist, Baum has published hundreds of articles in magazines such as Profit, Byte, InformationWeek, InfoWorld, Computerworld, Datamation, Software, and Business Week, as well as major metropolitan newspapers such as the San Francisco Chronicle and the Los Angeles Times.

As a consultant, Baum helps technology companies with a wide variety of writing and editing projects, including customer success stories, white papers, executive interviews and corporate brochures. His specialties include e-business computing, ERP software, business intelligence software, application development, database management, CRM, mobile computing, wireless communications, IP telephony, network security, data storage, and IT outsourcing.

Baum studied technical writing and journalism at Arizona State University and the University of California, taking a masters degree in 1984. From 1984 to 1991, he worked as an in-house technical writer and public relations professional, managing documentation and press relations for several PR firms and software companies.

Baum launched his free-lance writing career in 1991and has worked as an independent writer and marketing consultant ever since. He currently resides in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and two children.