Fortune 500 sales and marketing strategist, Silicon Valley executive, and best-selling author Robert Michael Fried strikes a refreshing balance between making money and making meaning.

Fried has spent most of his career directing and/or repositioning the marketing and sales strategies for blue chip companies such as Motorola, Marantz Stereo, Bebe Eyewear, Nautilus Fitness, Hansen Natural Juices and Starcraft recreational vehicles.

He is currently serving as chief marketing officer for engajer, an emerging Silicon Valley firm.

Robert Fried's newest Amazon best seller is entitled Igniting Your True Purpose and Passion: A Businesslike Guide To Fulfill Your Professional Goals and Personal Dreams.  It has been critically acclaimed by best selling author and former chief evangelist for Apple, Guy Kawasaki.

In 2005, Fried's book A Marketing Plan For Life soared to #1 on the Amazon Best Seller List in three separate categories: Success, Self-Help and Personal Transformation.  The book has been utilized as a textbook in the marketing and entrepreneurial departments at several colleges and universities.

His speaking topics include Sales, Marketing, Branding, Leadership, Change Management, Goal Setting, Time Management and Personal Growth.