Philip S. Bligh

Philip Bligh is the Founder and Chairman of Inforte Corp., a customer strategy and solutions consultancy based in Chicago.
His extensive experience in customer, sales and marketing strategy have established Inforte as one of the nation's leading and fastest growing strategic consultancies with an enviable Wall Street reputation, including 28 consecutive quarters of profitability.
Under Phil's leadership, Inforte has a consistent track record of helping Fortune 1000 companies improve competitive advantage, market position and profitability.
Over the last decade, Phil's thinking around customer solutions have been applied at Avery-Dennison, Guardian Life, Home Deport, Sabre, Citibank, Wescorp, Toshiba and many other top firms.
He is the co-author of CRM Unplugged: Releasing CRM's Strategic Value, which explains how CRM should be defined, approached and profitably applied to your business.
Phil, is a respected speaker on the subject of customer strategy, has contributed to Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter's articles in the Harvard Business Review.
He has been interviewed by numerous media outlets, including BusinessWeek, CBS Marketwatch, Chicago Tribune, The Economist, Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune and Optimize Magazine on topics relating to customer strategy and management.
Phil is an adjunct professor in management at DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and is also on the Board of Directors for the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Phil graduated from University College of London.
He lives in Chicago.