Olivier Zara is an author, a blogger, an entrepreneur and a recognized expert on Web 2.0, Social Networking and Personal Branding (online identity and reputation). Web Application Designer for companies (eTeam Management, Concertation 2.0, Values Synergy System) and the general public (CV 2.0, Positive Synergy), he is also author of four books: Managing Collective Intelligence, M21 Editions 2nd ed., May 2008 ---- Practical Guide to Relational Intelligence Volume 1, Axiopole, July 2007 -and Volume 2, January 2010--- Successful Career through Personal Branding, Eyrolles, March 2009.
 
Co-facilitator of the Collaborative Portal "Management 2.0" about management evolutions, he also publishes three blogs:
- Online identity and reputation (available in English);
- Managing Collective Intelligence
- The Blog of Olivier Zara, covering all subjects that fascinate him

Since June 9, 2009, he has been President of Authentys, a French-speaking association about Personal Branding  (nonprofit organization gathering Personal Branding experts).

He has been for 9 years president and founder of Axiopole, a company specialized in web 2.0 solutions for companies (collective thinking and innovation solutions) and general public (social networking solutions).

Former Captain in the French Army, he has been audit officer, then administrative and finance manager for seven years. Between 1995 and 1998, he took part in two operations in Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina within the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces and NATO Forces, an experience of management in an international context and during a crisis.

He then became a management consultant and trainer during 2 years for INSEP Consulting (Bernard Julhiet Group), a management consulting firm advising leading companies on issues of human resources, skill development and project management.

Contacts Network: Linkedin & Facebook (Primary) ...otherwise Viadeo (Secondary) 

Twitter: http://twitter.com/olivierzara

EMSAM Military College (Ecole Militaire Supérieure d'Administration et de Management). He graduated in Law and got a Master in Security, Defence and Military History, and got certificates as a gliding pilot, as well as in military mountaineering, commando raid techniques and military parachuting. As a Peace Soldier, he received an honorary title from France in appreciation of his services to the nation.