Hey all, Check me out, blogging! 

Hello, this is Mark Malone breaking into 2010 with my own blog.  I am pretty excited about this and I hope that I have something of interest to say. 

Just to tell you a little about me: for the last 17 years I have been a professional consultant and salesman.  I am a managing partner of a top notch Technology Staffing firm in Philadelphia, and I have been very fortunate in my career to have worked with some exceptional individuals in this industry.  I have picked up a few bits of wisdom over the years that I want to share about consulting, professionalism and what it takes to be successful in this business. 

If you are a consultant you know what I am taking about when I refer to the A Players.  The consultants that are full of energy, working on the cool projects, always well respected and most importantly always busy and billing at top dollar.

I like to think of myself in this regard, and whether I deserve to be classified as an A Player or not I have certainly recognized enough common traits among those that I know to pass them on.

I believe that there is a science to becoming a successful consultant and hopefully I can share an insight or observation that helps you increase your marketablity and individual success.

I hope you like what I have to say, if you have a question, comment or concern please let me know.

Thanks for reading this far.

-Mark