{"id":11727,"date":"2019-05-16T16:26:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T16:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?page_id=11727"},"modified":"2025-06-16T21:17:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:17:53","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/about-me","title":{"rendered":"about-me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rich Tehrani is a futurist and visionary in technology including c<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rich-tehrani.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19743 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rich-tehrani.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rich-tehrani.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rich-tehrani-90x90.jpeg 90w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rich-tehrani-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>ybersecurity, communications, blockchain and IoT.<\/p>\n<p>A well-respected voice in the technology space, Tehrani has been interviewed and quoted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/special-report\/2005\/09\/15\/the-meaning-of-free-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Economist<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.boston.com\/business\/globe\/articles\/2005\/03\/07\/hybrid_phones_hold_promise_of_cellular_voip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Globe<\/a>, Newsweek, WABC Radio, WMAL,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/03\/06\/technology\/the-highspeed-money-line.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times<\/a>, BusinessWeek, USA Today,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2007-apr-19-fi-vonage19-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The LA Times<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qWmrBHInj6U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CGTN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmcnet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMC<\/a>, where he is CEO and Group Editor-in-Chief, has educated tens of millions of tech decision-makers via numerous web portals. The company\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ITEXPO<\/a>#TechSuperShow has educated hundreds of thousands of global IT decision-makers for the past 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Tehrani founded TMCnet and has fostered its growth into one of the most popular Web sites in the world covering communications and technology. Rich is also the author of a widely read and popular blog covering cybersecurity, IoT, communications, and other technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The author of a tech dictionary, Tehrani is also an expert witness, editor, top social media influencer and sought-after speaker. In addition, he serves as CEO of Apex Technology Services, a leading provider of quality, timely and professional managed &amp; cybersecurity services to the Fortune 200 on down.<\/p>\n<h3>Distinctions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rise.global\/the-cybersecurity-power-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 10 #Cybersecurity Power 100 List<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nodexlgraphgallery.org\/Pages\/Graph.aspx?graphID=191054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Number 1 #MWCA19 Influencer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtehrani\/status\/1083125053246619649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 3 #CES2019 social media author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtehrani\/status\/1044038940490166273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 10 #IIoT influencer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enterprisedigi.com\/data-analytics\/articles\/big-data-experts-twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 11 #BigData Expert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtehrani\/status\/987105987189407745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 10 #RSA Influencer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtehrani\/status\/1084489822755086336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 10 #Cybercrime Influencer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dez_blanchfield\/status\/989043520299307009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 10 #HCM influencer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtehrani\/status\/1134129454744330240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 100 #5G Influencer <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtehrani\/status\/1084645610689622018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interviewed in Society 2.0 Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/ip-communications\/thank-you-all-for-the-recognition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recognized as Top #VoIP Blogger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonBrinton\/status\/397408388348256256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acknowledged as Top #VoIP Expert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/security\/cloud-security-threat-protection\/\">Recognized as a Cybersecurity expert for Oracle Security &#8216;s Briefing on Cybersecurity in the Era of Cloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtehrani\/status\/1225081024922705921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 100 #Cloud Influencer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rich Tehrani is a futurist and visionary in technology including cybersecurity, communications, blockchain and IoT. A well-respected voice in the technology space, Tehrani has been interviewed and quoted by\u00a0The Economist,\u00a0Boston Globe, Newsweek, WABC Radio, WMAL,\u00a0New York Times, BusinessWeek, USA Today,\u00a0The LA Times\u00a0and\u00a0CGTN. TMC, where he is CEO and Group Editor-in-Chief, has educated tens of millions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11727"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15301,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11727\/revisions\/15301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}