Founded in the Fall of 2001, Luminance Consulting Services provides business development and marketing expertise, with a focus on emerging technologies and organizations.

The Luminance team has substantial experience in a variety of marketing and business development disciplines. Luminance has particular knowledge and strong industry relationships in identity management, web services, enterprise software, mobile telecommunications, interactive marketing, and streaming & new media applications and services.

Leadership Bio
Andrew Shikiar is founder and Principal of Luminance Consulting Services and brings years of strategic marketing and business development expertise to Luminance's clients. Andrew has marketed leading edge technologies ranging from wireless communications to Java to streaming media to federated identity management.

In addition to his work as a consultant, Shikiar has held executive and managerial jobs with a variety of technology organizations. Managerial roles at Sun Microsystems included helping drive the company's Java and Liberty Alliance launch initiatives. Andrew was also a founding executive at Radical Communication, where he helped raise nearly $20 million in venture financing and drove market adoption of interactive video and email marketing technology solutions.

Andrew has extensive public speaking and media experience. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, CNN and a variety of technology trade publications, and has spoken at dozens of conferences and events around the world.