John Konrad is an author, media entrepreneur and publisher. As cofounder of large scale blogging networks like UnofficialNetworks and gCaptain, he has raised over $5 million for the development of niche media outlets. As a former ship captain with experience aboard supertankers John has a direct approach to leadership in the digital age. John Konrad is an expert in dissecting the human element of large scale systematic failures and is the author of Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster (HarperCollins 2011), a bestselling book that chronicles the initial construction, crewmembers' existence, and eventual disaster aboard the BP oil rig Deepwater Horizon.
