Quentin Hardy

Quentin Hardy is the Head of Editorial for Google Cloud, writing about business, behavior and technology, with a general focus on cloud computing.

He was formerly the deputy technology editor for The New York Times and an executive editor for Forbes Media.

Hardy began his career at The Wall Street Journal, and has written cover stories on such diverse topics as the Internet, Africa, Finance, Enterprise Hardware and Software, Management, Satellites, Energy and even the Marijuana Industry.

A frequent guest on CNBC's Kudlow & Company, Hardy speaks at over twenty events a year, ranging from CEO conferences and technology seminars, to Webcasts, luxury cruises and panels on national and international issues. Recent work includes running a full-day event at Google, moderating a nationally-broadcast panel on doing business in China and addressing 300 corporate leaders about the changes technology will bring to their companies and markets.

Hardy began his career as an international publisher, and has lived and worked in a dozen countries, including Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom. A recipient of a Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Business Journalism and an Overseas Press Club award, he lectures on technology and social change at the Information School of the University of California, Berkeley, and works with their Executive Education program.