Michael Shulman is the Editor of ChangeWave Shorts, a newsletter advisory service that helps individual investors make money on the short side of the stock market. He also served as Managing Director of Research for ChangeWave Research for four years where he produced technology and healthcare research for financial institutions.

Michael joined ChangeWave after spending 20 years in various high-tech industries. Prior to joining ChangeWave, Michael was the CEO of AtYourBusiness.com, now Primewire, a benefits administration Application Service Provider he founded in 1998.

He began his career doing in-depth company and market analysis for a variety of companies, building databases and simulation models to estimate the success of various technologies across a wide range of market segments. He then moved "inside" the high-tech community as a manager at high-tech companies including AT&T.

Michael was an early private investor in several Internet start-ups, notably XOOM.com (went public in 1998 and was bought by NBC in 1999) and brings a unique perspective to the ChangeWave research effort, as a combination of technologist, investor and financial analyst.

He has been published in a variety of trade and general business publications, including MarketWatch, the "Los Angeles Times," and is a frequent guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

Michael began work for InvestorPlace Media by performing independent research and financial analysis for several of its publications. Prior to assuming his current role as Editor of the ChangeWave Shorts he was Editor of ChangeWave Hedge Fund Investing and ChangeWave Biotech Investor.

Micheal is the author of Sell Short: A Simpler, Safer Way to Profit When Stocks Go Down (http://www.amazon.com/dp/047041233X?tag=phillipsinves-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=047034377X&adid=1FD2BMZ268F0TS67J9NK&).

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