SHAYNE F. GILBERT is the founder of Silverweave Inc., an Internet strategy firm whose international clients include Lucent Technologies, Hay/McBer, and Fleet Bank. Gilbert and her company have been covered in the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, and the Boston Business Journal, among other publications. She founded the Cyber District, a Boston-based cooperative of industry professionals, and has made presentations at key Internet conferences and sponsored her own executive management seminars. Gilbert is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.