Kevin W. Boyack is President of SciTech Strategies, Inc., and has been with the company since summer of 2007. Previously he spent 17 years at Sandia National Laboratories where he worked in various areas including combustion (experimental and modeling), transport processes, socio-economic war gaming, and science mapping. Since joining SciTech his work has centered on developing more accurate global maps of science. He has published over 30 articles dealing with various aspects of science mapping and related metrics. Current interests include detailed mapping of the structure and dynamics of science and technology, merging of multiple data types and sources, identification and prediction of emerging topics, and development of advanced metrics.