Principal Analyst at ABI Research
Greater Boston Area
Principal Analyst at ABI Research
Greater Boston Area
- Translator of technological advances into business opportunities.
- Industry thought leader in mobile content, payments and security.
- Quoted in BusinessWeek, WSJ, FT, CNN, Information Week, Reuters, MSNBC, etc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Market Research industry)
June 2008 — Present (4 months)
My area of coverage is mobile content. This includes (deep breath)...
Business Models, Value Chain, and Competitive Analysis for Mobile Operators, Device Manufacturers, Infrastructure Vendors, Media and Content Companies, Advertising Agencies
Mobile Video and TV: Unicast Video, Broadcast Standards (DVB-H, T-DMB, S-DMB, MediaFLO, ISDB-T, etc.)
Mobile Music Services: Full Track Music Downloads, Ringtones, Ringback Tones, Streaming Music
Mobile Gaming Services: Games by Type (Single Player, Multiplayer), Games by User Segment (Casual, Active)
Mobile Content Service Delivery Platforms: On- and Off-Portal Delivery, Content Delivery Infrastructure
Mobile Marketing and Advertising: n-Game Advertising, Video Advertising, Messaging, Mobile Web, etc.
Mobile Social Networking
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)
May 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Coverage of emerging payment and security technologies, with particular emphasis on the convergence of digital transactions with telecommunications and media. Key areas: mPayments, mBanking, mCommerce, WiFi, RFID, ATM and POS technologies, Biometrics, Fraud Prevention and Detection (cryptography, neural networks, 3D Secure, PCI Compliance, etc.), disruptive business models, new media, advertising.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Market Research industry)
June 2005 — May 2007 (2 years)
Covers research and analysis of the global market for communications, media and technology, with specific coverage of mobile content ( mobile advertising, mobile music, gaming, ringtones, mobile TV, IM, etc.) and development and execution of end user research.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)
October 2003 — June 2005 (1 year 9 months)
Specialist in technologies impacting the consumer payment landscape. Coverage of m-commerce, smartcards, biometrics, fraud detection / prevention technologies, RFID, wireless.
Master of Science with Distinction, Information Systems Management, 2000 — 2001
Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Art, Architecture & Design History, 1990 — 1993
Music (everything from Holst to ska punk), technology, cycling, snowboarding, rock climbing, foreign travel, foreign food, foreign languages, British gangster movies, Labrador retrievers, my family and friends...