Nick Holland

Current

Senior Analyst at Aite Group

Past

Senior Analyst, Communications, Media & Technology at Pyramid Research
Director, Emerging Technologies Research at Mercator Advisory Group

Education

The University of Stirling
De Montfort University

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Nick Holland’s Summary

- 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.

Nick Holland’s Experience

Senior Analyst

Aite Group

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 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.
Senior Analyst, Communications, Media & Technology

Pyramid Research

(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.
Director, Emerging Technologies Research

Mercator Advisory Group

(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.

Nick Holland’s Education

The University of Stirling

Master of Science with Distinction , Information Systems Management , 2000 — 2001
De Montfort University

Bachelor of Arts with Honors , Art, Architecture & Design History , 1990 — 1993

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Nick Holland’s Interests:

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...