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Harvey Cohen is the Founder and President of Strategy Analytics. He is a leading visionary and strategist in marketing and technology subjects who has worked as a trusted advisor and counselor to successful multi-national companies in the US, Europe and the Far East during the past 20 years.
Mr. Cohen's primary focus is the analysis of key strategic and tactical marketing and technology issues affecting the successful growth of businesses in highly competitive environments, He has extensive experience in assessing requirements and issues critical to the commercial development of advanced information technology services and products. Working with service providers, hardware manufacturers, and software developers, he provides business planning support, analysis and forecasts of emerging markets ranging from portable communicators to advanced semiconductors and software products for electronic commerce. His work has included studies of emerging technologies in the consumer electronics, financial services, healthcare, retail, utilities, and manufacturing sectors.
Prior to forming Strategy Analytics in 1996, Mr. Cohen was President of Technology Applications Group and President of BIS Mackintosh, firms specializing in marketing information and analysis for technology businesses. He also spent nine years at Data Resources, Inc., where he consulted with Fortune 500 firms in support of market and strategic planning activities.
Mr. Cohen holds an SM in Management from the Sloan School at MIT, an MS in Materials Science from Ohio State University and an SB in Materials Science from MIT.
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David Kerr, Senior Vice President
Mr. Kerr has 35 years of experience in the mobility space and has worked with leading operators, device vendors, and solutions providers to translate technology capabilities into effective customer value propositions.
He is responsible for the Global Wireless, Intelligent Home and Teligen Tariff practices at Strategy Analytics. Mr. Kerr is responsible for setting the research agenda across networks, applications and devices in the wireless space and for developing new syndicated research programs which extend our leadership in the connected consumer and connected business segments.
David holds an Executive MBA degree from Suffolk University, Boston, and a BA Marketing from Thames University London.
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Ian Riches, Vice President
As Vice President for the Global Automotive Practice, Ian Riches heads research teams that cover all aspects of core automotive electronic systems, semiconductors and sensors on a worldwide basis. Ian has always been passionate about cars - his parents joke that he was shouting Ford! Volkswagen! before he said Cat! Dog!. His areas of research include powertrain, chassis, safety, security and body applications including high-growth areas such as hybrid and electric vehicles, advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles.
Prior to joining Strategy Analytics, Ian spent two years working as assistant editor of Automotive Engineer, the UK magazine published by the IMechE. He has also held the position of Press Officer/Technical Author for MTL, a company that manufactures safety-related electronic equipment.
With over twenty years of experience, he is one of the foremost industry analysts in the automotive electronics sector.
Ian holds an MA in engineering from Cambridge University, UK, where he specialized in fluid dynamics, turbo-machinery and internal combustion engines.
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Chris Ambrosio, Executive Director
As an Executive Director in Global Wireless Practice, Chris manages the broad spectrum of custom project work across the wireless value chain. His 10 years of experience is most extensive in wireless handset planning and strategies of device manufacturers and mobile operators. Chris has well-rounded experience in a range of projects, including business case development, product planning, market assessments, and competitive analysis for device vendors, service providers, semiconductor vendors, and software suppliers.
Prior to joining Strategy Analytics in 2001, Chris worked for a private equity firm that made early stage investments in companies focusing on mobile internet and security technologies. With previous experience in marketing and sales at Nextel and ICG Communications, his experience and sound grasp of the important business fundamentals for mobile communications companies has made him a trusted strategy partner for many of the largest and most well known handset OEMs and mobile operators around the world.
He holds a BSBA degree from John Carroll University with post-Baccalaureate work at Kent State University.
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William Ablondi, Director
Bill Ablondi directs the Strategy Analytics Smart Home Strategies (SHS) advisory service focusing on emerging opportunities in home management, monitoring and control systems and services. Bill has over 25 years experience in market strategy development, competitive assessment and market forecasting for manufacturers and service providers in the information technology and consumer electronics sectors.
As Director of SHS, his global research and analysis focuses on identifying value propositions attractive to consumers, forecasting their adoption and market value, evaluating business models and partnerships within the smart home ecosystem and monitoring technology developments enabling new solutions.
Bill is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, a widely quoted analyst and has completed numerous custom consulting projects centering on opportunity assessment, market segmentation and customer satisfaction.
Prior to joining Strategy Analytics, Bill led Parks Associates' home systems and energy management practice and previously held senior roles at BIS Strategic Decisions and IDC. He began his career as an engineer and business development manager at Texas Instruments and holds an MBA from Columbia University with concentrations in operations research and finance and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Andreas Koehler, Director
As Director (Europe), for Strategy Analytics Consulting services, Andreas Koehler manages client projects of global scope providing strategic and tactical support, to clients within the wider communications industry.
Andreas has wide-ranging experience, including business case development and evaluation, start-up support, market entry strategy, product and service portfolio analysis, customer segmentation and benchmarking studies.
Before joining Strategy Analytics, Andreas was an Associate with Cambridge Strategic Management Group, a strategy consulting firm where he managed client projects for a large variety of telecommunications and Internet players including PTOs, fixed new entrants, equipment vendors and venture capital funds.
Prior Andreas was a Senior Analyst with SAs predecessor firm, BIS Strategic Decisions. As a leading member of the consumer electronics and media team, he tracked existing and emerging markets for CE hardware vendors and software and media companies.
Andreas Koehler holds a Diplombetriebswirt degree from Fachhochschule Bremen, in Germany and a BA (Hons) in European Finance and Accounting from Leeds Business School in the UK.
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Cliff Raskind draws on over two decades in wireless, mobility and IT to help Strategy Analytics’ clients win and succeed. His primary responsibilities encompass analyzing, tracking and forecasting the transformation of the smart device and IoT markets. Cliff also guides clients across the ICT spectrum to better anticipate key strategic issues and separate hype from reality with respect to potentially disruptive technologies and business models. His insights and recommendations rely on deep analyst and industry-side experience working with device vendors, operators and a wide range of b2b and b2c solution providers. Cliff was an early member of SA’s Global Wireless Practice from 1999 to 2007, returning to the company in 2015 after working for Nokia where he ultimately led their Device Intelligence group on a global basis. He later joined Nokia’s HERE location unit leading KPIs and strategic target setting for the Map Platform Group. Prior to originally joining SA he was a Product Marketing Manager for EDS specializing in cellular billing systems. Cliff holds a B.S. in Business Management with a concentration in Finance from Northeastern University, where he graduated with honors.
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Richard Robinson, Director
Richard Robinson, Director, Automotive Infotainment and Telematics service, (AIT) - has an industry background with over 10 years' experience in automotive, where he directed and developed Navigation, Infotainment and Telematics products for the mass market. He has leveraged his industry experience to create highly detailed analysis and forecasts of Automotive systems, semiconductors and service markets.
Mr Robinson has a background in car-navigation and Human-Machine-Interfaces (HMI) design at Alpine electronics where he led interface design breakthroughs including the worlds first production automotive-interface using Macromedia Flash in 2004 (Jaguar XK), which was also used in the Land Rover Freelander 3 and the Jaguar XF. He was also a key HMI consultant on several award-winning OEM navigation systems for Honda and Acura , including the first navigation head unit with a DVD-Audio drive and surround sound (2004 Acura TL) (JD Power No.1: 2001-2005).
Mr Robinson focuses on the strategic issues thrown up by the migration of Infotainment/Telematics from the traditional automotive focus of the past, to the highly dynamic consumer and connectivity-lead focus of the future.
Prior to joining Strategy Analytics Mr Robinson was Principal Analyst leading iSupplis research on automotive infotainment and telematics.
Richard has BA from the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa.
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Gina Luk, Director Enterprise Research
Gina has 18 years relevant research experience in telecoms, enterprise mobility, and digital transformation space. As Director for Enterprise research, Gina leads the Mobile Workforce and IoT Strategies and advises all aspects of the enterprise mobile and wireless ecosystem, from 5G and IoT, to SaaS, Managed Services, Enterprise Mobility Management/Unified Endpoint Management, B2B mobile devices, and Enterprise & SMB value-added solutions.
Before joining Strategy Analytics, Gina was a Telecom consulting and research manager with AMI-Partners (an Analysys Mason Company), where she led and managed multi-country Telecom consulting projects across multiple geographies. Gina also worked at IDC APAC in the Telecoms team where she was the lead analyst for optical networking, mobile operators’ strategy, and carrier equipment markets across the region. Gina received IDC’s Quality Research Award for Optical networking research in 2007.
Gina is regularly quoted in blogs and international press. She also acts as a judge for GSMA GLOMO Enterprise Awards for the past 5 years. She is considered a thought leader in the Enterprise wireless technology domain.
Gina holds an MBA and a Master of Commerce (Applied Finance) from the University of Queensland, Australia.
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Waseem Haider, Principal Analyst
Waseem brings to SA a broader expertise across telecom and technology markets, both as an industry analyst and a strategist. As a Principal Analyst, IoT Strategies at Strategy Analytics, Waseem focus is to strengthen SA’s existing IoT research and expand into number of potential topics to influence business and technology decisions for our customers.
Prior to joining Strategy Analytics Waseem served as a Partner and Director at MTN Consulting, with dual responsibility of expanding MTNC business in EMEA and adding new compelling technology topics to the existing research portfolio. Waseem was a Lead Analyst at Dataxis Europe GmbH before that, where he was covering TMT markets and the related technologies.
Waseem was working for technology vendors before switching to other side of the table (independent analyst firms). He worked for Orga Systems GmbH (now Optiva) developing the Market Intelligence function and supporting OS. entry into two new verticals - Smart Energy and Connected Cars, for additional revenue streams, besides solidifying OS position across CSPs. Previously, Waseem worked for Motorola Solutions’ Strategy EMEA department as an analyst, working on diverse strategic projects for their enterprise business.
Waseem has over 10 years of strong experience with a specialized focus on telecom and technology industry, working in Strategy, Market Intelligence and Research. He is fluent in German and English, along with his mother tongue Hindi and knows basic French.
Waseem is based in Berlin, Germany and holds an MBA in Strategy & Finance from Berlin School of Economics and Law and a B.Sc. (Honors) in Chemistry from AMU, India. An avid reader and mentor, Waseem teaches Analytics/Data Visualization and Digital Transformation (DX), as a visiting lecturer at some of the Applied Sciences Universities in Berlin.
In his free time, he enjoys biking with his wife and two sons.
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Jack Narcotta, Senior Industry Analyst
Jack Narcotta is a senior analyst in the Intelligent Home Group, where he analyzes emerging opportunities in home management, monitoring and control systems, as well as assesses the business models and routes to market within smart home service and device ecosystems. Jack has more than 20 years of experience in competitive intelligence and strategic consulting, as well as qualitative and quantitative analysis that informs device manufacturers and service providers in the global IT arena.
Prior to joining Strategy Analytics, Jack led Technology Business Research’s devices practice (PCs, smartphones, tablets and consumer IoT) and previously held senior operational and business planning roles at several telecom and networking equipment manufacturers.
Jack graduated from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.
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Steven Waltzer, Senior Industry Analyst
Steven Waltzer is a Senior Industry Analyst supporting the Global Wireless Practice (GWP). Steven covers wireless devices and specializes in wearables, providing quantitative and qualitative analysis on the wearables, smartphone, and handset markets. Steven is the lead quantitative analyst for the Wearables Service, spearheading all modelling for quarterly tracking as well as forecasting across smartwatches, feature watches, fitness bands, smartglasses, hearables, and other wearable device types.
Prior to his role as an Industry Analyst, Steven worked for 2.5 years as a Data Analyst, responsible for supporting Research Analysts, Senior Analysts and Research Directors to improve and standardize their excel models, supporting the input of data into a common database, and building and updating the next generation of Dashboards for clients and internal users.
Steven holds a BS in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Management and a minor in Economics from the D’Amore McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. He also studied Alternative Investments and Game Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Lauren McDermott, Junior Research Analyst
Lauren manages, develops, and supports the forecasting, modeling, and database tools needed for custom client solutions. She also supports and conducts primary and secondary research processes, and helps develop the analytical tools and findings needed on custom projects across all of Strategy Analytics knowledge centers.
Lauren graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelors degree in Economics, and is continuing her education in accounting and statistical analysis at Cleveland State University.
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