Extensive analyst and reporting expertise. Over a decade (12+ years) of experience as senior level high technology Research Analyst at Yankee Group and Giga Information Group. In this capacity, I interacted with a wide variety of leading software, hardware and networking vendors and did extensive consulting with corporate enterprise customers. I conduct numerous surveys and regularly speak at industry and user conferences.

I specialize in a wide range of technology topics and the business issues that impact corporate users and vendors.

As an investigative reporter, I covered a variety of news beats from the police/law enforcement, to the defense department to general assignment and feature stories. I broke stories ranging from defective pacemakers, political and police corruption to defective autos and recalls. I have extensive experience in multiple media types including: traditional print, radio andTV as well as webinars, Podcasts and Mediacasts. My investigative reports have appeared in The Village Voice, The Minneapolis Star and Tribune and others. I worked as an on camera investigative reporter for CNN, Channel 11 in Minneapolis. News writer at Channel 5 News in New York.

Extensive High Technology writing and editing experience for a number of the top trade publications including: Senior Editor at Computerworld, Senior Editor at Network World, East Coast Bureau Chief at LAN Times, Senior Editor, Communications Week, News Editor, Digital Review.

Specialties:Independent and custom surveys. Primary research, go-to market strategies, expert witness in technology and IP arbitration and litigation. Coverage areas include: Virtualization, cloud computing, Green IT & data centers, server and desktop hardware, OS and applications. Licensing and contract negotiation, competitive TCO and ROI analysis, computer security, computer hardware and network infrastructure. Media, publishing and writing.