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About Tech.pinions

” executives who make effective decisions know that one does not start with facts. One starts with opinions” – Peter Drucker

Tech.pinions is an opinion platform for technology industry thought leaders. Tech.pinions exists to bring you the most informed and original opinions on all the latest technology industry happenings. What makes Tech.pinions different is that all our content is in the form of a column or editorial analysis. We opine on the news rather than report it.

Tech.pinions authors and columnists are carefully selected with a strict set of criteria and involvement is by invite only. We only allow contributions by those who have credible, respected, original, authoritative and informed opinions on the technology industry.

Because of the high bar set for quality opinions on tech most of our contributions come from professional technology industry analysts, technology industry executives, or noted luminaries and authors. Our highest aim is to be a valuable resource for the technology industry at large and to provide thought provoking insight for the betterment of technology.

Partners and Executive Editors

Steve Wildstrom
Stephen H. Wildstrom is veteran technology reporter, writer, and analyst based in the Washington, D.C. area. He created and wrote BusinessWeek’s Technology & You column for 15 years. Since leaving BusinessWeek in the fall of 2009, he has written his own blog, Wildstrom on Tech and has contributed to corporate blogs, including those of Cisco and AMD and also consults for major technology companies.

Tim Bajarin
Tim Bajarin is recognized as one of the leading industry consultants, analysts and futurists, covering the field of personal computers and consumer technology. Mr. Bajarin has been with Creative Strategies since 1981 and has served as a consultant to most of the leading hardware and software vendors in the industry including IBM, Apple, Xerox, Hewlett Packard/Compaq, Dell, AT&T, Microsoft, Polaroid, Lotus, Epson, Toshiba and numerous others. His articles and/or analysis have appeared in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time and Newsweek magazines, BusinessWeek and most of the leading business and trade publications

Ben Bajarin
Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc – A market intelligence and research firm located in Silicon Valley. Ben joined Creative Strategies in 2000 and primarily focused his analysis and research on the consumer technology industry. He has provided custom industry analysis and developed strategic plans for clients in the markets of the digital home, mobile computing, personal electronics, personal computing, the digital lifestyle and interactive entertainment media. His overarching goal with his analysis is to understand how and why consumers will use new digital technologies in their everyday lives both in the present and in the future.

Peter Lewis
Before launching his consultancy, Peter H. Lewis taught at Stanford University as the Hearst Visiting Professional in Residence in Stanford’s Graduate Program in Journalism, where his classes included “Digital Journalism” and “Reporting, Writing and Understanding the News.” Before joining the faculty he was a 2009-2010 John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford, researching business models for online journalism.

From 1982 to 2000 he was a reporter, editor, columnist and senior writer for The New York Times, where his responsibilities included Assistant Science Editor and Assistant Financial Editor. He was the newspaper’s first Technology Editor and personally registered the nytimes.com domain. The Times nominated him for a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Internet. From 1984 to 1996, and again from 1997 to 2000, he was the Personal Computers and Personal Technology columnist for The Times.

In 2000 Lewis joined Fortune magazine as senior editor and columnist, covering consumer technologies. He was also a regular contributor and blogger for cnnmoney.com, the website of Time Inc.’s Fortune Group. He left Fortune in 2007 and moved to Argentina to write a novel. As a freelance writer he has contributed articles to Money magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Conde Nast Portfolio, Outside and other magazines.

Patrick Moorhead

Patrick Moorhead is currently building a high-tech industry analyst practice focused on the ecosystem intersections of the phone, tablet, PC, and TV.  He is a 21-year high-tech strategy and marketing veteran executive who has addressed the personal computer, mobility,graphics, and server ecosystems. Unlike others, Moorhead held executive positions leading strategy, marketing, and product groups. He is grounded in reality as he has led the planning and execution and had to live with the outcomes.
He recently departed AMD where he served as Corporate Vice President and Corporate Fellow in the strategy group. There, he developed long-term strategies for mobile computing devices and personal computers. Moorhead also served in his 11 years at AMD leading product management, business planning, product marketing, regional marketing, channel marketing, and corporate marketing. Moorhead also worked at Compaq Computer Corp. during their run to the #1 market share leader position in personal computers. Patrick also served as an executive at AltaVista E-commerce, pioneering cost per click e-commerce models.

See Pat’s complete bio here or past AMD blogs here.

Contributors

 

Dr Jon Peddie
Dr. Jon Peddie is one of the pioneers of the graphics industry, and formed Jon Peddie Research (JPR) to provide customer intimate consulting and market forecasting services. Peddie lectures at numerous conferences on topics pertaining to graphics technology and the emerging trends in digital media technology. Recently named one of the most influential analysts, he is frequently quoted in trade and business publications, and contributes articles to numerous publications including as well as appearing on CNN and TechTV.

Peddie is also the author of several books including Graphics User Interfaces and Graphics Standards, High Resolution Graphics Display Systems, Multimedia and Graphics Controllers, a contributor to Advances in Modeling, Animation, and Rendering, a contributing editor of The Handbook of Visual Display Technology, and a contributor to State of the Art in Computer Graphics, Visualization and Visual Analytics.

Learn more about Jon Peddie Research

Richard Shim
Richard Shim is a senior analyst for the PC Group at DisplaySearch. As an expert in the PC industry for more than 15 years, he provides detailed research and analysis of PC markets, including notebooks and tablet PCs. Richard studies consumer and commercial PC buying behavior worldwide and has extensive knowledge of PC client sub form factor and technology embedded in PCs. He is frequently quoted in the media, offering perspectives on PC-related new events. His insights have been used in the following publications: The Associated Press, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Investor’s Business Daily, The New York Times, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, CNET News, PC Magazine and Computer Shopper.

Prior to joining DisplaySearch, Richard worked for research firm IDC, where he covered the PC market, tracking industry trends and forecasting impacts on worldwide desktop and notebook PC markets by commercial and consumer segments. He served as a liaison to ODM contacts, component suppliers, computing company representatives, and other business contacts to analyze current computing market dynamics. As a result, Richard provided clients with up-to-date market intelligence published in reports and surveys. He has also worked closely with a number of leading PC and PC-related companies, including AMD, Dell, Intel, HP, Lenovo, Panasonic, and Toshiba, offering strategic industry and product guidance for their PC-related businesses.

Learn more about Display Search Services

Kelli Richards
Kelli Richards is a recognized thought-leader in digital music and entertainment with deep expertise in digital distribution and branded content, as well as working with a plethora of luminaries and innovators. She drove music and entertainment initiatives at Apple for 10 years, and helped to birth a whole new consumer movement around disruptive technologies & emerging business models.

As President of The All Access Group, she has worked closely with a wide range of start-ups, Fortune 100 companies, and established artists and industry leaders alike as a sought-after strategic consultant for the past 15 years.

Learn more about The All Access Group.

John Wheadon
John Wheadon’s experience includes the formation and executive management of the internal venture group at Xerox Corporation. Technology from Xerox’s research activities in the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and centers in Grenoble, France, Cambridge, England, and Toronto, Canada were commercialized by his group. Spin-outs from Xerox R&D include companies in personalized search, electronically re-imageable paper and “zero-footprint” desktop scanning. Other technologies addressed by his group included Wireless MEMS, Optical MEMS and Organic Light Emitting Diodes. John has been actively involved in venture development initiatives since Xerox, and has established relationships with technology leaders in several companies and research institutions, and with a growing base on entrepreneurs.

John worked with IBM at the start of his career, where he spent several years in the European Headquarters (Paris, France). There he led the financial evaluation and formation of several joint venture companies throughout Europe in the Value Added Network Services market.

Jack Gold
Jack E. Gold is Founder and President at J.Gold Associates, LLC, a technology industry analyst firm. Mr. Gold has over 40 years in the computer and electronics industries, including work in imaging, multimedia, technical computing, consumer electronics, software development and manufacturing systems. He is a leading authority on mobile, wireless and pervasive computing, advising clients on business analysis, strategic marketing and planning, architecture, product evaluation/selection and enterprise application strategies. Mr. Gold is widely quoted in the press, and has presented at numerous conferences and industry events.

Before founding J. Gold Associates, he spent 12 years with META Group as a Vice President in Technology Research Services. He also held positions in technical and marketing management at Digital Equipment Corp. and Xerox. Mr. Gold has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from Clark University. His thoughts and opinions are his own.

Learn more about J.Gold Associates here.