Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

Stay tuned for more updates on how this acquisition will benefit our clients and experts.

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Expert Details

Endpoints/Client Computing; PCs, Phones, Tablets; Related Cloud Services

ID: 731522 Massachusetts, USA

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Expert has spent the past 30+ years involved in the computer industry. Recent (past 15 years) experience involves working closely with computer makers and their suppliers, mostly from the hardware side, but with some exposure to software as well. With eight years running the PC program at market researcher IDC, Expert knows the players, technologies, dynamics of microcomputers and their heritors, phones, tablets, and other high-mobility devices. His own firm, Employer., was founded in 2005 and extends the coverage base from PCs to other "endpoints," single-user devices with human interfaces, and an IP address.

Study of buyer preferences for different computer form factors, done by isolating features and presenting a spectrum of possibilities to focus groups in multiple regions and buying segments.Study of the white box market in the United States.Brand positioning consultation for a major silicon supplier. Message tuning and testing for a growing computer services supplier.Product evaluation for a major computer hardware supplier.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1977 Degree: MBA Subject: Finance, Marketing Institution: University of Chicago
Year: 1975 Degree: BA Subject: Music Institution: Bennington College

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2005 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: President Department:
Responsibilities:
Run the business, generate revenue, satisfy clients, stay up on technology trends, etc.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1997 to 2005 Employer: IDC Title: Vice President Department: Client Computing
Responsibilities:
Running and building the PC practice.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1992 to 1995 Employer: International LISP Associates Title: COO Department:
Responsibilities:
Running operations and the documentation side of a supplier of software to the NSA.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 1979 to 1982 Country / Region: Worldwide Summary: Multinational accounts manager for the data communications division of Motorola, involved working with distributors in 45 countries.
Years: 1982 to 1983 Country / Region: France Summary: English language liaison for a French datacommunications distributor.
Years: 1997 to 2011 Country / Region: Asia, Europe Summary: Various trips to China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea while an analyst at IDC and Endpoint Technologies.

Career Accomplishments

Professional Appointments
Trusted Computing Advisory Council; various corporate advisory boards.
Publications and Patents Summary
He has written more than 200 editorials for Forbes.com as well as publishing in many other outlets.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
French He has passed for native, but today would characterize himself as fluent. He did a Swiss radio program in French in the past year.
German He has a working knowledge, an ability to get around, in German.
Russian He studied two years of Russian at Harvard and Tufts and can read, do some writing, and basic speaking
Others With Romance, Teutonic, and Slavic exposure, he can read newspapers in Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Scandinavian languages.

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