Authors

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Futurum Advisory Analysts

Brendan Burke

Research Director, Semiconductors

Leads Futurum's Semiconductors Practice covering edge AI, generative AI, and hyperscale silicon architectures.

Daniel Newman

CEO, The Futurum Group

Daniel is the CEO of The Futurum Group. Living his life at the intersection of people and technology, Daniel works with the world's largest technology brands, exploring Digital Transformation and its influence on the enterprise. From the leading edge of AI to global technology policy, Daniel makes the connections between business, people, and tech that are required for companies to benefit most from their technology investments. A 7x Best-Selling Author, including his most recent book, "Human/Machine," Daniel is also a Forbes and MarketWatch (Dow Jones) contributor.

Erik Bethke

Chief Technology Officer

Erik Bethke, The Futurum Group's CTO, combines deep game development expertise with strategic tech foresight. His 30 years of entrepreneurial experience includes creating the Starfleet Command series, founding GoPets, and achieving a successful exit to Zynga. Erik held leadership roles on FarmVille and Mafia Wars, contributing to over $2 billion in sales. His aerospace engineering background, bolstered by work on JPL's Galileo and Cassini missions, enriches his innovative strategies.

Guy Currier

Chief Analyst, Visible Impact

Guy is responsible for positioning, go-to-market, and sales guidance across technologies and markets. He has decades of field experience describing technologies, their business and community value, and how they are evaluated and acquired. Guy's specialty areas include AI, DevOps/cloud-native, enterprise applications, application integration, Big Data, governance-risk-compliance, containerization, virtualization, HPC, CPUs-GPUs-xPUs, and systems lifecycle management. Guy started his technology career as a research director for technology media company Ziff Davis, with stints at PC Magazine, eWeek, and CIO Insight.

Keith Kirkpatrick

VP & Research Director, Enterprise Software

Covers enterprise applications, digital workflows, and the intersection of AI with enterprise software strategies.

Nick Patience

VP & Practice Lead, AI Platforms

25+ years covering AI and enterprise software. Co-founded 451 Research. London-based analyst covering AI platforms and infrastructure.

Olivier Blanchard

Research Director, Intelligent Devices

Covers intelligent devices, edge AI, sustainability, and the convergence of silicon and software at the edge.

Richard Gordon

VP & Practice Lead, Semiconductors

Richard Gordon is Vice President & Practice Lead, Semiconductors for The Futurum Group. He has been involved in the semiconductor industry for more than 30 years, first in engineering and then in technology and market research, industry analysis, and business advisory. For many years, Richard led Gartner's Semiconductor and Electronics practice, building a 20-person global team covering all aspects of semiconductor industry research, from manufacturing to chip markets and end applications. Richard is a sought-after technology industry analyst, both as a trusted advisor to clients and also as an expert commentator speaking at industry events and appearing on live TV shows such as CNBC.