Kevin Burden, ABI Research

As head of ABI Research's Mobile Devices group, Kevin Burden oversees the firm's strategic and quantitative assessment of global mobile device markets. In addition to handling overall research strategy in this key area, Kevin coordinates the efforts of multiple worldwide analysts, as well as personally covering key research topics including handset vendor strategies, device functionality, form factors, and user interfaces, mobile operating systems and vertical applications.

Kevin's previous experience includes serving as Senior Manager, Mobile Devices at Nielsen Mobile, a division of the Nielsen Company, where he was responsible for consulting services and regular business reviews with the company's device manufacturer clients.

Prior to that, he spent seven years at IDC as Program Manager, Mobile & Wireless Markets, leading a team of US-based analysts focused on mobile devices and enterprise mobility. Kevin also spent nine years at one of the computer industry's most respected leading weekly newspapers, Computerworld. As the publication's senior features writer, he covered numerous technology fields, focusing on how corporations use technology to meet corporate goals.

Kevin has been quoted in some of the world's major business and technology publications including The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Time, Forbes, the Boston Globe, Investor's Business Daily, and more. He has spoken at many of the most important industry events such as CES, CTIA, and the Smartphone Summit.

He holds a BA in Economics from Framingham College.

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