J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D. is the Principal Analyst with Mobilocity LLC. He is a nationally recognized industry authority and thought leader who focuses on monitoring and analyzing emerging market trends, technologies, and behaviors in mobile computing and wireless data communications devices, software, and services. Dr. Purdy is an ‘edge of network’ analyst with a passion for the analysis of devices, applications and services; as well as wireless connectivity to those devices. His reputation in the industry, and passion in the mobile niche, led to the inception of the Mobilocity newsletter, an email publication with a syndicated readership of over 100,000. His informative column is on a wide range of mobile and wireless topics. Dr. Purdy has been a member of the Program Advisory Board of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) that produces the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), one of the largest trade shows in the world. He has been a moderator GSMA conferences. He is also a sought-after speaker and moderator at major mobile and wireless conferences and has appeared in national news broadcasts including MSNBC and Fox Business.