I am the Practice Lead for AI at The Futurum Group. I analyze the use cases for AI across key industries while also examining the infrastructure that underpins the adoption of AI at scale, with Generative AI being a major focus area. I co-founded the technology industry analyst firm 451 Research in 2000, which was acquired by S&P Global in December 2019. I was the lead AI analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence. I spent 2012-2014 running product marketing at eDiscovery and information governance software company Recommind (now part of OpenText). I rejoined 451 Research in 2015 and held various senior management roles at 451 Research in New York and London since 1999. Prior to starting 451 Research, I was a financial and technology journalist with ComputerWire (now part of Datamonitor) in London and New York. With more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry in the US and Europe, so far I have:• co-founded an analyst company and helped it grow to the fourth largest technology industry analyst company in the world that was acquired by S&P Global in December 2019• run product marketing at a fast-growing software company• pioneered coverage of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning since 2001• advised venture capitalists and investment bankers on investment and M&A opportunities• advised enterprise buyers and users of technology • lived worked in the US for a large part of my career, but am now back in London, a fast-growing technology hubSpecialties: Software product strategy; technology evangelism; product marketing; public speaking; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning; analyzing trends in software; advising technology companies, investors, end users; competitive intelligence; vertical market strategies; analyzing M&A in software.