For 25+ years, Stephanie Atkinson, has provided strategic insights, key trends, market intelligence, industry modeling/forecasting, and advisory services to technology companies, enterprise executives, and government leaders across the globe. She is the founder and CEO of Compass Intelligence, a leading tech advisory and market research firm based in Texas and in 2020 founded vMarque.com serving SMBs with branding, web design, and marketing. Her knowledge base and expertise are centered around telecom, IT, mobile, IoT, emerging technology, and various high-tech topics. She is well known for simplifying complex topics, while educating and engaging executives, leaders, and managers who seek contextual information to help grow business, companies, and strategic initiatives. Mrs. Atkinson has been recognized as one of the top 100 B2B thought leaders and influencers to follow for 3 years in a row by Thinkers360, and was listed as the #2 top thought leader and influencers in the Internet of Things. She has also been listed among the Top 10 in the IoT Premier League by IoT Community, Top 100 Wireless Technology Experts by Today's Wireless World, and the 50 Most Influential Women in Internet of Things by IoTi. She is an author to CIO.com, is an influencer at IDG Tech, and has been quoted in numerous publications including CNN Money, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and CEO Magazine. Mrs. Atkinson serves as an executive/board advisor for Silverwood Partners, Moab Foundation, and Texas A&M Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department. She recently founded and is serving as president of ElevateOurKids.org, a 501c3 non-profit to help bridge the digital divide in K-12 Education by fundraising and providing laptops to students in under-resourced communities. Ms. Atkinson held previous positions at Frost & Sullivan, In-Stat/MDR (Reed Business), Texlink Communications (formerly Taylor Communications), and Alcatel USA (Nokia). Ms. Atkinson holds a B.S. in Industrial Distribution from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Management of Technology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She also volunteers at the McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship and Aggie Women at Texas A&M University, and Heritage School in Fredericksburg, TX. She resides in Bandera, Texas, the 'Cowboy Capital of the World,' with her husband and 2 sons. Her motto is to "Don't live your life by Default, Be Purposeful."