Title:  Research Director
Employer:  Aberdeen Group, a Harte Hanks Company
Nickname/Alias:  Joe

What I'm Best Known For (in the Telecom World):

Research Director for Aberdeen Group with “rigourous” publishing schedule

Other Primary Areas of Expertise:

Contract Labor/Temporary Staffing and EIPP (Electronic Invoice Presentment)

Summary of Professional Background:

My recent Published work includes:

• Verizon Business Opens eBonding Portal with Total Telecom Cost Management Suppliers:  eBonding Gateway Is a Catalyst to Automate Service Order Management (October   2006)
• The Total Telecom Cost Management Solution Selection Report, September 2006
• Total Telecom Cost Management: Savings Are Just Part of the Picture (September 2006)
• The Challenge in Total Telecom Cost Management: To Unlock Savings and Control Spend, Mid-Market Enterprises Can Learn a Few Lessons from Leading Enterprises (June 2006)

My experience includes marketing, sales and operational leadership roles with Frito-Lay, Honey Fashions and Crown-Zellerbach/James River and Control Point Solutions. He graduated from Vanderbilt University with a double major in Economics and Political-Science.

Prediction on the Future of Telecom & Telecom Managers:

Continue demands to evolve and adapt to a world of IT Asset Management and management of new technology.

When I'm not talking or doing something in relation to telecom, I'm usually...

With family at our beach house at Long Beach Island

Book and author I'm currently reading:

Michael Tracy Double digit Growth: How Great Companies Achieve It No Matter What 

CD currently or most recently in my car stereo:

IPod with 8,000 + song