Forrester

Dane leads a team that helps tech industry (TI) strategists predict and quantify disruptions in the tech industry so that they better direct their investments in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Dane is responsible for a group of analysts, data experts, market experts, and consultants who help strategists quantify the structural shifts in buyer demand, recognize new business models, and harness the disruptive emerging technologies. Dane's team focuses on Asia Pacific and the Middle East and provides strategists with deep end buyer insight on their approach to using and procuring technology and services. Dane's team provides his customers with the full spectrum of IT market research, with specializations in software, telecom and networks, services, vertical markets, and channels/partnering in Asia Pacific. In particular, Dane has a rich background in services research. He has a long history of success and respect in the IT research industry, having close to 16 years of experience in this specialized sector; this culminated in the co-founding of Springboard Research in 2004. Dane's views on the Asian IT market are commonly cited in prominent publications and broadcast media, where he has gained a great reputation as an IT industry guru; he is a sought-after speaker at industry events in both Asia and the US.

Dane was both the co-founder and the CEO/executive vice president of research at Springboard (which Forrester has acquired). In this capacity, Dane oversaw all research activities and engaged in the entire research process from project initiation to delivery. Prior to founding Springboard Research, Dane worked for IDC Asia/Pacific for nearly a decade, based in both Hong Kong and Singapore. During this time, he played a major role in the firm's regional expansion and was instrumental in leading a number of key research areas, including personal systems, enterprise systems, vertical markets, and consulting, as well as serving as a senior member of the company's regional management team during a period of rapid expansion. His last position with IDC Asia/Pacific was as vice president of consulting and vertical markets.

Dane graduated with a B.S. degree in business administration from The Citadel in the US.