About MI

Mobile Insights, Inc. is a professional services company located in Mountain View, California, that focuses on the mobile computing and data communications market.

Professional Analyst Staff
Management Staff
Support Staff

The company is staffed with a number of well-known, professional industry analysts, including:

J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D.

650-937-0938

Dr. Purdy is President and CEO of Mobile Insights, Inc., a professional services firm located in Mt. View, California.

Dr. Purdy is also a part-time Venture Partner with Diamondhead Ventures (DhVen). He advises the firm on its investments in the mobile and wireless industry. DhVen is dedicated to helping innovators bring great technologies to market quickly and successfully. The principals have a proven track record of launching many successful start-ups.
Dr. Purdy has focused on mobile markets and products since 1986 and has become recognized as an industry authority in the mobile computing industry. He is often quoted in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, PC Week, The San Jose Mercury News, InfoWorld and The New York Times. He has appeared on CBS Radio Business Report and Voice of America.

Dr. Purdy also conducts a number of consulting engagements for major firms in the mobile computing and communications market. Recent engagement clients include 3Com, Apple, AT&T Wireless, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Microsoft, NEC, Motorola, Qualcomm, T.I., Toshiba and Xircom.

Prior to founding Mobile Insights, Dr. Purdy was Vice President and Chief Analyst for Mobile Computing at Dataquest. Previously, he held marketing positions with Connecting Point (now Intelligent Electronics), Compaq, Fujitsu (Poqet division), and Phoenix Technologies.

Tim Scannell, Industry Analyst

617-471-2486

Tim Scannell has more than 20 years experience as a writer and editor in the computer industry, working on such publications as Computerworld, PC Products, Mini-Micro Systems, Systems Integration and most recently Computer Reseller News.

He was also a member of the core start-up team of Softbank Corp.'s U.S. division, assisting with the launch and contributing to the Japanese editions of PC Week Japan, LAN Times Japan, MacUser Japan, and PC Magazine Japan. Later, he also established a U.S. bureau for Softbank's Japan-based magazines.

Scannell has freelanced for a number of U.S. publications, including U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, The Boston Herald, and Crain's Net Marketing. He was also a freelance high-technology columnist for The Boston Globe, and has written a book on the U.S. computer industry published in Japan by Softbank.

Stacey Wu , Sr. Industry Analyst

650-937-0959

Stacey Wu brings more than a decade of experience in high-tech product planning, marketing and management to Mobile Insights. Most recently, she was the Director of Product Marketing, Mobile Solutions, for NEC Computers, where she led the notebook, handheld and information appliance groups. Prior to her management role at NEC, Stacey was the Worldwide Product Planning Manager for Hewlett Packard Mobile Computing Division. She also has significant experience in the embedded design for electronic imaging field.

Stacey�s business accomplishments include managing two $400M ~ $700M business units, growing product line revenue 50% a year for 3 years in a row, and creating a profitable new business unit in two years. She has managed more than 20 product launches and lifecycles. Stacey has an MBA degree from MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.S. degree in Computer Science.

Craig Mathias, Affiliate Wireless Analyst
508-881-6467

Craig Mathias is Mobile Insights' Affiliate Wireless Analyst and a Principal with Farpoint Group, an advisory and systems-integration firm specializing in emerging communications technologies. Craig's focus is on the areas of wireless communications, mobile computing, broadband networking, and the Internet.

He has previously held both management and engineering positions at Stardent Computer Inc., NBI Inc., GRiD Systems Corp., Data General Corp., Raytheon Inc., and has worked as a consultant to a variety of companies across the globe. He's a member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE Communications Society, and is a member of the Advisory Board for the COMDEX Fall and Chicago conferences. He is a frequent speaker at industry events, widely quoted, and the author of numerous articles in major business and technical journals.