Carl Howe

Carl Howe

Former Analyst

Biography

Carl Howe was Vice President of Data Sciences for the 451 Research Mobility team, which was established in July 2014 with the integration of Yankee Group. He also contributed to its research into mobile devices. In his Data Sciences role, Howe oversaw all of the 451 Research Mobility team's mobile technology monitoring, survey and forecasting products and led its work in interactive data analysis and visualization.

In his research role, Howe examined and measured how mobile devices, networks and content transform the ways consumers live. His contributions include reports such as Batteries: The Power of Mobility, "Analyzing The Tablet Landscape, The Four Horsemen of the Mobility Revolution, "The Forgotten Smartphone Apps" and "The Next Tipping Point: The Connected Experience." Howe's research agenda included research on the landscape and future of tablets e-readers and smartphones as well as the evolution of ecosystems around these devices.

Before joining Yankee Group Howe and Joe Butt co-founded Blackfriars Communications to advise companies in complex industries on how to distill communicate and deliver their value. Blackfriars developed syndicated marketing research about marketing budgets attitudes and spending as well as the Blackfriars Marketing Index a publicly recognized gauge of marketing spending. While at Blackfriars Howe also wrote the widely read blog Blackfriars Marketing and published financial research reports on Apple Inc.

Prior to Blackfriars Howe directed Forrester's research in networking computing and infrastructure and was also a principal analyst. His research predicted the next wave of internet innovation in "The X Internet"forecasted the impact of open source software in ""Open Source Cracks The Code"" and predicted the 2000 recession in the PC industry in his 1998 report ""PC Industry Roller Coaster."" Prior to Forrester Howe spent 18 years at BBN Corporation where he helped develop operating systems for some of the largest parallel processors in the world and researched wearable computers desktop video conferencing and distributed systems. In addition he helped firms including MasterCard Wang and National Westminster Bank deploy early internets.

Howe has commented on technology in television venues ranging from Bloomberg Television to The Today Show to The CBS Evening News and he has spoken at events in the U.S. Europe and Asia. He is also a regular commentator on trends in technology for Marketplace All Things Considered and the San Francisco Chronicle as well as for numerous other international and national publications. Howe was also named one of the top 20 most influential U.S. industry analysts in 2002 by Technology Marketing magazine.

Howe holds a S.B. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has served on the faculty of MIT and Wellesley College."

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