Author

Maurice Klaehne

Maurice Klaehne is a Senior Analyst with Counterpoint Research, based out of Boston, USA. He has spent more than five years working as a market researcher and strategy consultant, heavily focused on emerging markets and uncovering new growth opportunities for his clients, which include business service, CPG, healthcare, and life science companies. Maurice holds a Master's degree in International Development and Management from Lund University in Sweden, and an undergraduate degree in Political Science and International Development from McGill University in Canada. He is a native German speaker and also speaks fluent French.

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Tom Kang

Tom is an expert in the telecoms industry with 14 years of experience. He provides practical advice for the short-term goals of clients as well as insights for long term vision. Previously he was a celebrated world-renowned analyst at Strategy Analytics. He first introduced value share and profit share. He also created the Smartphone Strategies service and headed the research growing it to become the largest service in the company. Tom also worked for LG Electronics within the Mobile Communications Company in various roles.

Jeff Fieldhack

Jeff has 25+ years experience in technology research, business development, competitive intelligence, and business management. Prior to joining Counterpoint Research, Jeff held various research & product development roles at Microsoft, Nokia, Roth Capital Partners, and Gartner. Jeff is a member of many telecom industry organizations including Colorado Wireless Association, repair.org, CommNexus, and is a regular speaker at major telecom industry events. He was a 4x NCAA all-American in tennis and is a 12-time finisher of the Hawaii Ironman World Championships.