Steve Brazier is the President & CEO of Canalys – the fast-growing think-tank that provides analysis of trends in global high-technology markets. Canalys delivers its highly-valued research and data through continuous services, consulting projects, reports and custom presentations. Canalys has grown continuously and established successful operations across three continents since the company was founded in 1998. It is ranked within the top thirty global industry analyst firms.

Steve’s work as an analyst spans the full range of the company’s specialisation areas, including mobile devices, PCs, security, networking, enterprise infrastructure, consumer behaviour, and fixed and mobile telephony. He has led Canalys to become one of the most respected analyst firms working in the field of technology convergence, by operating across the boundaries that sit between the IT, telecoms and consumer electronics industries. His personal research focus is on evolving routes-to-market for technology products and services, and the strategies that vendors should adopt. He has been established for many years as a leading global visionary regarding distribution channel trends. His quarterly ‘Critique’ teleconference is recognised as one of the most influential scheduled analyst events within the IT industry.

Steve’s opinion is highly sought after. He is quoted frequently in the influential business press, including The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Der Spiegel, Les Echos, CNN and Sky News. He is a familiar figure on the public speaking circuit, appearing at Canalys events as well as those hosted by leading companies such as HP, Fujitsu, IBM, Nokia and Acer. His work matters behind the scenes too, where he sets the industry’s priorities as well as comments on them. He is frequently engaged to participate in board-level meetings by the leading vendors and channel players.

Steve previously worked for the Dataquest subsidiary of Gartner, where he held various posts, culminating in Principal Analyst and Associate Director. Prior to 1993, Steve was a consultant for IT research firm INTECO (now Gartner-owned), which led him to spend 1992 working in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Steve holds a joint honours degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Bristol, UK. He then completed an international executive management programme at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, US.