Rob Bamforth is a Principal Analyst working with Quocirca Ltd since 2004, focussing on the areas of communication, collaboration and convergence. His experience combines his years spent in sales and marketing, with an in-depth understanding of technology development and deployment, which together give him an approach that focuses first on the business need, with technology as the supporting service.
During his career he has actively promoted the business benefits of emerging technologies such as the Internet and Java. Rob has presented at innumerable industry events, as well as working closely with standards bodies. When Rob first joined the analyst community in 2002 at Bloor Research, he established the wireless and mobile practice later extending his focus to cover to the impact of the convergence, or as he would rather say, ‘collision' of IT and Telecommunications industries with his work at Quocirca. Rob has written numerous articles and many reports on the impact and management of mobile devices, the evolution of service providers, mobile email momentum, visual communications, VoIP and unified communications. Rob also presents at conferences, contributes in video interviews and webinars, and provides market analysis support as a strategic advisor to the Mobile Data Association.
