Richard Marshall

Analyst

Richard spotted the potential of smartphone apps very early on and founded Rapid Mobile Media, one of the first specialist firms dedicated to mobile. After 18 years of start-ups and growth companies, he switched tracks and joined Gartner to run its Application Design and Development team, producing many important Magic Quadrants and research notes and winning Gartner’s 2015 awards for both Thought Leadership and Inquiry Excellence. His post-Gartner career has focused on advising a broad range of emerging technology vendors. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh.