For 20+ years, Stephanie Atkinson, has provided strategic insights, key trends, market intelligence, industry modeling/forecasting, and advisory services to technology companies, enterprise executives, and government leaders across the globe. She is the founder and CEO of Compass Intelligence, a leading tech advisory and market research firm based in Texas and recently founded vMarque.com serving SMBs with branding and marketing. Her knowledge base and expertise are centered around telecom, IT, mobile, emerging technology, and various high-tech topics. She is well known for simplifying complex topics, while educating and engaging executives, leaders, and managers who seek contextual information to help grow business, companies, and strategic initiatives.

Mrs. Atkinson was recently recognized as one of the top 100 B2B thought leaders and influencers to follow in 2021 and 2020 by Thinkers360, and was listed as the #2 top thought leader and influencers in the Internet of Things. She is an author and contributor to CIO.com, hosts webinars as an influencer on behalf of IDG Tech, and has been quoted in numerous trade publications including CNN Money, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and CEO Magazine.