Jupiter Research

As a research director and senior analyst in the Custom Research team at JupiterResearch, Marcia Loewenstein works with clients to evaluate their strategic position and identify opportunities using a broad portfolio of approaches including including market opportunity analysis, customer segmentation, competitive analysis and benchmarking. Before joining Jupiter, Loewenstein was an equity analyst for hedge funds and mutual funds where she focused on technology, healthcare and education companies, identifying secular change in those industries and analyzing its bottom line impact. Prior to obtaining her MBA Loewenstein played key roles on the sales, operations and venture capital sides of investment banking. During her tenure in that industry, she created an innovative database and reporting tool that provided management with a 360-degree view of the business and the impact that each stock trade made to each component of the value-chain. Loewenstein holds a B.A. in Economics/Mathematics from University of California at Santa Barbara and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia Business School.

As a Research Director with Jupiter Research, Vikram designs and builds forecast models across various consumer commerce coverage areas, including online retail, travel and financial services. He is also a frequent contributor to the online behavior and demographic service area where he has authored multiple reports analyzing usage and attitudinal differences amongst the online users. Sehgal has been quoted in major media and trade outlets such as The LA Times, CNN Money, Wall Street Transcript, AD Week and American Banker. Sehgal has also appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Radio, NPR's Marketplace, and Business Week TV on ABC. Sehgal joined Jupiter Research from Information Resources Inc. (IRI), a leading market research company based in Fairfield, NJ. He was a consultant in the Analytics group, where he helped guide brand strategy by analyzing and recommending changes to their marketing and promotional efforts. His clients included major consumer packaged goods manufacturers like M&M/MARS, Heinz, Gerber and Warner Lambert. Vikram earned his B.Com from Bombay University and an M.B.A. from Virginia Tech with a concentration in Finance and Marketing.

Barry Parr is a media analyst covering News and Information at Jupiter Research. He is a frequent speaker on Web publishing and Internet strategy in the US and worldwide and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Business Week, San Jose Mercury News, and other publications. Mr. Parr has more than fifteen years of experience building online services, including software development, marketing, editorial, and production management. Barry has served as Ecommerce Research Director at International Data Corporation and Vice President of News at CNET.

Ben Reneker is a Senior Analyst at Kagan Research LLC, and heads up the company's international media markets research team in addition to following emerging media technologies, digital rights management and mobile entertainment. He is the lead analyst on Kagan's LATIN AMERICAN MULTICHANNEL MARKETS, ASIA PACIFIC MULTICHANNEL MARKETS and GLOBAL MULTICHANNEL MARKETS databooks in addition to the company's web-based GLOBAL MULTICHANNEL MARKETS CONTINUOUS INFORMATION SERVICE. Mr. Reneker also serves as a consultant for Kagan Media Appraisals specializing in global pay-TV markets, IP-VOD systems and new media business models. Prior to joining Kagan World Media in February 2002, Mr. Reneker operated as an independent new media and mobile device consultant while serving as founder and president of ReelMind, Inc. a streaming media affinity portal targeting independent filmmakers and animators. Mr. Reneker holds a BA from The Colorado College and an MSc degree awarded with distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Josh Hizon is an Associate Analyst at Kagan Research focusing on international pay TV markets with specialist knowledge of Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. In addition to contributing to Kagan's slate of international markets databooks, Hizon is a regular contributor to Kagan's VOD-ITV Investor newsletter covering global and domestic deployments of new interactive technology. He is a contributing analyst for GLOBAL MULTICHANNEL MARKETS, LATIN AMERICAN MULTICHANNEL MARKETS, and ASIA PACIFIC MULTICHANNEL MARKETS. He is part of a team of valuation experts at Kagan Media Appraisals which has completed over $100 bil. in fair market valuations. He holds a B.A. from Washington State University.

Before joining JupiterResearch, Meyer was a Research Director at French consultancy iDate, where she developed flagship reports on the future of TV and online video and managed customer research projects. Earlier in her career, Meyer acquired expertise as a media and telecommunications consultant at BIPE Conseil, developed DVB partnerships at the European Commission, and analyzed TV markets for Philips Consumer Electronics. She holds a post-graduate professional diploma (Magistere) in Economics from Aix Marseille II University. Meyer lives in France.

Michael Buckley is an analyst with Kagan Research, LLC, covering the broadcast sector. He regularly contributes to Kagan's BROADCAST INVESTOR: DEALS & FINANCE and KAGAN MEDIA MONEY newsletters. He is also a contributing analyst to various Kagan databooks covering broadcast and multichannel markets and is the lead satellite radio analyst. In addition, he serves as a consultant for Kagan Media Appraisals. Prior to joining Kagan in September 2004, he was a Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin and at Emory University, from which he recently received a Ph.D. in political science. Prior to that, he worked in the institutional equity departments at Hutchinson Richardson Investment Management in San Francisco and at Neuberger and Berman in New York City.