Keith Mallinson is founder of WiseHarbor (www.wiseharbor.com), providing expert commercial advisory services in wireless, mobile and telecommunications. He continues to support Yankee Group, his former employer, in the position of Senior Research Fellow.

Mallinson led Yankee Group's global Wireless/Mobile research and consulting team as Executive Vice President, based in Boston, from 2000 to 2006. Until then, he had overall responsibility for the firm's European division, based in London, as Managing Director from 1995 until 2000. He was the European Research Director prior to 1995.

Mallinson has more than 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry, as research analyst, consultant and as a testifying expert witness. Complementing his industry focus, he has a broad skill set including technologies, market analysis, regulation, economics and finance. He has published numerous reports and speaks publicly at industry events such as the leading Mobile World Congress and CTIA trade shows on a wide variety of topics including next generation mobile network technologies, broadband wireless, fixed mobile convergence and substitution, handset semiconductor technologies, intellectual property patents and licensing, emerging markets in developing nations, mobile search and advertising.

Mallinson started his career in military communications design and project management with the UK Ministry of Defence. Prior to studying for his MBA he also worked as a minicomputer systems engineer for electronic security company Cardkey Systems. For several years he was Director at a seed capital investment firm specializing in ICT and biotechnology.

Mallinson has an undergraduate electronic engineering degree from London University's Imperial College and an MBA from the London Business School, including an academic exchange with Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Illinois.