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Mario Morales
Program Vice President, Semiconductors and EMS

Team: IDC Predictions Team
Semiconductors
Mario Morales is the vice president of IDC's Semiconductors research program. He is responsible for in-depth analysis, evaluation of emerging markets, forecasting, and research of major semiconductor application areas such as embedded devices, wireless, personal computing, wired communications, and consumer.

Mr. Morales is an industry analyst with extensive experience in managing a multinational research team of analysts, management consultants, and business development managers. Key strengths include international business development and driving strategic relationships with semiconductor and Information Technology (IT) companies. Strong knowledge of IT industry, with a specialization in semiconductors, embedded devices, memory, and wireless. Over 18 years of semiconductor expertise, including management consulting, market assessment, valuation of leading companies, creation of industry leading market models, and competitive analysis. Responsible for initiating IDC’s coverage of the semiconductor and EMS market segments including building a successful and strategic business franchise for IDC. Strong network in the semiconductor industry and Asia Pacific region; trusted advisor to leading executives and financial community on market direction, targeting strategic customers, market segmentation, product positioning, competition, M&A due diligence, and platform branding. His career includes past positions with NEC Electronics and Dataquest.

Mr. Morales earned a B.S. degree in business administration (finance) at San Jose State University.



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Enabling Technologies and Semiconductors: March 11, 2013
Shane Rau, Jeff Janukowicz, Abhi Dugar, Les Santiago, Mario Morales, Michael J. Palma
Mar 2013 - Doc # 240195      Update
This IDC update presents::
  • Highlights from IDC's Worldwide Solid State Storage Quarterly Update: 4Q12 Summary
  • Highlights from IDC's Micron Extends Its SSD Portfolio with a New SAS <
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    Enabling Technologies and Semiconductors: March 25, 2013
    Jeff Janukowicz, Soo-Kyoum Kim, Shane Rau, Les Santiago, John Rydning, Mario Morales, Abhi Dugar
    Mar 2013 - Doc # 240418      Update
    This IDC update presents::
  • Highlights from IDC's Worldwide DRAM Demand and Supply 4Q124Q13 and 20122017 Update
  • Highlights from IDC's Worldwide NAND Flash Dema
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