Chad Huston is a senior research analyst with the Global Services Market and Trends team. Mr. Huston works with IDC analysts across all fourteen defined Business and IT services markets, as well as all seven geographic regions, to aggregate the highest level view of the future of the services market in the Services Market Forecaster. Mr. Huston utilizes this data, as well as his interaction with vendors and end users, to analyze key developments in the services industry within the Worldwide Services program. Common topics in this program have been: profitability by type of service (consulting versus outsourcing), "Top 10" vendors in the market, recent acquisitions, and geographic trends.

Mr. Huston has three years of experience both on and off-shore as a financial analyst with Accenture. This role entailed advising senior executives about the profitability of their engagements as well as maintaining all the finance and accounting processes for his entrusted contracts. Prior to his work with Accenture, Mr. Huston worked for one year as an English Teacher in Osaka Japan.

Mr. Huston's educational background includes a Masters in International Economics from Brandeis University and a Bachelor's Degree from Abilene Christian University.