Apr 2018 - IDC Perspective - Doc # US43050318
by: Bill Fearnley
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Research Director - Worldwide Blockchain Strategies
Bill Fearnley is Research Director for IDC responsible for leading IDC’s worldwide blockchain strategies with a focus on blockchain, distributed ledger technology (DLT), smart contracts, and tokenization. At IDC he has written extensively on Blockchain and has collaborated with IDC colleagues in Europe and Asia. He developed the “IDC Four Forces in Distributed Ledger Technology” market model and he has collaborated with IDC Insights colleagues on Blockchain solutions in Energy, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Retail. Based on his background, Mr. Fearnley's research also includes Blockchain technology and business process innovation, industry use cases, regulatory and compliance issues, industry consortiums and collaboration.
BACKGROUND
Previously, Bill was a Research Director for IDC Financial Insights responsible for big data, analytics and blockchain with a focus on compliance, fraud, cyber, and risk management. Mr. Fearnley’s core research coverage included compliance programs (such as AML, KYC and CDD) as well as fraud and cyber threat detection and prevention analytics. Prior to IDC, Bill was an industry analyst at Celent covering analytics, Big Data, cloud and mobile strategy and technology for capital markets and wealth management firms and technology providers. Before becoming an industry analyst, Bill spent more than 8 years as a sell side financial equity analyst covering PC and Enterprise Hardware for Janney Capital Markets and FTN Equity Capital. Mr. Fearnley was recognized by the Wall Street Journal in May 2008 as a "WSJ Best on the Street" analyst in the Computers & Office Equipment category. Before becoming a sell-side analyst, Mr. Fearnley worked in the technology sector in a variety of OEM and technology channel sales and marketing management positions.
EDUCATION/INDUSTRY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Apr 2018 - IDC Perspective - Doc # US43050318
by: Bill Fearnley
Apr 2018 - IDC PlanScape - Doc # US43049517
by: Bill Fearnley
Mar 13, 2018 - Framingham, MA United States
Sep 26, 2017 - Framingham, MA United States