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Karen Brown
Director Analyst
Karen Brown is a Director Analyst at Gartner Research, with a background wide-area networking subjects focused but not limited to U.S. carriers and associated vendors. Her coverage includes WANs, enterprise networking (Ethernet, MPLS, DIA and various access technologies), voice and unified communications, wireless-wireline convergence and SD-WAN.
Previous experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Brown worked as a strategic analyst for Denver-based One Touch Intelligence, covering business telecom services, wireless and cable MSO technology. Her background also includes stints as a writer/editor for various telecommunications trade publications including Multichannel News, Wireless Week and CED.
Professional background
KL Brown Consulting LLC, Principal, 1 years
One Touch Intelligence, Senior Vice President of Industry Intelligence, 13 years
Reed Business Information, Senior Editor, 6 years
Areas of coverage
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Cloud and Edge Infrastructure
Education
BS (Journalism), University of Colorado at Boulder
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Network services provider contract negotiation
Network service provider vendor selection
WAN networking technology and options
Wireless networking technology and options