Who Is Michael Gartenberg?

Michael Gartenberg is a noted technology strategist, author and speaker, currently employed at Interpret, LLC as Vice President of Strategy and Analysis. Specializing in coverage of personal technology, Michael is responsible for strengthening and expanding Interpret’s custom and syndicated research products for consumer technology clients. He also works closely with Interpret’s practice leaders in the video games, mobile, theatrical/home entertainment, digital media and advertising sectors to provide clients with incomparable cross-media analysis.

Michael is a frequent contributor to many news and media outlets providing broadcast commentary and print analysis and also writes a monthly column on business technology for Computerworld.

Prior to joining Interpret LLC, Gartenberg was Vice President and Research Director at Jupiter Research where he led coverage on emerging consumer technology platforms. Leveraging Jupiter Research’s expertise in these areas, he launched Jupiter’s PC & Console Games service, Wi-Fi Mobility service among others as well as Jupiter Research’s analyst weblogs. Before joining Jupiter Research, Gartenberg had the roles of Managing Director at Hudson Ventures, a Manhattan-based venture capital firm and Vice President and Research Area Director of Gartner Inc., leading the Personal and Distributed Technologies research area. At Gartner, his research focused on personal and mobile computing. He was also recognized at Gartner and throughout the technology industry as the leading watcher and analyst covering Microsoft Corp.

Michael holds both his B.A. and M.A. from Yeshiva University in New York.