Carl D. Howe
chowe@blackfriarsinc.com
Carl has spent his career trying to predict how technology will change business and society. Prior to founding Blackfriars with Joe, Carl was named as one of the top 20 most influential U.S. industry analysts by Technology Marketing magazine based upon his work at Forrester Research.
While at Forrester, Carl directed Forrester's research in networking, computing, and infrastructure and was also a principal analyst. Carl's research predicted the next wave of Internet innovation in "The X Internet," forecast the impact of open source software in "Open Source Cracks The Code" and predicted the decline of the PC industry in 2000 in his 1998 report "PC Industry Roller Coaster."
Carl has commented on technology in television venues ranging from CNN to The Today Show to The CBS Evening News, and he speaks frequently at events in the US, Europe, and Asia. He has also commented on trends in technology for National Public Radio, Marketplace, Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, and The Times of London, as well as for numerous international and national publications.
Prior to Forrester, Carl spent 18 years at BBN Corporation, where he helped develop operating systems for some of the largest parallel processors in the world and researched wearable computers, desktop videoconferencing, and distributed systems. In addition, Carl helped firms like Mastercard, Wang, and National Westminster Bank deploy early Internets.
Carl has lectured as a member of the faculty at both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Wellesley College, and he is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
