Fred McClimans
Senior Analyst and Research Director
Futurum



Fred McClimans is Senior Analyst and Research Director at Futurum. He is an experienced analyst and advisor, bringing over 30 years of experience in the digital and technology markets. Previously, he worked at Samadhi Partners, launching the Digital Trust practice at HfS Research, Current Analysis, Decisys, and the Aurelian Group. He has also worked at Gartner, E&Y, Newbridge Networks’ Advanced Technology Group (now Alcatel), and DTECH LABS (now part of Cubic Corporation).

Fred studied engineering and music at Syracuse University. A frequent author and speaker, Fred has served as a guest lecturer at the George Mason University School of Business (Porter: Information Systems and Operations Management), keynoted the Colombian Associación Nacional De Empressarios Sourcing Summit, served as an executive committee member of the Intellifest International Conference on Reasoning (AI) Technologies, and has spoken at #SxSW on trust in the digital economy. His analysis and commentary has appeared through venues such as Cheddar TV, Adotas, CNN, Social Media Today, Seeking Alpha, Talk Markets, and Network World (IDG).