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Michael Kennedy, Ph.D., Managing Partner and co-founder of Network Strategy Partners, LLC, helps leading companies create and implement network industry strategies. Recently, he helped incumbent and new entrant service providers apply new access network technologies to improve the profitability of their service offerings. Michael's work for equipment vendors is focused on helping them create compelling business cases in support of their marketing efforts. He also works with end-users to develop network architectures, strategies and designs that meet corporate business goals.
Dr. Kennedy is a widely quoted authority on the dynamics of the communications industry. He has over 100 articles, speeches, and major conference presentations to his credit. Dr. Kennedy's bimonthly Telecommunications Magazine column focuses on the business applications of networking technology.
Michael has an extensive multi-disciplinary background in management consulting, telecommunications industry analysis, financial analysis and communications engineering gained over more than 30 years working in the industry.
Prior to founding Network Strategy Partners, Dr. Kennedy was Director of Consulting Services for Strategic Networks, Boston, MA and lead Arthur D. Little, Inc.'s Cambridge, MA enterprise network consulting practice. His work for clients in these firms focused on helping them create both network technology strategies and business cases for entering the networking industry. Much of this work was for the electric and gas utilities industry where he has consulted to more than 30 leading U.S. and European utilities. Other important industry segments included the financial and telecommunications services industries.
Dr. Kennedy led Stamford, CT-based Gartner Group's telecommunications strategy advisory service prior to entering the management consulting profession. His more than 300 subscribers included essentially all of the world's major telecommunications service and equipment vendors. While with Gartner Group, Michael's several Strategic Analysis Reports on AT&T were regarded as the definitive analyses of the company.
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