Rachel Brindley

Consulting Manager

Rachel Brindley (Power) joined Canalys in March 2000. Rachel manages Canalys’ primary field research and confidential consulting projects. Recent work conducted on behalf of major technology vendors has looked at: selling IP telephony through voice channels; measuring reseller satisfaction; corporate channels for handhelds; European mobile phone channels; direct selling of high-tech products online; vendor terms and conditions and specialist security channels.

She also conducts channel interviewing and contributes written analysis to the company’s continuous advisory services. Her responsibilities include studying and analysing trends in high-tech distribution and enterprise channels across Europe, researching market developments within the enterprise security space, and tracking the evolution of convergence in the business telephony market. Rachel also runs Canalys' quarterly survey of channel opinion on key IT market issues.

Prior to joining Canalys, Rachel was a researcher for JBA where she had responsibility for providing competitive intelligence within the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software market. Rachel also spent a year working for Brite Voice Systems in Wiesbaden, Germany, where she was responsible for writing vertical market reports on the telecoms industry and supporting the EMEA marketing team.

Rachel graduated from the University of East Anglia with an honours degree in European Studies and German. She is fluent in German and has proficiency in French.