George Shiffler III Research Director San Jose, CA USA Years of Experience 14 years at Gartner 14 years IT industry Areas of Coverage PCs, Laptops & Handheld Devices View Latest Research Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner Roles and Responsibilities George Shiffler is a principal analyst in Gartner Dataquest, where he is part of the Computing Platforms and Systems group. Mr. Shiffler oversees Gartner's global PC forecast. He also follows global macroeconomic trends for the group and regularly contributes economic viewpoints and opinions. Previous Experience Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Shiffler worked as an economic consultant with Micronomics Inc., where he developed economic and antitrust analyses for a variety of markets including retail food stores, movie theaters, petroleum production and oil tankering. Professional Background Mirconomics, Inc., Economist, 5 years NERA, Analyst, 2 years Education B.A., Economics, University of California, Irvine M.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Dataquest Telebriefing: Preliminary PC Market Results, Worldwide, 3Q09 16-Nov-2009 Mikako Kitagawa, Angela McIntyre, George Shiffler III, Raphael Vasquez Forecast: PC Installed Base, Worldwide, 2005-2014, October 2009 Update 16-Nov-2009 George Shiffler III Dataquest Insight: Downturn in IT Spending Stabilizes and Outlook Improves in 3Q09 Forecast Update 27-Oct-2009 Richard Gordon, Fabrizio Biscotti, Kathryn Hale, Jonathon Hardcastle, Peter Kjeldsen, George Shiffler III, Kenneth F. Brant Forecast Analysis: PCs, Worldwide and North America, 3Q09 Update 22-Oct-2009 George Shiffler III Forecast: PCs, Worldwide and North America, 3Q09 Update 13-Oct-2009 George Shiffler III, Mikako Kitagawa, Raphael Vasquez