George Shiffler III Research Director Santa Clara, CA USA Years of Experience 18 years at Gartner 18 years IT industry Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner Roles and Responsibilities George Shiffler is an economist and economic modeler. His efforts are currently focused on creating IT forecast models grounded in economic theory for Gartner's Forecast Innovation Program. He has been instrumental in building forecast models of electronic equipment production and semiconductor consumption, as well as the PC installed base and the client device market. He has also written extensively about the PC market and IT market scenarios, as well as general economic topics such as the global macroeconomic outlook and the impact of exchange rate movements on Gartner's forecasts. Previous Experience Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Shiffler worked as an economic consultant building economic models and providing economic analyses covering a variety of topics including the Alaskan oil market, retail grocery markets, and California municipal finances. Professional Background Micronomics, Economist, 5 years NERA, Analyst, 2 years Education M.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley B.A., Economics, University of California, Irvine LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Forecast Overview: IT Spending, Worldwide, 1Q13 Update 25-Apr-2013 Cecile Drew, Kathryn Hale, George Shiffler III, Ranjit Atwal, Jonathon Hardcastle, Colleen Graham, Wm. L. Hahn Gartner Market Databook, 1Q13 Update 25-Mar-2013 Ken Newbury, Kathryn Hale, George Shiffler III, Richard Gordon, Jonathon Hardcastle, Colleen Graham, Peter Kjeldsen, Ranjit Atwal High-Tech Tuesday Webinar: IT Spending Forecast, 4Q12 Update: 2013, the Year Ahead 08-Feb-2013 John-David Lovelock, Kathryn Hale, George Shiffler III, Peter Kjeldsen, Colleen Graham, Jonathon Hardcastle, Vittorio D'Orazio, Ed Anderson, Robert P. Anderson Forecast Overview: IT Spending, Worldwide, 4Q12 Update 28-Jan-2013 Cecile Drew, Kathryn Hale, George Shiffler III, Ranjit Atwal, Jonathon Hardcastle, Peter Kjeldsen, Colleen Graham Market Share Alert: Preliminary PC Market Results, Worldwide, 4Q12 and 2012 11-Jan-2013 Mikako Kitagawa, Kanae Maita, Lillian Tay, Ranjit Atwal, Tracy Tsai, Raphael Vasquez, Isabelle Durand, George Shiffler III, Martin Reynolds