Jim Handy, a widely recognized semiconductor analyst, comes to Objective Analysis with over 30 years in the electronics industry including 14 years as an industry analyst for Dataquest (now Gartner) and Semico Research. His background includes marketing and design positions at market-leading suppliers including Intel, National Semiconductor, and Infineon. A frequent presenter at trade shows.

He is known for his widespread industry presence and volume of publication. He has written hundreds of articles for trade journals, Dataquest, Semico, and other prior employers, and is frequently interviewed and quoted in the electronics trade press and other media.

Jim has a strong technical leaning, with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech, and is a patent holder in the field of cache memory design. He is the author of "The Cache Memory Book" (Harcourt Brace, 1993), the leading reference in the field. Handy also holds an MBA degree from the University of Phoenix. He has performed rigorous technical analysis on the economics of memory manufacturing and sales, discrediting some widely held theories while unveiling other true motivators of market behavior.

Jim is on the Advisory Board of the Flash Memory Summit, a member of the Mass Storage Technical Working Group of the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI), and is a Leader in the Gerson Lehrman Group Councils of Advisors.