Ned MayVP & Practice Leader

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In his capacity as Vice President & Practice Leader, Ned May leads Outsell's analytic coverage and advisory services focused on the largest diversified publishing and information companies. He also oversees and develops the analysis for Outsell's industry benchmarking program and critical operational metrics, industry financial score carding and valuations analysis, and works with Outsell’s financial industry clients. His coverage centers on the broad disruption underway as content migrates to digital form – from the impact on how content is created, distributed and sold to how enterprise consumption habits are changing today such as the opportunities brought about by new mobile devices like smart phones, tablets, and e- readers. All the while, keeping an eye on the impact across the core operating metrics for the industry.

Ned serves as an executive-level advisor and consultant to publishers as well as the market’s technology providers and the financial community. He is regularly quoted in the mainstream press, has appeared on PBS’s Nightly Business Report and FoxBusiness and has spoken at many major industry events including O’Reilly’s Tools of Change, Book Expo America, AAP’s general meeting, SIIA’s NetGain, the PSP, the Charleston Conference, and the Innovation in Education Summit sponsored by the McGraw Hill Foundation.

Expertise

  • Search & Aggregation Services
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Market Sizing, Forecasting, and Analysis
  • Financial Metrics & Benchmarking
  • M&A Activity and Implications
  • Company Due Diligence and Valuations
  • Strategic Planning
  • Information Industry Trends

Experience

  • International Data Corporation (IDC)
  • Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
  • Burns Schwartz LLP
  • The Writing Company
  • Money Magazine

Education

Ned received his MBA from Babson College, graduating summa cum laude. He also studied management at IESE in Barcelona, Spain, and received a liberal arts degree in economics and government from Bowdoin College.

Contact Information

Telephone: +1 617-242-8050

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More About Ned

Favorite author: Milan Kundera

Power breakfast: Grape-Nuts with frozen organic blueberries

Favorite cities: Prague, Barcelona, Hong Kong, Boston

Best vacation I've taken: Sailing offshore from Maine to the Caribbean via Bermuda

Where I grew up: On a sailboat for a few years, then on Maryland's Eastern Shore

First jobs: Paper boy on my bike

First car: 1972 VW Bug

Activities outside work: Spending time with my family, be it sailing, skiing, hiking or simply sitting on the floor


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