Paul Erickson is a 20-year veteran market and competitive analyst of the media & entertainment technology and consumer electronics industries, covering both consumer and service provider perspectives. He is Founder and Principal of Erickson Strategy & Insights, an industry analysis, strategy, and advisory consultancy.

Prior to founding the company, he was Research Director for Entertainment and CE at Parks Associates, and brings expansive experience and perspective from covering media & entertainment technology and related consumer devices across Parks Associates, Omdia, IHS Markit (now S&P Global Market Intelligence), and NPD DisplaySearch (now Circana).

With more than 25 years of technology industry experience and over 20 as an analyst, Paul Erickson’s coverage and insight has spanned streaming video services and platforms, pay & broadcast TV, connected CE, UI / UX technologies, smart home, gaming, digital media, home & professional audio, and collaboration technologies.

He has regularly spoken at, moderated, and/or attended industry events, conferences, and tradeshows across the consumer, service provider, and pro AV technology landscape, such as CES, IFA, MWC, IBC, NAB, MIPCOM, ISE, InfoComm, and NAMM. Paul is also a two-time AVIXA Emerging Trends Fellow honoree.

He has been quoted in a variety of news outlets and industry publications, including Financial Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, BBC, Reuters, NPR, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, CBC News, BusinessWeek, Variety, Bloomberg, Wired, The Verge, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, PC World, CNET, Fierce Video, TWICE, CE Pro and Cable & Satellite International.