Meet Stephanie
For 20+ years, Stephanie Atkinson, has provided strategic insights, key trends, market intelligence, industry modeling/forecasting, strategic research, and advisory services for technology companies, enterprise executives, and government leaders across the globe. She is the founder and CEO of Compass Intelligence, a 18+ year old leading tech advisory and market research firm based in Texas. She also founded vMarque, a marketing agency focused on SMB. In 2023, she also launched a spinoff called vMarque Provisions to sell creatives and statement clothing (primary for IoT Coffee Talk and Client Merch). Her knowledge base and expertise are centered around telecom, IT, mobile, emerging technology, and various high-tech topics. She is well known for simplifying complex topics, while educating and engaging executives, leaders, and managers who seek contextual information to help grow business, companies, and strategic initiatives.
Mrs. Atkinson has been recognized as 150 women B2B thought leaders and influencers to follow in 2020, 2021, and 2022 by Thinkers360, and was listed as the #2 top thought leader and influencers in the Internet of Things. She has been listed in the weekly IoT Community "Top Ten" IoT leaders to follow on numerous occasions. She has also been listed on the Top 100 Wireless Technology Experts by Today's Wireless World and the 50 Most Influential Women in Internet of Things by IoTi. She is an author and contributor to CIO.com, hosts webinars as an influencer for IDG Tech, and has been quoted in numerous trade publications including CNN Money, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and CEO Magazine. She is a speaker or moderator at tech events including IoT World, CES, MWC Americas, and others.
Mrs. Atkinson serves as an executive/board advisor for Elevate Our Kids, Silverwood Partners, and Texas A&M Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department. Prior to launching Compass Intelligence, Ms. Atkinson held positions at Frost & Sullivan, In-Stat/MDR, Texlink Communications (formerly Taylor Communications Group), and Alcatel USA (now Nokia). Ms. Atkinson holds a B.S. in Industrial Distribution from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Management of Technology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She also volunteers for the McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship at Texas A&M University and Heritage School in Fredericksburg, TX. She resides in Bandera, Texas, the 'Cowboy Capital of the World,' with her husband and 2 sons.
Mrs. Atkinson has been recognized as 150 women B2B thought leaders and influencers to follow in 2020, 2021, and 2022 by Thinkers360, and was listed as the #2 top thought leader and influencers in the Internet of Things. She has been listed in the weekly IoT Community "Top Ten" IoT leaders to follow on numerous occasions. She has also been listed on the Top 100 Wireless Technology Experts by Today's Wireless World and the 50 Most Influential Women in Internet of Things by IoTi. She is an author and contributor to CIO.com, hosts webinars as an influencer for IDG Tech, and has been quoted in numerous trade publications including CNN Money, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and CEO Magazine. She is a speaker or moderator at tech events including IoT World, CES, MWC Americas, and others.
Mrs. Atkinson serves as an executive/board advisor for Elevate Our Kids, Silverwood Partners, and Texas A&M Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department. Prior to launching Compass Intelligence, Ms. Atkinson held positions at Frost & Sullivan, In-Stat/MDR, Texlink Communications (formerly Taylor Communications Group), and Alcatel USA (now Nokia). Ms. Atkinson holds a B.S. in Industrial Distribution from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Management of Technology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She also volunteers for the McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship at Texas A&M University and Heritage School in Fredericksburg, TX. She resides in Bandera, Texas, the 'Cowboy Capital of the World,' with her husband and 2 sons.