Jennifer Swanson
| Title: | Senior Market Analyst, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory |
| Email: | jenswanson@comcast.net |
Jennifer has over 25 years experience doing competitive intelligence, market research, and many types of analysis and model building in a wide variety of industries. She has worked on both sides of the equation — demand side (ARAMARK, Draper, MITRE) and supply side (Fuld, Gartner). She is currently a Sr. Market Analyst at Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, providing custom research to internal groups and building the market intelligence function. As a consultant, Jennifer has managed projects in healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and business services, with an subject expertise in technology (Digital Equipment, Gartner, MITRE, Draper). She started the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) Boston Chapter in 1991 and was a member of the board twice. Jennifer has presented at conferences as well as written articles on CI and project management. She has an MBA from Boston University Graduate School of Management and an MLS from Simmons Graduate School of Library & Info Science. She is an avid reader, writer and quilter, and has a husband of 30 years and a teenaged daughter who just got her driver's license.