Now an Analyst At Large for Pyramid Research, Mr. Sythoff used to be Manager of Pyramid’s Research EMEA practice with over 10 years of experience in market forecasting and analysis of competitive strategies. He has authored a number of reports including a recent analysis of mobile payments and financial transfers in Africa.
Jan has managed different consulting projects including a detailed business demographic analysis and mobile adoption projections by segment in select emerging markets as well as supported due-diligence analysis across the Middle East. He also leads Pyramid's research in the area of mobile enterprise services at the global level including broadband applications and M2M.
Prior to joining Pyramid, Jan was a senior analyst with Frost & Sullivan, where he developed reports on EMEA's mobile content market, fixed-mobile convergence trends, wireless LAN and messaging platforms.
Jan has a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management from the University of Barcelona and graduated from Exeter University with a degree in Economics.