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Mark Vena is the CEO and Principal Analyst at\u00a0SmartTech Research<\/a>\u00a0based in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a technology industry veteran for over 25 years, Mark Vena covers numerous business, enterprise and consumer tech topics, including AI, semiconductor, PCs, smartphones, smart home, connected health, security, PC and console gaming, and streaming entertainment solutions. Mark has held senior marketing and business leadership positions at Compaq, Dell, Alienware, Synaptics, Sling Media and Neato Robotics. Mark has appeared on CNBC, NBC News, ABC News, Business Today, The Discovery Channel and other media outlets. Mark\u2019s analysis and commentary have appeared on\u00a0Forbes<\/a>,\u00a0Medium<\/a>\u00a0and other well-known business news and research sites. His comments about the consumer tech space have repeatedly appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today,\u00a0TechNewsWorld<\/a>\u00a0and other news publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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