Analyst Profile Detailed
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Christopher Chute
Research Manager, Worldwide Digital Imaging Solutions and Services
Team:
Consumer Markets
Directions Presenters
Printers and Peripherals
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Christopher Chute is a Research Manager with IDC's Worldwide Digital Imaging Solutions Group. Mr. Chute focuses specifically on the digital still camera, camcorder, camera phone, and network surveillance camera categories, as well as consumer printing and other image sharing technologies. He conducts forecasting, product analysis, and consumer usage identification for these markets, through a variety of supply and demand-side studies.
Mr. Chute is best known for creating IDC's annual Image Bible report series, which tracks revenue and printing opportunities for the global consumer imaging market. Numerous Fortune 500 companies utilize the Image Bible for strategic and product planning purposes. He is also known as the premier source for providing a grounded vision of how consumers truly adopt and use digital imaging technology.
Writers from a variety of publications rely on Mr. Chute for a deep understanding of the imaging market, including Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, San Jose Mercury News, Bloomberg, and The Financial Times. His television and radio appearances include ABC World News Tonight, National Public Radio, and Into Tomorrow With Dave Graveline. Mr. Chute also speaks regularly at a variety of international trade shows, including Computex and Photokina.
Mr. Chute received his B.A. in history from Boston College in 1994, and completed his MBA at B.C. in 2005. Mr. Chute joined IDC in June of 2000; prior to that he was a Project Manager for Linkage, Incorporated, a global human resources consulting company.
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