Brian Markwalter is Senior Vice President of Research and Standards at the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). In this role, he is responsible for CTA’s extensive consumer research, market data, forecasting capability, and thematic index program with Nasdaq. Markwalter also oversees CTA’s technology projects and ANSI-accredited standards development program which develops technical standards used in millions of products every year. Prior to CTA, Markwalter was involved in technology consulting and a wireless communications semiconductor startup.