Six Degrees effervesces with Kneko Burney - CEO/Chief Strategist eyesoda.com/Compass Intelligence

Kneko Burney is a serial entrepreneur. She is a ten year leading expert in analyzing segment trends and customer behavior for the telecom, network and infrastructure industries. As Co-owner of Compass Intelligence, a woman-owned market intelligence and consulting company she is trusted by the many of the world’s best telecom and high tech companies for her ability to identify and quantify emerging market opportunities. Kneko launched Eyesoda.com in May 2008, an interactive, streaming community where independent film lovers and filmmakers come together. A trained economist, Ms. Burney's specializes in segmenting emerging and existing markets by size of business, vertical industry or other portent demographics. This allows her clients to understand current landscape and successfully plan for the future. Ms. Burney leverages analysis of key topics in business and consumer markets, in tandem with insights from key thinkers in the largest and/or fastest growing companies, giving her a "multi-dimensional" perspective on several markets. In addition to being a well-known telecom and high tech analyst, Ms. Burney's research is used by the Department of Commerce, the Federal Communications Commission and the Small Business Administration for policy development and industry review. Ms. Burney was a board advisor for several high-tech ventures, chaired well-known eBusiness events and is a keynote speaker for several shows, conferences and summits. She is featured in Fortune Small Business Magazine and is regularly quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Baron's Investors Daily, USAToday, The New York Times, Fortune, Forbes, Wired, and Information Week. Ms. Burney holds a dual B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, as well as an M.A. in Mathematical Economics from Boston University. She resides in Scottsdale Arizona and part-time in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with her family.