Tom Coughlin is a widely respected storage analyst and consultant with over 30 years of experience in the data storage industry. His company Coughlin Associates provides market and technology analysis - including a newsletter and reports on several digital storage technologies and applications - as well as Data Storage Technical Consulting services.

Dr. Coughlin has many publications and six patents to his credit. His 2008 book Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics: The Essential Guide was the subject of a previous CNSV talk that he gave.

Tom is active with SMPTE, SNIA, IDEMA, the IEEE Magnetics Society, IEEE CE Society and other professional organizations. He is the founder and organizer of the annual Storage Visions conference (a partner to the International Consumer Electronics Show), as well as the Creative Storage Conference. He is also a Leader in the Gerson Lehrman Group Councils of Advisors, a CNSV member and an IEEE Senior Member.