Our Team

For nearly 30 years, we have worked with the CEOs and top management of some of the world's most consistently successful companies. We enjoy the trust, respect and confidence of our clients by providing an impartial perspective on their most pressing strategic, organizational and new growth challenges. 
From former filmmakers, technologists, musicians and writers, we are a diverse team. We believe it is our diversity that allows us to bring a fresh and different perspective to our clients. However, we do share certain qualities. We are all high achievers who strive to be role models in our academic, professional and community endeavours. And our personalities – dedicated, passionate and down to earth – make us easy to work with.

We are independent thinkers who enjoy working closely with clients. As a result, you will find that though we listen more than talk, what we have to say is stimulating and different. The positions we take are rarely easy ones, and our views sometime lead to creative conflict. But we believe that the value of our advice derives from our integrity, ideas and impact. Longstanding relationships attest to the kind of trusted partnerships we form with clients.  

Glen Allmendinger

Founder and President

Glen Allmendinger is the founder and President of Harbor Research and has been responsible for managing Harbor and all of its consulting and research activities since its inception in 1984.

Glen lead in developing the firm’s ground breaking analysis of the impact of the Pervasive Internet and Smart Services — the use of the Internet to accomplish global device and sensor networking that will revolutionize business by unleashing entirely new modes of system optimization, customer relationships, and service delivery. He co-authored “Four Strategies For The Age of Smart Services,” Harvard Business Review, October 2005, which is widely regarded as the definitive work on the marketplace disruption that is being driven by smart networked products. 

Glen works with a broad spectrum of global computing,  communications, software, services and manufacturing companies, assisting them in new business creation, product and services innovation and venture development.   He has helped design corporate venture programs for numerous clients as well as assisted in the planning and due diligence of a broad number of corporate investments in technology ventures.   

He has worked with consortia including SEMATECH and professional associations including IEEE and has served on the boards of over a dozen technology ventures. He was a key participant in the development of the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, and has consulted to the National  Research Council on technology and competitiveness.

Glen has also authored thought leading articles for a wide range of publications including The Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal as well as a frequent speaker in several industry and public policy forums.  Prior to founding Harbor, Glen was an award-winning filmmaker, a technology analyst for the Yankee Group, and a consultant with State Street Consultants in Boston.  He received his bachelors degrees from New York University in filmmaking and art history, and did graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.