# Olivier Blanchard

> Research Director & Practice Lead, Intelligent Devices

- Canonical: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/olivier-blanchard/
- Role: Analyst
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivierblanchard
- X: https://x.com/OABlanchard?t=cIXCZKNhf1Zvv_9XWqqhHw&s=09

Olivier Blanchard has extensive experience managing product innovation, technology adoption, digital integration, and change management for industry leaders in the B2B, B2C, B2G sectors, and the IT channel. His passion is helping decision-makers and their organizations understand the many risks and opportunities of technology-driven disruption and help them leverage innovation to build stronger, better, more competitive companies. A trusted source of analysis and insights on digital business and digital innovation, Olivier is also the best-selling author of Social Media ROI: Managing and Measuring Social Media Efforts in Your Organization, and co-author of Building Dragons: Digital Transformation in the Experience Economy and Human/Machine: The Future of our Partnership with Machines. Blanchard is based in Greenville, South Carolina.

## Recent work

- [What Qualcomm’s Focus at IFA Berlin Signals About the Company’s Intelligent Edge Strategy](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/what-qualcomms-focus-at-ifa-berlin-signals-about-the-companys-intelligent-edge-strategy/) (Insight, 2026-09-15)
- [What Most Still Seem To Miss About Apple’s Historic iPhone Duo Launch](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/what-most-still-seem-to-miss-about-apples-historic-iphone-duo-launch/) (Insight, 2026-09-11)
- [Automotive Grows to $56.6B by CY2030, Anchoring Edge Silicon’s Structural Certainty](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/press-release/automotive-grows-to-56-6b-by-cy2030-anchoring-edge-silicons-structural-certainty/) (Press Release, 2026-08-31)
- [NXP Tech Days: Can Physical AI Reference Designs Solidify the Neural Axis?](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/nxp-tech-days-can-physical-ai-reference-designs-solidify-the-neural-axis/) (Insight, 2026-08-28)
- [Can NXP MCX A5 MCUs Secure the Industrial Edge Before Agentic Attackers Arrive?](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/can-nxp-mcx-a5-mcus-secure-the-industrial-edge-before-agentic-attackers-arrive/) (Insight, 2026-08-20)
- [Can Google’s Pixel 11 Series Redefine the Smartphone Experience?](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/can-googles-pixel-11-series-redefine-the-smartphone-experience/) (Insight, 2026-08-14)
- [ASUS Q2 FY 2026 Earnings Hit Record Revenue on AI Servers](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/asus-q2-fy-2026-earnings-hit-record-revenue-on-ai-servers/) (Insight, 2026-08-14)
- [Do Samsung Flex Titanium’s Advantages Come With Tricky Tradeoffs?](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/do-samsung-flex-titaniums-advantages-come-with-tricky-tradeoffs/) (Insight, 2026-08-14)
- [Buyers Are Trading Up: 80% More Likely to Buy AI PCs as Traditional PCs Stall at 47%](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/press-release/buyers-are-trading-up-80-more-likely-to-buy-ai-pcs-as-traditional-pcs-stall-at-47/) (Press Release, 2026-06-23)
- [How Desktop AI Hubs Could Deflect Over 56.23 TWh of Industrial Data Center Load by 2035](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/press-release/how-desktop-ai-hubs-could-deflect-over-56-23-twh-of-industrial-data-center-load-by-2035/) (Press Release, 2026-06-15)