Stephanie Atkinson, a founding member and current CEO of Compass Intelligence, leads the organizational direction of the company, including strategic initiatives, client engagements activities, financial planning, and consulting services with Fortune 500 customers.   She specializes in vertical markets, technology segmentation, and overall market intelligence and consulting services within the telecommunications, information technology, network infrastructure, and other high tech industries. 

Ms. Atkinson has been in the high-tech market research and consulting industry for more than a decade, and has also worked in the industry within the equipment and service provider market.  

In June 2005, Ms. Atkinson became a founding partner of Compass Intelligence, a research-driven ideation and market research consultancy firm specializing in the optimization of go-to-market strategies for businesses in a variety of industries.  Under her direction, Compass Intelligence also became a certified woman-owned business, and in 2010 made the Aggie 100 list for one of the fastest growing Aggie-owned businesses.