Based in Dublin, Declan Lonergan is a vice president of Yankee Group's Consumer Research group. Lonergan produces and manages research that improves service providers' and technology vendors' business results. He helps clients make critical decisions regarding the deployment and marketing of innovative consumer services.

Lonergan has 20 years of experience in the communications industry. He spent several years with BT, where he held management positions in radio systems procurement and access network planning. Lonergan is a respected influencer in the communications industry. He has produced several authoritative studies and managed high-profile consulting engagements on behalf of the world's leading service providers and technology vendors. Lonergan is a regular speaker at the industry's leading international conferences.

Before joining Yankee Group, Lonergan was director of wireless research and consulting at Strategy Analytics. He has a BEng degree in electronic engineering, majoring in telecommunications, from the University of Limerick in Ireland, and an M.Sc. degree in strategic information systems management from Sheffield Business School in the U.K.