Anshel Sag is Moor Insights & Strategy’s in-house millennial, with over 18 years of experience in the IT industry. Anshel has had extensive experience working with consumers and enterprises while interfacing with both B2B and B2C relationships, gaining empathy and understanding of what users really want. Some of his earliest experience goes back as far as his childhood when he started PC gaming in kindergarten, building his first PC at 11, and learning his first programming languages at 13. This is also when he discovered his love of photography and imaging technologies, which he also covers today.
At Moor Insights & Strategy, Anshel started the company’s XR and spatial computing practice and has been covering the space since 2013, pre-dating his joining the firm. Anshel is one of the industry’s foremost thought leaders and has extensive experience speaking publicly on XR, along with prolific research publications. He is also among the most quoted analysts in the XR industry, with numerous quotes in some of the most prominent tech publications in the world.
In addition to XR, Anshel also helped form the firm’s 5G practice, including the G2 on 5G Podcast, which he has recorded weekly with his colleague Will Townsend for more than 200 episodes. He is regularly quoted on 5G technologies, including modems, by some of the world’s most significant business and technology publications.
Anshel also has extensive experience in the smartphone and PC spaces; he is regularly quoted on both subjects and researches and writes regularly about new developments in these areas. Anshel’s first technology employment came at age 17 when he became an electronics prototype and IT support technician at Clarity Design in San Diego. While doing that, he also worked as a contract technical support agent and community forum moderator for EVGA. Following his tenure at EVGA and Clarity Design, he co-founded a one-stop technology news, analysis, and review publication, eventually reaching the status of editor-in-chief.
Anshel’s strengths involve the ability not only to identify and understand new trends in the consumer and enterprise industries but also to identify how companies in the IT industry can utilize them. He is positioned well to explain why specific trends occur from the consumer perspective while also understanding the technical details behind them. He is regularly found carrying at least three or four of the latest smartphones, wearables, and PCs at any given moment. He is always trying to feel the pulse of the entire industry, from XR to high-end gaming PCs and new 5G devices.
Anshel’s quoted expertise can be found in publications including the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, Bloomberg, AP, Reuters, Wired, MarketWatch, CNN, Fox Business, CNET, The Verge, Engadget, PCMag, The Globe and Mail, Forbes, Popular Mechanics, and many others both online and in print. Anshel is regularly ranked among the top 25 analysts in ARInsights’ Top 100 analysts in the world.
