Denis Pombriant, is the founder and principal analyst of Beagle Research.Throughout a twenty–five year career in the software industry Pombriant has held multiple sales and marketing management positions in emerging companies. In 2000 Pombriant joined Aberdeen Group as a senior analyst and, over the course of the next four years, became one of the leading voices in CRM and on–demand technology. At Aberdeen Pombriant held positions of research director and vice president of the CRM practice.

Through his research and writing Pombriant identified several inflection points in the CRM market including the tipping point for acceptance of the on–demand model. His forecasts have accurately predicted the rise of platform computing several years ahead of the market.