Michael Gooch-Breault was named Director in 2026. He broadly supports Recon’s ongoing reporting and marketing activities leveraging his industry and consulting experience.
Prior to being named Director, Mike worked as a Vice President at Opensignal where he provided market share and flow share to North America’s leading mobile and broadband operators and device makers. Prior to Opensignal, Mike was a Director at Verizon working in insights, strategy, and operations. Earlier he was a consultant with Cartesian.
Mike is an expert in market competition with a focus on the acquisition and retention tactics used by US and Canadian carriers. He combines data on switching, offer positioning, and network experience to identify what has worked well and how competitors can profitably extend it or defend against it. He applies context on business models, operations and brand drawing from his extensive strategy and consumer research experience.
Mike earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Yale and holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.