Michael Gartenberg describes himself as "Former Sr. Marketing Director @Apple, ex Jupiter Research, Gartner & other stuff" on his Twitter bio. He also now implies that he is unhappy with the iPad Pro 2018's build quality on this platform, as he documented his return of this product in a Tweet.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Bendgate-2-0-Former-senior-Apple-executive-reportedly-returned-iPad-Pro-due-to-out-of-the-box-flex.387776.0.html