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S&P Global Energy
Brian Partridge
Global Head of Research, 451 Research
Brian Partridge is global head of research for both the 451 Research technology research within S&P Global Energy.
Brian has responsibility for leading the analyst team, research process and syndicated research products. This includes driving the overall research agenda and ensuring that 451 Research delivers the data and insights to help clients make better decisions regarding emerging technologies and innovation.
Before arriving at S&P Global via acquisition, Brian was VP of research at 451 Research and head of research at Yankee Group. At 451 Research, he founded the IoT research practice. Prior to his research career, which began in 2005, Brian served in marketing leadership roles at leading networking vendors, including 3Com and Cabletron Systems.
As a researcher, Brian actively contributes to the IoT, 5G, enterprise wireless and edge computing research agendas and has subject matter expertise in telecom systems and strategy, enterprise mobility and enterprise networking domains.
Brian holds a BS degree in business administration from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA degree from Plymouth State University.
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Kelly Morgan
Research Director, Data Center Services & Infrastructure, 451 Research
Kelly Morgan is a research director in the 451 Research technology research group at S&P Global Energy. She is responsible for the Datacenter Services & Infrastructure team as well as the M&A practice. Her research includes analysis of datacenter providers, market size, supply/demand, new technology and datacenter industry trends, as well as M&A activity.
Before joining S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2019 via acquisition, Kelly spent more than 18 years covering datacenters and telecommunications at both 451 Research and in private equity. She also worked for several years in Paris at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, managing the organization’s budget process.
Kelly holds a BA degree with honors from Wesleyan University and an MA from Tufts, where she studied international business and economics.
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Eric Hanselman
Chief Analyst, 451 Research
Eric is the Chief Analyst at 451 Research by S&P Global and coordinates industry analysis across the broad portfolio of research disciplines, with an extensive, hands-on understanding of a range of subject areas, including information security, networks, and semiconductors and their intersection in areas such as AI, 5G, and quantum computing. Eric helps 451’s clients navigate these turbulent waters and capitalize on potential outcomes. He leads the Frontier Technologies research practice at 451, is a life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), is a frequent speaker at leading industry conferences and hosts the Next in Tech technology podcast.
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Rich Karpinski
Principal Analyst and Head of the Internet of Things (IoT), 451 Research
Rich Karpinski is principal analyst and channel lead for the 451 Research Internet of Things and Applied Infrastructure & DevOps channels within S&P Global Energy. Rich tracks, analyzes and anticipates the pace and direction of IoT adoption, as well as the use of IoT to enable vertical industry transformation. As part of that work, he oversees a quarterly survey of IoT adopters and a twice-annual survey of operations technology (OT) professionals.
Before joining 451 Research (acquired by S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2019), Rich was mobile services analyst for Yankee Group and a technology editor for a range of industry publications in both telecom and enterprise IT.
Rich’s recent areas of concentration include IoT connectivity and managed platform services, IoT edge computing, IT/OT collaboration, IoT market sizing and data flow analysis, IoT digital maturity analysis, and the adoption of IoT use cases across a variety of sectors.
Rich holds a holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois and a Master of Science degree from Syracuse University.
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Sheryl Kingstone
Research Director, 451 Research
Sheryl Kingstone is head of the software experiences group, which includes the Workforce Productivity & Collaboration, Customer Experience & Commerce, Fintech and Macroeconomic research channels at S&P Global Energy. As a researcher, Sheryl tracks how businesses are spending on technology for the experience economy and how customer experience is a catalyst for digital transformation.
Specifically, she oversees the company's coverage of a variety of customer experience data-driven software markets spanning advertising technology, marketing, sales, commerce and service. She also is responsible for both consumer spending and IT tech spending research products.
Before joining S&P Global via acquisition, she consulted with several enterprise software companies and worked at companies in the enterprise data replication, transformation and database software market.
As a recognized thought leader with more than 25 years of experience in customer experience technologies, Sheryl was awarded the CRM Influential Leaders Award and was also the first female to be inducted into the CRM Hall of Fame.
Sheryl holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts and a Master of Business Administration degree from Simmons College.
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Daniel Kennedy
Research Director, Information Security & Networking, 451 Research
Daniel Kennedy is Research Director for the Information Security & Networking channel at 451 Research. He created and leads the Voice of the Enterprise: Information Security quantitative research product, which provides an end-user point of view on an array of information security topics. Daniel has written for both Forbes online and Ziff Davis and has provided commentary to numerous news outlets including The New York Times, USA Today and The Washington Post. His personal blog, Praetorian Prefect, was recognized as one of the top five technical blogs in information security at the RSA 2010 conference.
Daniel arrived at S&P Global through its 2019 acquisition of 451 Research. Prior to 451, he was a founder and partner in the information security consultancy Praetorian Security, where he directed strategy on risk assessment and security certification. Before that he was global head of information security (CISO) for D.B. Zwirn & Co, as well as vice president of application security and application development manager at BNY Mellon’s Pershing.
Daniel holds a master’s degree in information systems from Stevens Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in information assurance from Norwich University and a bachelor’s degree in information management and technology from Syracuse University. He has gained certification as a CISSP, a C|EH (Certified Ethical Hacker) and has a NASD Series 7 license.
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Dan Thompson
Research Director, Data Center Services & Infrastructure, 451 Research
Dan Thompson is a research director in the 451 Research technology research group within S&P Global Energy. He leads the Datacenter Services and Infrastructure team, which is charged with keeping tabs on the datacenter industry globally to better understand its trends and growth areas. His research includes analyses of datacenter providers, market size and supply/demand in key and emerging markets around the world. Dan also provides coverage of datacenter providers offering services beyond colocation, such as managed and cloud-type services.
Dan also provides research on the sustainability of the datacenter industry. Beyond just renewable energy purchasing and carbon offsetting, he has been investigating full life cycle emissions, including supply chain emissions, as well as efficiency gains and water usage.
Before joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, Dan spent 15 years as a practitioner in the IT industry, the last 10 years at a top managed/cloud service provider. Dan has worn many hats in the IT world, from systems administration to management, and was most recently an enterprise architect. In that role, he not only assisted in the launch of the company's security practice, but also created security-specific products and designed security into every solution launched to the customer base.
In addition to a good many IT industry certifications, Dan currently holds degrees in network security and forensics and information technology.
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Melanie Posey
Research Director, 451 Research
Melanie Posey is a research director at S&P Global Energy. She leads the Cloud & Managed Services Transformation team and manages the Voice of the Enterprise cloud survey.
Melanie has a long history as a technology industry analyst. In 2016, she joined 451 Research (acquired by S&P Global in 2019), bringing experience in strategy analysis, forecasting and enterprise/consumer insight for the cloud, hosting, IT services and telecommunications markets.
Her current research focus is the impact of the cloud operating model on the IT industry, including the changing dynamics of enterprise IT, vendor and service provider strategies, and the ways cloud has evolved into a platform for digital innovation, transformation and implementation of emerging technologies.
Throughout her career, Melanie has been a go-to commentator for the business and technology trade press and is a frequent speaker at industry and client events.
She holds a master’s degree in international relations/international economics from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, a division of Johns Hopkins University, a master’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a bachelor’s degree in French from Amherst College.
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James Curtis
Research Director, Data, AI & Analytics, 451 Research
James Curtis is research director of the Data, AI & Analytics channel at 451 Research within S&P Global Energy. He also leads the database and data platforms vertical. Previously, he covered business intelligence, analytics and reporting, along with machine learning and data science. James’ current areas of concentration include database and related technology analysis, real-time analytics, cloud computing and cloud-native technologies for database as a service, database optimization tooling, generative AI and retrieval augment generation (RAG) environments, including vector stores and semantic search.
James arrived at S&P Global through its 2019 acquisition of 451 Research, which he joined in 2015. Prior to 451 Research, he held several senior roles in technology, marketing and communications. He served as VP of a large BPO firm where he oversaw marketing for analytic solutions. He held senior technical marketing roles at Netezza and later at IBM with responsibility for data warehousing, analytics and big-data products. He has managed global programs at HPE and worked as a case editor at Harvard Business School.
James holds a bachelor's degree in English from Utah State University, a master's degree in writing from Northeastern University in Boston and an MBA from Texas A&M University.
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Liam Eagle
Research Director, 451 Research
Liam Eagle is a research director and head of Voice of the Enterprise (VotE) and Voice of the Service Provider practices of 451 Research, a technology research group within S&P Global Energy. As head of VotE, he leads the production of enterprise survey research, and with Voice of the Service Provider, he leads surveys on IT decision-making within service provider organizations.
His research focuses on service providers, with an emphasis on cloud, hosting and managed services, and how those service providers acquire, build and deliver the related technologies.
Liam’s areas of focus include broad enterprise technology strategy (via the Digital Pulse surveys), the service provider role in technology distribution and enterprise technology transformation (via the Voice of the Service Provider surveys), as well as how cloud and other technology vendors support service providers via partner programs.
In more than 20 years covering the technology services market, Liam has closely followed many of the trends that have shaped the business, platforms and partner ecosystems involved. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto.
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Greg Zwakman
Research Director, Market and Competitive Intelligence
As research director of market and competitive intelligence in the 451 Research technology research group at S&P Global Energy, Greg Zwakman oversees the development and maintenance of the company's Market Monitor product line. The Market Monitor provides market sizing, share and growth forecasts for emerging enterprise technology markets including fintech; IoT; data, AI and analytics; information security; cloud computing; datacenters; and hosting/service providers.
Greg also serves as an analyst catering to the buy side and regularly participates in custom consulting projects focused on total and segment addressable market (TAM/SAM), ROI analysis, custom market share and size analysis, etc., for a range of clients.
Greg arrived at S&P Global via its 2019 acquisition of 451 Research, which itself acquired Tier1 Research, where he was VP and director of equity research. He joined Tier1 in January 2003 as a research analyst focusing on the IT services marketplace. Before that, he had roles in Apple Computer's financial planning and analysis group and as a consultant for LECG; prior to that, Greg spent approximately five years in equity research for Robertson Stephens and Piper Jaffray. During his Wall Street experience, Greg covered companies in the e-services, industrial and business services industries.
Greg holds a BS in management with an emphasis in finance from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
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Ellie Brown
Research Analyst, Cloud Price Index & Quantum Computing, 451 Research
Ellie Brown is a research analyst at S&P Global Energy working across the 451 Research Cloud Transformation channel and the technology, media and telecommunications data team. She manages the Cloud Price Index, the division’s benchmark tracking product for pricing for a selection of cloud infrastructure and managed services around the world. Ellie compiles and maintains a dataset collected from millions of hyperscaler SKUs and looks at trends in pricing, service additions and regional expansion plans for the major public cloud providers.
Ellie’s additional coverage areas include the developing quantum computing and quantum network sectors, with research spanning quantum-suited verticals, new quantum hardware and software developments and the intersection of quantum technology, with key themes including AI and sustainability.
Before joining S&P Global in 2022, Ellie’s work experience included product strategy/planning and go-to-market activities for SaaS and AI startups, as well as scientific research in astronomy and work as a secondary teacher.
Ellie holds a bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in physics from the University of Utah and is pursuing a master’s degree in environmental policy and management with a concentration in sustainable energy from the University of Denver.
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