Meet our Analysts

John Abbott covers systems, storage and software infrastructure topics for 451 Research, and over a career that spans more than 25 years has pioneered specialist technology coverage in such areas as Unix, supercomputing, system architecture, software deve ... read more

Rhonda Ascierto is a Research Director for the Datacenter Technologies and Eco-Efficient IT Channel at 451 Research. Rhonda focuses on datacenter innovation and energy management in datacenters and across the enterprise. She also covers technologies that ... read more

Matt Aslett is a Research Director for the Data Platforms and Analytics Channel at 451 Research. Matt has overall responsibility for the data platforms and analytics research coverage, which includes operational and analytic databases, Hadoop, grid/cache, ... read more

Jean Atelsek is an analyst for 451 Research’s Digital Economics Unit, focusing on cloud pricing in the US and Europe.

Prior to joining 451 Research she was an editor at Ovum, spiffing up reports, forecasts and data tools covering telecoms a ... read more

Kathryn Ball is a Senior Research Associate at 451 Research and a recent graduate of Northeastern University, with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Communications. ... read more

Henry Baltazar is a Research Director for the Storage Channel at 451 Research. Henry returned to 451 Research after spending nearly three years at Forrester Research as a senior analyst serving Infrastructure & Operations Professionals and advising Fo ... read more

Garrett Bekker is a Principal Analyst for the Information Security Channel at 451 Research. He brings a unique and diverse background, having viewed enterprise security from a variety of perspectives over the past 16 years. Garrett spent over 10 years as ... read more

Donnie Berkholz is the Research Director for 451 Research's Development, DevOps, & IT Ops Channel, which covers the technologies employed for software development and software lifecycle management to drive business growth. Donnie's own coverage encomp ... read more

Daniel Bizo is a Senior Analyst for Datacenter Technologies Channel at 451 Research. His research focuses on advanced datacenter design, build and operations, such as prefabricated modular datacenters, highly efficient cooling and integrated facilities an ... read more

Katie Broderick is a Research Director at 451 Research. She has collaborated on some of the industry's leading quantitative research on colocation, cloud computing and datacenter infrastructure management. Currently, Katie runs 451 Research's Datacenter K ... read more

Carl Brooks is an Analyst for 451 Research's Service Providers Channel, covering cloud computing and the next generation of IT infrastructure. Previously, he spent several years researching and reporting on the emerging cloud market for TechTarget. Carl h ... read more

Kevin Burden is VP of Mobility Research and Data Strategy at 451 Research. He leads the company's market and quantitative analysis across all mobile technology segments. Kevin has more than 20 years of experience analyzing markets for mobile and wireless ... read more

Raúl Castañón-Martínez is a senior analyst on 451 Research's Enterprise Mobility team. He focuses on analyzing emerging technologies around cloud communications, artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processin ... read more

Peter Christy is a Research Director on 451 Research's Systems & Software Infrastructure Channel. For more than 30 years, Peter has worked with segment leaders in a spectrum of IT and networking technologies. He managed software and system technology ... read more

Jennifer P. Clark is Vice President, Network Research for 451 Research. She heads the Network research practice, providing actionable insight into network technology and infrastructure, examining the challenges facing both enterprises and network operator ... read more

Scott Crawford is Research Director for the Information Security Channel at 451 Research, where he leads coverage of emerging trends, innovation and disruption in the information security market.

Well known as an industry analyst covering info ... read more

Dan Cummins is a Senior Analyst for the Information Security Channel at 451 Research.  He covers automation and orchestration, network-based anti-malware, and micro-segmentation and the dynamic field of ‘post-AV’ anti-malware and threat preventio ... read more

Brett Azuma is Senior Vice President of Research for 451 Research. He provides leadership, direction and operational management for the company's analyst team. This includes overseeing the research agenda and analyst process ensuring that 451 Research con ... read more

Michelle Bailey is SVP of Datacenter Initiatives and Digital Infrastructure at 451 Research. She focuses on quantifying the impact of emerging and disruptive technologies for datacenter and IT professionals. She was ahead of the market in articulating the ... read more

Nicholas Bisconti is Managing Director of 451 Research Advisory, the consulting division of 451 Research, where he is responsible for the management and delivery of custom professional services market research engagements.
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Steve Carter is VP of 451 Research Advisory Services. Steve has over 20 years of experience aligning application workloads and technology/datacenter facilities infrastructure strategies to dynamic business demand cycles and end-user needs. Steve has devel ... read more

Dr. Paul Carton co-founded the ChangeWave Research operation in 2000 and oversees all of its components, including data analysis and research report writing. He has an extensive background in online survey research and the development of Internet research ... read more

Tracy Corbo is a Senior Research Manager for 451 Research. She has several years of experience in the computing industry, primarily as an industry analyst and on the vendor side working on competitive analysis.

Prior to joining 451, Tracy work ... read more

As global SVP Len leads the global 451 Research Advisory, the professional services business unit of 451 Research. The team works with IT leaders to help them to transform their enterprise's use of technology and human capital assets to enable customer en ... read more

Jean Crumrine is Associate Director of Research for 451 Research. She has over three decades of experience conducting market research, including an extensive focus on macroeconomic, business and technology trends. She has also worked in the financial mark ... read more