Brian Partridge is a Research Director for the Applied Infrastructure & DevOps and Cloud Native Technologies research channels at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. In these roles, Brian has overall responsibility for channel research deliverables and team management. As a researcher he actively contributes to the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G and edge computing research agendas and has subject matter expertise in telecom systems and strategy, mobility and enterprise networking domains. Brian joined 451 Research with the company's acquisition of mobility research firm Yankee Group in 2013. Prior to nearly 10 years at Yankee Group, Brian held various senior-level marketing and sales roles at leading technology vendors such as ReefEdge Networks, 3Com, Enterasys Networks and Cabletron Systems. Partridge holds a BS degree in business administration from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA degree from Plymouth State University.