Mark Fontecchio is a Research Analyst for the Internet of Things practice at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. He covers horizontal IoT technology, as well as focusing on the commercial transportation vertical. Previously, he was the M&A Research Manager at 451 Research, where he helped direct the firm's coverage of technology mergers and acquisitions, and its M&A KnowledgeBase. Prior to joining 451 Research, he spent eight years at TechTarget, where he wrote and directed coverage on datacenters, data management and enterprise applications.