Sheryl Kingstone leads coverage for Customer Experience & Commerce for 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, focusing on the many aspects of how customer experience is a catalyst for digital transformation. She oversees the company's coverage of a variety of customer experience software markets spanning ad tech, marketing, sales, commerce and service. Sheryl joined 451 Research with the company's acquisition of Yankee Group in 2013. Before joining 451 Research, she consulted with a number of enterprise software companies in the areas of B2B e-commerce, CRM, e-services and internet infrastructure on company and product positioning, acquisitions and IPO strategies for Blanc & Otus. Prior to this, she worked at DataMirror and Praxis International, launching new products in the enterprise data replication, transformation and database software market. As a recognized thought leader with over 25 years of experience in the customer experience technologies, Kingstone was awarded the CRM Influential Leaders Award and was also the first female to be inducted in the CRM Hall of Fame. She is also an advisor to a variety of organizations and a judge for many annual awards. She has extensive speaking experience at conferences and seminars, is quoted in many business and industry journals and provides notable consulting experience with Fortune 1000 companies. Kingstone holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts and a Master of Business Administration degree from Simmons College.