Dan Thompson is a principal research analyst in the 451 Research technology research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Full Bio

Dan Thompson is a principal research analyst in the 451 Research technology research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. 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. Minimize

Adam Wilson is an analyst with the Regulatory Research team at S&P Global Market Intelligence specializing in U.S. renewable energy policy and analysis. Full Bio

Adam Wilson is an analyst with the Regulatory Research team at S&P Global Market Intelligence specializing in U.S. renewable energy policy and analysis. He has worked in renewable energy for over ten years, specializing in wind, solar, and energy storage research. Before joining S&P Global, Adam worked at Navigant and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory conducting research and analysis on wind energy and distributed generation. Adam holds a BS in Meteorology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado-Denver. Minimize

Melissa Incera is a Research Analyst with 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, covering technology M&A. Full Bio

Melissa Incera is a Research Analyst with 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, covering technology M&A. Her research tracks high level trends in tech M&A markets, analyzes noteworthy deals and investment, and forecasts future activity across enterprise software.

Prior to joining the M&A team, she spent several years with 451’s Workforce Productivity and Compliance team, covering the future of work and the content services and collaboration landscapes. Melissa holds a bachelor's degree in English from Boston College and an MBA from ESADE, Ramon Lull University in Barcelona. Minimize

Tony Lenoir is an analyst with the S&P Global Commodity Insights Energy Research team. Full Bio

Tony Lenoir is an analyst with the S&P Global Commodity Insights Energy Research team.

Specializing in the US renewables space, he has published research on the expansion of solar and wind energy and also of battery storage; the REC market; and energy communities as defined by the Inflation Reduction Act, among other topics.

Tony holds an MBA with a specialization in international finance from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Minimize

Sarah has more than a decade of experience writing and editing data-driven, sector-focused content, covering everything from retransmission consent disputes to municipal broadband deployment. She has moderated various panels at industry events like Mobile World Congress and Streaming Media West, and she continues to produce articles around environmental, social and governance issues.