Rich Karpinski is Senior Research Analyst for the Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things (IoT) survey and advisory offering at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Full Bio

Rich Karpinski is Senior Research Analyst for the Voice of the Enterprise: Internet of Things (IoT) survey and advisory offering at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. In this capacity, Rich tracks, analyzes and anticipates the pace and direction of IoT adoption, overseeing 451's quarterly survey of IoT adopters and twice-annual survey of operations technology (OT) professionals. As a member of 451's IoT team, Rich also is responsible for smart city and smart spaces coverage. In addition to that role, Rich closely tracks the evolution of mobile operator business models – including IoT and other digital service strategies – and works with 451's mobile operator customers to help them understand market trends and plot strategies.

Rich joined 451 Research in 2013 with the company's acquisition of mobility research firm Yankee Group. Before that, Karpinski was editor-in-chief of Connected Planet (formerly Telephony), where he led a staff in covering the service provider market. He has spent a career covering high-tech markets – both telecom and enterprise IT – for publications including Interactive Age, Communications Week, Information Week and Network Computing, working in marketing for supply chain software provider E2open and as an analyst for Net Market Makers.

Karpinski holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MS from Syracuse University. Minimize

Brian Partridge is a Research Director for the Applied Infrastructure & DevOps and Internet of Things research channels at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Full Bio

Brian Partridge is a Research Director for the Applied Infrastructure & DevOps and Internet of Things 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), cloud-native technologies, 5G and edge computing research agendas and has subject matter expertise in telecom infrastructure 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. Minimize

Johan Vermij is a Research Analyst for the Internet of Things practice at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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Johan Vermij is a Research Analyst for the Internet of Things practice at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. He covers the smart energy vertical, including renewables, oil & gas and IoT security.

Prior to joining 451 Research, he has worked as an IoT practitioner, managing innovation projects across multiple sectors including aerospace, government and finance. Among other projects, he has designed a high volume production line for the production of fiber-reinforced composites and base lined IoT security in real time environments. His prior roles include GDPR and InfoSec consulting as well as extensive emerging technology research for companies including Sogeti.

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