Our Team
Our goal is simple: to help people and businesses upskill with engineering-led research
We define success as the transfer of our knowledge and of our practical experience in the tech industry to practitioners.
Our Leadership Team
Ben Book
Ben is the CEO and co-founder of GigaOm, the market leader in engineering-led research. As CEO, Ben focuses on strategy, future directions, and products. Ben is a Bay Area native, based in Santa Barbara.
Howard Holton
As the CTO of GigaOm, Howard is a trusted advisor to many Fortune 1000 organizations. He has helped them develop successful strategies and execute their vision. He has a passion for executive leadership, which he developed at Rheem, Hitachi Vantara, Verizon, and various startups.
Elizabeth Kittner
Elizabeth is a transformative finance and HR executive who prioritizes ethics, communication, and people. She is a strategic goal setter and implements solutions for financial health, process improvements, and talent management. Elizabeth enjoys playing sports, swing dancing, and mentoring.
Adrian Escarcega
Adrian is a research-focused sales leader who consults with clients and helps them work with forward-leaning, engineering-driven analysts.
Will Mapp
Will is an international digital marketing executive with over 15 years of driving go-to-market strategy for brands in the cloud & data center industry. He has an acute eye for business innovation and creative strategy.
Jon Collins
Jon Collins has nearly 35 years of experience in IT. He has worked as an industry analyst for a number of years and has advised some of the world’s largest technology companies on product and go-to-market strategies.
Ben Stanford
Ben is based in West London, UK, and is a seasoned IT consultant, and technical program manager, who has worked with all scales of organization from early-stage technology startups to global enterprises.
Michael Desmond
Veteran IT editor, author, and former EIC of MSDN Magazine. Enjoys craft beer, skiing, and everything else about living in Vermont. Mike thinks dogs are great conversationalists and that summer is way overrated.
William McKnight
William McKnight is a former Fortune 50 technology executive and database engineer. An Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. He helps enterprises with technology architectures and strategies.
Andrew Brust
Andrew has tracked the Big Data industry since its inception and has held developer, CTO, analyst, and research director positions at City of New York, Cap Gemini, Gigaom, and Datameer.
Our Sales Team
Frank Ross
Sales Professional with 15+ years of experience supporting and advising his clients to achieve their goals and objectives. Frank is married with a young daughter and golden retriever.
Adam Murray
Adam is Bay Area born and raised, with a decade of leadership in the service industry. He is putting his experience to good use on the sales team, working with clients to assess and meet their goals for growth.
Donald Barjas
Donald is a new entrant into the tech world, spending the last ten years in DTC sales in the entertainment space. Post pandemic, he transitioned to GigaOm looking to bring his value-driven philosophy for service.
Ryan Roman
Ryan Roman is an army veteran living in Santa Maria, CA who loves building PCs.
Our Research Team
Catina Ross
Catina Ross has a 20 year career leading and executing complex projects for three global corporations and spent two years in the prison reform space. Her passion for change and diversity fuels her love for executing projects with excellence. Traveling with family and watching a good movie is how she spends her downtime.
Kenyanna Cornely
In April of 2021, Kenyanna discovered her passion for task management, successfully finishing projects and self-edification. She currently pursues her BS in Business Administration to continue growing her skillsets.
Eileen O'Loughlin
Well-versed in technical writing and editing, Eileen is passionate about helping businesses leverage technology to solve business challenges and achieve strategic goals. She loves exploring the hill country in Austin, TX.
Adell Cairns
Adell has 18+ years as a corporate communications professional. She is a south Louisiana native with a BS in aviation. She loves to travel, aviation, college football, beekeeping, and all things dogs.
Gill Reindl
Gill has a passion for developing and mobilizing talent and teams. She has traveled a varied path as a commercial manager, academic educator, and international project manager.
John Baltisberger
John Baltisberger is a native-born Austinite and award-nominated author of speculative fiction and poetry. When not working at GigaOm, he manages the horror publishing company Madness Heart Press.
Mike Irvine
Mike has managed projects of all sizes and complexities across a range of technology sectors around the globe. Having landed in the PNW he feels perfectly at home in the rain so reminiscent of his native British Isles.
Sharon Terdeman
Sharon is a seasoned editor with over 20 years of experience in providing innovative content for both online and print formats at a variety of technical magazines, including PC Magazine and MSDN Magazine.
Nic Saunders
Nic comes from a diverse background of academia and theatre production, and most recently has focused on operations within the tech startup space. Nic believes painless growth is possible with the right tooling.
Lesley Scoble-Ash
Lesley has a diverse background working in law, training, and people operations. She is part of the support team for GigOm’s Research division. She is motivated by supporting organizational growth and scaling.
Helen Murphy
Award-winning journalist, Senior Editor, Devex, Editor of Special Projects, GigaOm; Co-founder (watch this space), ex Reuters Bureau Chief, ex Bloomberg
Manni Valencia
Vanessa Cortez
Vanessa is based out of São Paulo and works across GigaOm portfolio managing the briefing process for all radar and sonar reports. She recently finished her second bachelor’s degree and loves spending time with her dog.
Jamie Ross
Jamie Ross is a Briefings and Fact Check Coordinator at GigaOm, where he brings a unique mix of skills to the table. With a background in the arts and a love for communication, Jamie is dedicated to delivering accurate and insightful information to GigaOm’s audience.
Angel Watson
Angel is a highly motivated individual with over 10 years of sales, operation, and customer service experience. Her hands-on working style signifies creativity, resourcefulness and innovation, combined with a firm commitment to always put her best foot forward to deliver outstanding service to her peers and clients. When she is not working, she enjoys dancing, traveling and spending time with family.
Our Marketing Team
Scott Shultz
Scott serves as the central point for GigaOm’s visual brand experience. From website design to product design and sales enablement materials, he ensures a consistent brand voice for GigaOm.
Jamie Poitra
Jamie is a software engineer with over 10 years of experience in web development. Eight of those years were spent working specifically with media companies. Jamie enjoys finding solutions to empower authors.
Mallory Fetchu
As a Director of Marketing Operations, Mallory oversees and optimizes the marketing department’s systems, processes, and workflows to drive efficiency, productivity, and revenue growth.
Olga Prokopenko
Olga is a social media marketing manager who is responsible for creating and implementing marketing strategies on various social media platforms to promote her company’s brand and products.
