Jared leads all of the Industrial Automation and Sensors practice’s major research programs and custom research and consulting engagements. His major areas of coverage include sensors for process and automation control, industrial cybersecurity, data acquisition, and other topics related to the Industrial Internet of Things. Jared was previously a member of VDC’s IoT & Embedded Technology team, where his coverage areas included embedded operating systems, and embedded systems security, among others. Prior to re-joining VDC, Jared managed market research Trillium Software, a supplier of enterprise data quality solutions. Jared received an MBA from Babson College in 2007, and graduated from Bentley College in 2002 with a BS in Information Design and Corporate Communication.