Who We Are

Who We Are

Partners
	Johna Till Johnson Johna Till Johnson is President and Senior Founding Partner of Nemertes Research, where she sets research direction and works with strategic clients. She has decades of experience in IT structure, processes, and organizations and has worked closely with senior IT executives at leading organizations across a broad range of industries. A widely regarded expert, Ms. Johnson regularly speaks at numerous trade shows, conferences, and seminars, and writes an insightful weekly column in Network World.
	Robin Gareiss Robin Gareiss is Executive Vice President and Senior Founding Partner for Nemertes Research, where she oversees research projects and direction, conducts strategic seminars, develops cost models, and advises leading enterprises, vendors, and carriers. She currently serves as chief financial officer, as well.
	Andreas M. Antonopoulos Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a Senior Vice President and Founding Partner with Nemertes Research, where he develops and manages research projects, conducts strategic seminars and advises key clients. Andreas is a computer scientist, a master of data communications and distributed systems, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a self-professed geek, with an engineering, programming and consulting background.

Analysts
	John Burke John Burke is a Principal Research Analyst with Nemertes Research, where he focuses on software-oriented architectures and management. He develops and manages research projects, conducts strategic seminars, and advises clients. As an analyst, John draws on his experiences as a practitioner and director of IT to better understand the needs of IT executives and the challenges facing vendors trying to sell to them.
	Irwin Lazar Irwin Lazar is the Vice President for Communications Research at Nemertes Research, where he develops and manages research projects, develops cost models, conducts strategic seminars and advises clients. His background is in network operations, network engineering, voice-data convergence, and IP telephony. Mr. Lazar is responsible for benchmarking the adoption and use of emerging technologies in the enterprise in areas including VOIP, unified communications, Web 2.0 initiatives, social networking, and collaboration.
	Ted Ritter Ted Ritter is a Senior Research Analyst with Nemertes Research, where he conducts research, advises clients, and delivers strategic seminars. A Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Mr. Ritter leads Nemertes’ research on information stewardship, which includes compliance, as well as the management, access, storage and back up of data.
	Katherine Trost Katherine Trost is a Research Analyst with Nemertes Research where she focuses primarily on professional services. She develops and manages research projects, conducts strategic seminars, and advises enterprises, vendors, and service providers.

Client Services
	Christine Zimmerman Chris Zimmerman is Vice President of Client Services and Operations. She has spent years talking with and writing about IT executives as a senior editor at The Net Economy, InternetWeek, Data Communications, and KioskMarketplace.
	Sara Christensen Sara Christensen is Nemertes’ Manager of Client Services and Operations. In this role, Ms. Christensen assists clients with inquiries, briefings, and requests for research. She also contacts clients regularly to ensure strong communications, and is responsible for creating client reports that document all interactions. Ms. Christensen’s role in operations involves managing research projects and assisting with the general research processes. She also facilitates briefings between analysts and vendors.

Sales and Marketing
	Kathy Cardinale Kathy Cardinale, Nemertes Senior Account Executive, has responsibility for business development within vendor and service provider organizations. Ms. Cardinale coordinates Nemertes Research services to align with organizations’ overall business and marketing strategies.
	John Dofter John Dofter, Nemertes Senior Account Executive, has responsibility for business development within end-user IT organizations. For the past 10 years, Mr. Dofter has held sales and sales management positions with META Group and Gartner where he has both managed large client organizations and sold numerous new accounts. With over 25 years of experience selling to IT executives, Mr. Dofter brings an understanding of the IT research market and the needs of IT organizations.
	Rita Nolan As Marketing and Events Manager, Ms. Nolan’s priority is to effectively inform the public about Nemertes’ research projects while ensuring that the Nemertes brand is justly represented for its reputation of independence and integrity. She also serves as a liaison for speaking engagements between Nemertes analysts and event organizers.

Administration
	Jenny Navadomskis Jenny Navadomskis functions in a variety of roles supporting administrative, marketing, and client services functions
	Jonathan Block Jonathan Block is our resident Jack-of-all-Trades here at Nemertes. In addition to his duties as Head IT Administrator, Jonathan is also our Webmaster, Sound Editor, Staff Photographer, Head Chef, and IT Project Manager. :w!q

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