Mark Gomes founded Pipeline Data, which provides outside research capacity to buy-side analysts and portfolio managers. He focuses on discovering net changes, opportunities, and misconceptions in the marketplace by utilizing a network of partners and contacts in the IT industry. Mark has over 15 years of equity research experience and has held a number of key positions within leading IT research and consulting organizations. He began his career at International Data Corporation, as an investment research analyst, reporting on earnings announcements, IPOs, and other relevant market events. He went on to lead IDC’s buy-side research practice, for which he was awarded the company’s highest honor for new business development. More recently, he served as the director of Investment Research at AMR Research, a globally-recognized IT advisory firm. There, he led the unit’s reacceleration and expansion into a multi-million dollar operation.