David Foote is a long time tech labor trends research pioneer and one of the most quoted industry experts on tech workforce evolution and compensation. He has spent over two decades introducing the industry’s most advanced IT labor force benchmark research, forecasting, and data-driven analytical models while pioneering new industry practices for hyper-accurate IT compensation benchmarking and tracking/forecasting of tech skills supply and demand. He built his reputation at Gartner and at several Silicon Valley companies before co-founding Foote Partners, where he leads a senior team of former Gartner and McKinsey analysts/researchers supported by deep research partnerships with 5,012 U.S. and Canadian employers.