David Foote is a long time tech labor trends research pioneer and one of the most quoted industry authorities on tech workforce evolution and compensation. Over more than two decades he’s introduced numerous innovations to data-driven benchmark research, analysis, and forecasting techniques focused on emerging technology, including the industry’s most comprehensive IT skills cash pay premiums survey and supply/demand tracking. He built his reputation at Gartner and several Silicon Valley companies prior to co-founding Foote Partners where he leads a senior team of former Gartner, McKinsey & Co., and HR analysts and researchers in publishing continuously updated tech labor trends and compensation research supported by deep research partnerships with 4,500 employers in North America.