Low Power Wide Area Network LPWAN Market Report - 2020

Lee Ratliff

Senior Principal Analyst, IoT Connectivity

Lee Ratliff is a connectivity and communications analyst responsible for directing the coverage of low-power wireless, broadband, and home networking semiconductors and technologies. His research focuses on examining what opportunities will emerge as data connectivity reaches the most isolated applications and unlocks captive value.

Before joining the company, Lee spent his career in the semiconductor industry in roles ranging from hardware and software design to product marketing and account management. At Texas Instruments, Lee specialized in connectivity technologies such as FireWire, USB, HDMI, and UWB. He has extensive knowledge in semiconductor design, fabrication, and operations; as well as in all phases of product development and in market dynamics driven by consumers and service providers.

Lee graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering.  

Christian Kim

Senior Analyst, Cellular IoT

Christian Kim is a senior analyst in Omdia’s (formerly IHS Markit’s) IoT and connectivity team, responsible for covering the cellular IoT market. Before joining Omdia in 2016, Christian was a senior analyst at Conversant IP Management Corporation, a patent licensing company in Canada. 

He also worked for seven years as a program manager at Chipworks Inc. (now a part of Techinsights), and as a product manager at Samsung Electronics, where he oversaw the company’s mobile handset supply chain in Canada. Christian is a chartered professional accountant (CPA Canada). He has a Bachelor of Engineering in electrical engineering from McMaster University and earned an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University, both in Canada.