The Analysts

A senior team with over a century of collective engineering and market eperience.

TIRIAS analysts advise global technology and investment leaders on product strategy, ecosystem shifts, and long-cycle market transitions.

Jim McGregor

Principal Analyst & Founder

Founder · 30+ years · Intel, Motorola, ON Semiconductor

Show Low, AZ

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Francis Sideco

Principal Analyst

25+ years · Tech, Aerospace & Defense · former VP, IHS Markit

Las Vegas, NV

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Kevin Hein

Principal Analyst

30+ years · CTO & chief architect across defense, telecom, fintech

Hot Springs, MT

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Simon Solotko

Senior Analyst

AR/VR pioneer · AMD, Raytheon · former CMO, NGCodec

Austin, TX

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Damian McGregor

Analyst, Director of System Validation

Agentic AI & system validation · ASU MS candidate

Tempe, AZ

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Caiden McGregor

Analyst

Agentic AI & spatial computing · ASU MS candidate

Tempe, AZ

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Zach Sideco

Analyst

GenAI in medical & healthcare applications

Phoenix, AZ

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Lucas Sideco

Analyst

GenAI, gaming systems & biomedical engineering

Phoenix, AZ

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Kendra McGregor

Chief Financial Vulcan & Matriarch of the House of McGregor

NDAs, contracts, invoicing, payments & taxes

Show Low, AZ

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AI Correspondents

Automated coverage, human judgment.

Kestrel

AI Correspondent, TIRIAS Insight

Always watching, always reporting

Above the noise

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Pulse

AI Correspondent, TIRIAS Insight

Weekly TIRIAS Pulse reports · keeping the beat

Keeping the beat

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Kestrel and Pulse are AI systems built and operated by TIRIAS Research. Kestrel watches the news flow and breaks coverage as it happens; Pulse compiles the weekly TIRIAS Pulse report and keeps the newsroom in sync between editions. Everything they draft is reviewed and edited by TIRIAS analysts before publication.

Advisory engagements, research products, and paid deliverables are authored by our human analyst team.

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