Mike Sheppard

Mike Sheppard has 20 years of market research experience designing numerous research practices from scratch while leading over 100 bespoke projects with Fortune-500 companies. In 2016 he co-founded Power Technology Research (PTR) and has since launched new research practices in solar, storage, battery, and e-mobility. In 2020, he co-founded Matos, an intelligence automation company focused on providing powerful AI-driven tools for the market research sector. In 2023, this business was acquired by PTR. Prior to founding PTR, he spent 8 years with iSuppli/IHS Markit in various analyst and consulting roles where he covered a broad range of sectors including mobile, renewable power and electricity transmission and distribution (T&D). In his last role, he led the power technology consulting group. He is an expert on the PV industry and having performed numerous competitive dynamics and opportunity assessment projects, covering upstream, downstream, and supply chain topics. In 2008, he obtained two Bachelor’s of Science in both Financial Services and Corporate Finance from San Francisco State University.