The founder and president of M2 Research, Wanda Meloni is an industry analyst and market strategist. Wanda has a deep understanding of emerging trends in interactive entertainment, games, and social media. She has been tracking entertainment, development tools, 3D and graphics technologies, and emerging markets and trends for over 15 years.

Wanda publishes articles and reports that on the market dynamics affecting development and consumer trends. In addition to her published works, she consults with many of the top companies in the industry, providing custom analysis, investment strategies, strategic positioning and competitive analysis. Prior to starting M2 Research, Wanda was president at DFC Intelligence, working with interactive game clients and custom projects. Early in her career Wanda was a senior analyst at Jon Peddie Research tracking 3D gaming, animation, virtual worlds, 3D web applications, CAD, visual simulation, and enterprise graphics solutions.

Ms. Meloni holds an MBA in International Business and speaks several languages. She is a frequent contributor for some of the industry’s top publications and speaks at various trade events. Wanda has been quoted in numerous publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today, Fortune, London Times, New York Times, SF Chronicle and LA Times.

As a senior analyst at M2 Research, Billy Pidgeon provides in-depth overview of the games market’s diverse sectors, tracking and projecting changes and growth in traditional and emerging hardware, software, business models and revenue streams on dedicated and convergent platforms. Billy has twenty two years experience in the games industry in market research and games production.

Billy has authored extensive syndicated and custom research reports, as well as advised some of the industry’s top executive management teams. Prior to joining M2 Research, Billy was the Research Manager for the Games at IDC. He also worked at Jupiter Media Metrix, covering interactive entertainment, digital audio and video, user interfaces, software tools networking and 3D technology.

Billy has keynoted and moderated panels at leading trade shows including Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Game Developers Conference and the Games and Mobile Forum. He has appeared on major networks including CBS, ABC and CNN and has been interviewed and quoted frequently in top publications such as Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and USA Today. He has appeared on international and U.S. radio and television including NPR, CBS, ABC, CNNfn, MSNBC, and data from his reports has been quoted as reference in the media and in console vendor and publisher financial presentations.