Lee Holman
Analyst
In addition to an MBA from Pepperdine University and a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Lee has over 40 years of experience in a wide range of high technology. Beginning with his work on nuclear subs for the US Navy as an undergraduate, on through assignments with various defense contractors, Lee was been involved in the design, development, procurement and deployment of many projects used in various public and not-so-public settings.
Full Bio
In addition to an MBA from Pepperdine University and a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Lee has over 40 years of experience in a wide range of high technology. Beginning with his work on nuclear subs for the US Navy as an undergraduate, on through assignments with various defense contractors, Lee was been involved in the design, development, procurement and deployment of many projects used in various public and not-so-public settings.
Since joining IHL in 1997, Lee has authored and co-authored many retail industry reports. Included among these are IHL’s market studies on Retail POS Terminals (for the North America, EMEA, APAC and LATAM regions), Inventory Distortion (study, webinar), Debunking the Retail Apocalypse, Mobility and the annual RIS News/IHL Group Store Experience Study. Lee has also authored many informal papers on topics such as Supply Chain, RFID, Data Warehousing, Warehouse Management, and CRM technologies.
Lee is a member of the Hospitality Tech Research Advisory Board and MURTEC’s Content Council. He has been a featured speaker in both live and webinar settings, is an active supporter of RetailROI, and has been extensively quoted in the national and regional news media (CBS News, Retail Touchpoints, Wall Street Journal, others).
Products & Services
Analyst Corner Articles
- Austria – Switzerland POS Terminal Market – 2024
Austria and Switzerland have seen significant developments in their retail point-of-sale (POS) terminal landscapes. A small handful of major players dominate Austria’s retail sector. These players are at the forefront… Read more: Austria – Switzerland POS Terminal Market – 2024 - Australia – New Zealand POS Terminal Market – 2024
Collectively, Australia and New Zealand have 9.2 people per square mile, which makes them the least densely populated industrialized countries on earth. This is mainly due to the immense sparsely… Read more: Australia – New Zealand POS Terminal Market – 2024 - Brazil POS Terminal Market – 2024
Overall, Brazil’s retail economy is a large, sophisticated, and dynamic market, with significant growth potential in the country’s interior regions. Currently, the Southeast region, which includes the states of São… Read more: Brazil POS Terminal Market – 2024 - China POS Terminal Market – 2024China is becoming one of the largest POS terminal markets in the world, and it offers significant growth potential. The demand for POS terminals in China is primarily driven by… Read more: China POS Terminal Market – 2024
In THe NEWS
The Heart of Retail Evolves/Store Experience Study 2024
From opening stores to investing in remodels, retailers continue to demonstrate that a physical store presence is still the heart of retail. That brick-and-mortar heart is evolving right along with the ever-changing omnichannel retail experience, as retailers embrace technologies that make their operations more efficient and profitable, overcoming the plethora of obstacles placed before them.
Trend Report: What Restaurants Want Next From Their POS
HT devotes a fair amount of coverage to the restaurant point-of-sale system (POS), including an annual POS software trends research study and conference sessions on best practices. The Restaurant Technoligy Network devoted an entire ebook to POS.
Implementing Voice AI: What Restaurants Must Know
Taco Bell is expanding voice AI across drive-thru locations — here’s why that matters and what to do about it.
Remodeling Retail: Store Experience Study 2023
The annual “Store Experience Study” represents the 20th year of collaboration between RIS News and IHL Group. As such, it brings the retail industry the definitive study that examines trends for the coming year in terms of technological advances that impact retail operations, growth plans, budgets, and planned technology purchases for 2023 and beyond.
MURTEC Executive Summit Day 2 Recap: Real-World AI, Robotics, and Collaborative Ideation
MURTEC Executive Summit Day 2, at The Charleston Place, touched on a range of real-life use cases for bleeding edge tech, culminating in an incredible collaborative session.