Shweta Palekar
Research Analyst
Shweta Palekar joined Staffing Industry Analysts in 2020 as a Research Analyst and will be working alongside Brian Wallins in covering IT staffing, Human Cloud and Workforce solutions M&A.
Prior to this she worked as a Senior Analyst for 4 years at a private wealth management firm in San Francisco, managing the investment process and portfolio analysis for High Net worth Individuals.
Born and bred in India, Shweta has worked in valuations for consulting and hedge fund companies. In 2014, she moved to the U.S. and pursued an International diploma in Business Administration at UC Berkeley. She holds a Master’s degree in Finance with honors from Saint Mary’s College of California and has passed CFA level II exam.
Recent Articles
Resilient, but not immune
2 June 2020
SIA's Pulse Survey continues to demonstrate that IT staffing is more resilient to this recession than most other staffing segments, but it is clearly not immune.
IT benchmarking survey showcases trends prior to disruption and possible opportunities
5 May 2020
SIA recently published its fourth annual IT Staffing & Solutions Benchmarking Survey. This survey provides in-depth analysis of US IT staffing trends by occupation, such as revenue growth and recruiting difficulty.
Resources to navigate the storm
30 March 2020
Covid-19 is proving to be the biggest shock to the IT staffing market in more than a decade, if not longer. In periods of great uncertainty, market data and analysis take on even greater strategic importance.
Merger & Acquisition Trends: Europe
3 March 2020
- SIA tracked 79 publicly announced M&A transactions of staffing firms headquartered in Europe in 2019
- This report includes an analysis of M&A trends in Europe by staffing segment, buyer type (e.g. private strategic, public, and private equity) and country of target headquarters.... More
IT staffing M&A activity rises again in North America
2 March 2020
SIA recently published its annual Mergers & Acquisition Trends: North America 2020 Update. The report tracks the number of transactions each year, both in aggregate and by staffing segment.
Eyeing 11 consecutive years of growth
7 January 2020
A strong labor market and unemployment at historically low levels — 3.5% as of December 2019 — have continued to drive demand for staffing services. This is particularly the case within the IT staffing segment, where computer and mathematical occupations exited the third quarter of 2019 with a microscopic... More