Philbert Shih joined Tier1 Research in February 2006 as a Research Analyst for the Web Hosting and Internet Infrastructure Services sector, covering consumer and SMB hosting services.

Prior to joining Tier1, Philbert spent more than four years covering the Web hosting industry, three of them as Senior Staff Writer for The Web Host Industry Review's online and print publications. At theWHIR, he covered companies in the consumer, SMB and enterprise hosting, colocation and hosting automation software segments.

Philbert holds an MA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia with a specialization in political-economic development.