GfK Research acquired by Ipsos Public Affairs

Successfully managed large custom quantitative online panels for a CDC-funded nationwide smoking study and a large national investment firm Served as account manager for the NSF-funded Timesharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS), reviewing RFPs and providing budgets and study guidance to researchers, working with staff to successfully execute projectsMentored new and junior staff on internal workflow, project execution and maintaining excellent client relationshipsContinued all responsibilities listed under Project Director/Research Director position

Successfully managed hundreds of online quantitative research projects for clients including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), CBS News and academic researchers across the United StatesAssisted clients with questionnaire development to ensure optimal results in a self-administered, online formatCoordinated with Operations teams on survey sampling, questionnaire programming, quality control and statistical weightingPrepared data meeting strict quality standards and wrote project reports for clientsDeveloped the company’s online discussion session/e-town hall methodology and successfully led multiple online qualitative projects using Adobe Connect

Served as a primary manager of the company's profile database, approximately 8,000 variables in more than a dozen content areasAnalyzed profile data to determine feasibility of potential client projectsCoordinated with Operations, Client Services and Business Development staff to update existing profile questionnaires and develop new onesWrote internal and external Research Notes on the profile data and issues pertaining to Internet panelsHelped develop and test the front-end user interface, maintained data, and provided technical support for the Profile Variable Repository, a proprietary system for Client Services and Business Development staff to access the data