Richard Wildanger Email & Phone Number

San Jose, Ca, Us

Malvern, Pa, Us

I'm the kitchen & bath countertops, cabinets, plumbing fixtures and flooring industry analyst at Dodge Construction Network/Principia Consulting. Lead market sizing, forecasting and strategic and tactical insights about each product category through confidential discussions with industry participants. Quant data and trends are based on Dodge's robust nationwide tracking of commercial and residential new construction starts, accumulated installed base, R&R activity, and solid econometrics-based forecasting. I’m confident it's some of the best industry data available.

• Recruited technical talent for Google during high-tech hiring surge.• Conducted extensive multi-channel talent sourcing, cold called high-value talent to personally convince to seek a career change to Google, interviewed candidates, partnered with Google recruiters to source according to their talent maps, built excitement and commitment from candidates, and communicated pass/fail results to candidates with compassion and sensitivity• Always awarded quarterly performance bonuses and exceeded aggressive DEI goals.• Retained despite multiple rounds of layoffs as Google’s hiring slowed dramatically.• Consistently in top 15% for productivity metrics.

• Independent market research consultant helping clients understand and optimize current and potential customers and customer satisfaction, develop products and services, and seize market opportunities. SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES• B2B Industry Research and Industry Intelligence: conduced over 2,000 in-depth interviews with a wide of industry participants and experts and researched secondary data and social media to help clients understand customers, market trends, and new opportunities.• Voice of the Customer and Customer Satisfaction: conducted over 200 in-depth interviews with current and lost customers, monitored social media and public sources, and incorporated quantitative data to develop actionable recommendations to improve and increased loyalty.• Quantitative Research Project Management: designed methodologies and survey. instruments, assessed sample sources, quality controlled fielding, and analyzed and presented results from over 100 large-scale B2B quantitative surveys. Analyzed results using multivariate statistical tests such as regression, t-tests, ANOVA, factor and cluster analysis and conjoint analysis.• Story Telling: synthesized research findings to communicate holistic and data agnostic recommendations to stakeholders and clients. Navigated client organizations to build rapport and consensus to adopt research findings and recommendations.• Relationship Building: negotiated agreements between Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Product Development and C-suite to leverage research and analysis for tactical and strategic decision making.

Paris, Île-De-France, Fr

San Mateo, Ca, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

Stamford, Ct, Us

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Market Research

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English