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Data-driven strategist providing advisory services to corporate clients. Counseling clients experiencing special situations, crises, and strategic pivots.

Led and grew Brunswick Insight to a global team of 59 researchers and strategists across 14 offices, conducting research in more than 80 countries. Architected and built the function's core opinion research, analytics, and foresight capabilities. Launched the foresight function. Served a range of corporate and foundation clients.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

President of StrategyOne's $20M US operations, encompassing over 70 employees in 9 offices across 3 business lines.Managed research teams in New York, Washington, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Rochester, San Francisco, San Mateo and Seattle.Disciplined leadership of 3 US divisions: Insights, Measurement and PluggedIn Communities (market research online communities) in order to achieve revenue and margin targets.Managed identification, acquisition and integration of MROC (Market Research Online Community) provider PluggedIN in July, 2011.Provided data-driven counsel to c-suite clients in the aerospace, biotechnology, petroleum and natural gas, renewable energy, E-commerce, manufacturing, agribusiness, defense, shipping, pharmaceutical, insurance, health care, health IT, retail and tourism sectors. Formed StrategyOne’s in-house data visualization function that replaces traditional deliverables with cutting edge infographics and insights maps.Built New Business Support Function to dramatically increase speed of proposal generation and efficiency of business development efforts.Streamlined vendors, negotiated volume discounts and standardized pricing.2011 Honomichl 50 Firm:http://www.marketingpower.com/AboutAMA/Pages/HonomichlReports.aspxIn July 2011 StrategyOne was named the 5th fastest growing major US research firm between 2005 and 2010 by Inside Research.Advised on the Edelman Trust Barometer, a global survey of elite trust in institutions and industries.Edelman's insights firm.

Washington, Dc

Led StrategyOne's insights-driven consulting teams in Washington, Chicago, Silicon Valley and Atlanta. Served as StrategyOne's Corporate and Public Affairs practice leader and Director of Product Marketing.Grew Insights group revenue each year and successfully weathered Great Recession.Shortened sales cycle by “productizing” offerings. Created research products in areas such as opinion elite advisory panels, predictive markets, etc.Conducted research for Walmart, Visa, Monsanto, SC Johnson, ANGA (America's Natural Gas Alliance), Mubadala, AHIP (America's Health Insurance Plans), Business Roundtable, NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business), Ingersoll Rand, Humana, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, eBay and many others.

Washington, Dc

Managed StrategyOne's Washington-based, insights-driven consulting teams. Led Corporate and Public Affairs Practice.Hired in 2006 to turn around underperforming team generating no more than $1.2 Million in revenue in any previous year.Built StrategyOne's Washington office into a $6 Million operation by attracting new talent, productizing offerings and building larger accounts. Developed a highly adaptable team able to support Edelman's diverse corporate and trade association clients.Launched Beltway Barometer, featured in The Washington Post Magazine August 31, 2008 in “2025 Revisited”Conducted research for Walmart, Boeing, DuPont, the American Association of Port Authorities, Williamsburg Area Destination Marketing Committee, Air Transport Association, Kaiser Permanente and many others.

Washington, Dc

Conducted a wide array of research in the product, communications, issues and crisis management, public affairs and political spaces.Conducted significant research in the payments industry for Visa, including areas as diverse as corporate reputation, data privacy and security, debit card usage, travel and entertainment segment behaviors, currency conversion, new product innovation, and practical money skills. Conducted the research leading to Visa's Practical Money Skills program.Conducted research for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) on evolving public perceptions of stem cell research and regenerative therapies.Conducted public opinion research for the American Public Power Association (APPA), the Cuban American National Foundation and others.Completed extensive focus group moderator training through RIVA and conducted several hundred focus groups across the United States.

Washington, Dc

Managed a large volume of political and public affairs opinion research for candidates, trade associations and corporations, with message development as a major focus.Built information-driven strategies for political and corporate clients. Conducted benchmarking, messaging, ad testing and tracking research for Presidential, Senatorial, Congressional, Gubernatorial, state legislature and municipal candidates. Managed corporate issues and crisis work for P&G, 3M, BellSouth and others. Managed over 150 corporate and political research projects per year.

Certificate, The Oxford Scenarios Programme

Certificate, Strategic Foresight

Ba, Political Science, History

Activities and Societies: Varsity Track and Cross Country Academic All American Phi Beta KappaMember of American Mensa