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Joel has a diverse background spanning process improvement, academic and applied research, and artificial intelligence. ​ He began his career focused on enhancing efficiency and reducing waste in manufacturing and healthcare. This foundation led him to pursue an MSc and PhD in Social Psychology, delving deep into decision-making and social cognition. Transitioning to a hands-on research role, Joel founded a research and consulting firm tailored to non-profits, including several years Read more…

Mike is a Central California native who is currently the Director of Global Sales for iResTech. He is responsible for new business, customer retention, and technical sales. His sales career spans nearly a decade, previously spending time at FocusVision, Forsta, and Quest Mindshare with focus on the SaaS research environment. Read more…

Roddy Knowles is VP of Product at IResTech, ensuring its customers get maximum value from dtect, a platform that ensures data quality while simplifying field management. In addition to academic training in the social sciences, he has an extensive professional background in both qual and quant research methodologies. Roddy is Read more…

Lucky husband. Proud dad. Persistent optimist. On a mission to empower Researchers, Designers and Insights Teams everywhere to achieve positive impact through #empathy. #Ethnography #UX #CX Read more…

George Moore is a Senior Solutions Consultant at quantilope where he has been enabling his global clients to transform their insights processes, through the power of automation. George has been in the market research industry for 9 years, previously working with Behavioural Shopper Insights at Kantar. He’s passionate about uncovering Read more…

Senior Content Marketing Manager across two brands (Dig and Upsiide), managing a team of three co-ordinators to research, develop, produce, and distribute content through organic and paid channels. Highly motivated and sharp content marketing professional with 8 years experience specializing in creative content that clients and audiences love. British born, Read more…

Pascal de Buren, one of Caplena’s Co-Founders and Machine Learning Engineer, combines deep AI development in Natural Language and Computer Vision with vast experience in bringing AI technology into products. Pascal developed patented AI software for one of the largest insurance software providers in the world before founding Caplena. He Read more…

Andy Barraclough is an entrepreneur, technologist, and video evangelist. Since co-founding Voxpopme, Andy has transformed consumer research, building the world’s leading qualitative insights platform. He drives the development of Voxpopme’s products, making it easy for researchers to collect, centralize, and analyze qualitative data to build an unrivaled understanding of consumers Read more…

With over 20 years of experience in media and market research, James is has a track record of growing and transforming teams by innovating with data, technology and talent development. As the Global Head of Transformation and Capability at Haleon, a leading consumer health company, he leads the transformation of Read more…

Simon is a marketeer and a business consultant. He’s been supporting the Cambri leadership team for the last 2 years. Before that he ran several research technology companies including Vision Critical where he was EVP Emea and has held CMO roles in various media companies. Read more…

Leanne has been leading the Affinio product for over 7 years, helping global brands and agencies gain a passion-based lens on their audiences. Prior to Affinio, she held various Product roles for different corporations and start-ups, all from her home in Halifax, Canada Read more…

Ian Ash is the Co-Founder at Dig Insights & President at Upsiide, the agile SaaS solution for screening innovation ideas. An experienced entrepreneur, strategy consultant and market researcher, Ian previously held roles as VP Research & Analytics for Hotspex and Senior Brand Metrics Consultant for Canadian bank CIBC. Read more…