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Taryn Needham is a Director at Boxclever Consulting and an experienced insight specialist with over 17 years’ experience understanding customer and shopper behaviour across international markets. She is passionate about uncovering the human stories behind the data and helping organisations build stronger customer experiences. Taryn believes the future belongs to Read more…

Macie Shewmaker comes with a decade of qualitative research experience. A RIVA trained moderator with an English teaching credential, she blends traditional methodology with empathy, innovation and creativity. She leads the global qualitative team at YouGov, including building and refining tools, products and platforms that make qualitative research more visible Read more…

Glenn Fleischman is the Chief Revenue Officer at aytm, where he leads revenue strategy and scales the company’s growth in AI-powered consumer insights. With decades of experience building sales and revenue teams across SaaS, martech, and enterprise technology, he has held senior leadership roles at companies including Zappi, Invoca, NinjaCat, Read more…

Bruno Patriota is a Senior Product Manager for the Cint Exchange. He ensures Cint’s technology empowers and grows businesses by connecting them to the right respondents, faster, so they can move with confidence. These days, he is focused on where AI meets research: agentic-friendly APIs, AI-moderated interviews, and raising the Read more…

After a career in petfood marketing and agencies including Leo Burnett, Fiona Blades launched MESH Experience to close a gap in marketing effectiveness measurement, creating Share of Experience (SOE), proven in award-winning work for Fidelity International, Boots and Diageo. As marketing shifts from Share of Voice to Share of Experience, Read more…

Phil Szymala joined Visa in November 2023 as Head of Insights and Analytics, Europe where he plays a key role in optimizing strategic marketing investments, product GTM and customer experience for  Visa and its clients.    With a robust background in enterprise strategy and global insights, Phil led the insights function at PayPal for six years, involved in decision making on key acquisitions, pricing new product launches Read more…

Kurt Knapton serves on the board of directors at Rep Data and is an investor and strategic advisor at Realm Resources. He previously served as president and CEO of Research Now (now Dynata) and spent more than 12 years with e-Rewards and Research Now, including as president, CEO and board Read more…

Steven Snell advises on survey programs for brand, product, employee, customer and marketing research for Rep Data. Most recently, he led the research center of excellence at Goldman Sachs. Steve’s expertise includes questionnaire design, concept and product testing, segmentation, experimental design, brand tracking and longitudinal research. He holds a Ph.D. Read more…

Aseem Badshah first cut his teeth in the start-up scene of the US. Prior to joining QuestionPro UK in 2019, he was renowned for his entrepreneurial spirit. As Founder & CEO of Socedo in Seattle he led the web application specialising in lead generation to a funding of $2.5 million Read more…

Maria Smith is Head of Insight for Argos & Habitat at Sainsbury’s and an experienced insights leader with a proven record of turning complex research into strategic, actionable recommendations that deliver meaningful business impact. Her expertise spans multiple UK and international retailers, including Amazon, Tesco and The Warehouse Group in Read more…

Dan Penny is Director of Market Intelligence at Springer Nature and an experienced market intelligence professional in the academic publishing industry. He specializes in customer experience, satisfaction and reputation measurement, market research, market sizing and business development. Dan brings a strong understanding of the needs, motivations and processes of researchers, Read more…

Caroline van den Bos is a global insight and customer experience leader at Lloyd’s Register. With a career spanning financial services, marketing, analytics and strategy, she specializes in turning customer and market intelligence into clear business direction. A Cambridge-trained historian, Caroline is also a member of the editorial board of Read more…