SPEAKERS

The Market Research Event speakers are the most sought after executives in insights and research today. From industry legends to newbies rattling the status quo, brilliant minds will share best practices, ideas, wisdom and predictions for what’s next. From powerhouse brands to start-ups, every story is unique and promises a lesson YOU can apply to your own work to become a more influential champion of insights.

• M.A. Carsten Diekmann, Head of Corporate Market Research, Swiss Life AG, Switzerland
  
• Sheila Dreyer, Consumer VOC Leader, GE CareCredit
  
• Hernando Gonzalez, Director, Market Research, Global Analytics, Experian
  
• Dr. Sandrina Meldau, Head of Corporate Brand and Marketing Management, Swiss Life AG, Switzerland
  
• David Mucha, Vice President, Market Research & Analytics, UnitedHealthcare
  
• Renee Pezzi, Senior Vice President, Director of Research, Citizens Bank
  
• Kelly Servedio, Manager of Market Research Insights, Aflac
  
• Missy Wood, 2nd Vice President, Market Research Insights, Aflac

• Eddie T. Accomondo, Market Research Program Manager, Texas Instruments
  
• Antony Barton, Director of Business Insights & Market Research, Intel
  
• Lisa Brende, Director of Marketing Analytics, Bing & MSN
  
• Tom Crawford, Director, Consumer Research & Insights, Nokia, UK
  
• Sundar Doraj-Raj, Senior Quantitative Analyst, Google
  
• Mark M. Duer, Manager, North American Research & Analysis, Visteon Corporation
  
• Mark Eduljee, Social media listening intelligence, Microsoft Support Services
  
• Sheryl Ehrlich, Director, Business Research, Adobe Systems
  
• Stefanie Elder, Lead Manager, Market Research and Competitive Analysis, AT&T
  
• David Ginsberg, Director, Insights and Market Research, Intel
  
• Julie Heiser, Research Manager, Adobe Systems
  
• Jonathan Johnson, Director of Retail Marketing, Logitech
  
• Grace Kim, Group Manager, Synthesis and Insights Practice, Adobe Systems
  
• Oskar Korkman, Consumer Analytics & Insights, Insights Creation, NOKIA, Finland
  
• Georgeanna Liu, Director, Global Market Research, AMD
  
• Dr. Holger Muster, Senior Referent, Brand Strategy & Insights, Vodafone Germany
  
• Nino Ninov, Vice President, Strategic Research & Analysis, Rosetta Stone
  
• Mike Ryan-Todd, Director, Market Research, Texas Instruments
  
• Tony Salvador, Director, Experience Insights Lab, Intel Corporation
  
• Beth Schenider, Director, Corporate Customer Market Insights, Intuit
  
• Roxana Strohmenger, Analyst Serving Market Insight Professionals, Forrester Research

• Stefan Althoff, Team Manager, Marketing Research, Lufthansa Technik AG, Germany
• Christine Stasiw Lazarchuk, Director, Global Market Research, Ford Motor Company

• Ruben Alcaraz, Director, Consumer Insights, Meijer
  
• Julie Beth McFall Vipperman, Senior Director, Consumer & Brand Research, Best Buy
  
• Mary Egan, SVP, Global Corporate Strategy, Starbucks
  
• Sue W. Elseewi, Ph.D., Director, Consumer Research, Sears Holdings Corp
  
• Diana Gabard, Consumer Insights, EOR, FVC, BP Retail Fuels Marketing, BP
  
• Toni Joubert, Portfolio Insights Manager, Yum! Restaurants International, South Africa
  
• Debra Kassarjian, Director, Customer Experience, YUM Brands
  
• Dr. Alexander Linder, Director Corporate Consumer and Market Insights, Daniel Swarovski Corp. AG, Europe
  
• Tom McCann, Director, Retail Usability Research, Staples
  
• Julia Oswald, Vice President, Strategy and Insights, Domino’s Pizza

• Jason Anderson, Director, Global Consumer Insights, Blizzard Entertainment the Makers of World of Warcraft
  
• Chanon Cook, Vice President, Programming Research, Comedy Central
  
• Anne Claudio, Vice President, Research, CBS Corporation
  
• Carol Cunningham, Vice President, Consumer Insights, BET
  
• Greg DePalma, Vice President, Audience Insights, TiVo
  
• Michael Durange, Director of New Media Research, HBO
  
• Mark Gallops, Executive Director, Time Inc.
  
• Gabe Gordon, VP, Brand Research, Food Category,
  
• Scripps Networks (Food Network, Cooking Channel)
  
• Duncan Houldsworth, Vice President, Analytics, Time Warner Cable
  
• Yoni Karpfen, Team Lead, Consumer Research, Disney Online Studios, Canada
  
• Jake Katz, Manager, Insights Innovation, MTV
  
• Kimberly Maxwell, Senior Director, Brand & Consumer Research, Spike TV
  
• Diana Polvere, Vice President, Market Research, Sesame Workshop
  
• Alicia Rankin, Director of Market Research, NFL
  
• Cary Silvers, Director of Research, Rodale
  
• Lauren Weinberg, Senior Director of Strategic Insights and Research, Yahoo!
  
• James Williams-Ness, Director of Media, Sesame Workshop
  
• Edwin Wong, Director of Market Research, Yahoo!

• Erik Andersen, Vice President in the Customer Loyalty, GfK Custom Research North America
  
• Stephanie Balderrama, President, Consumer Insights Group
  
• Brad Bane, SVP, Ipsos Marketing
  
• John Barrett, Vice President of Sales, Infosurv, Inc.
  
• Valeria Brandini, PhD. In Anthropology and Communication Science,
  
• Nucleo Xamã – Strategic Intelligence Center
  
• James Burrows, Senior Vice President, Client Development (Americas Media Channel and U.S. Northeast), Research Now
  
• Darren Breese, Qualitative Research Director, C + R Research
  
• Jeni Chapman Executive Vice President and Head of Innovation, Harris Interactive
  
• Keith Chrzan, SVP & Chief Research Officer, Maritz Research
  
• David Corsaro, Group Research Director, The Pert Group
  
• Keith Chrzan, SVP & Chief Research Officer, Maritz Research
  
• Dan Coates, President, Youth Pulse, Inc.
  
• Debjani Deb, Managing Partner, EmPower Research LLC
  
• Dr. Timothy de Waal Malefyt, Vice President, Cultural Discoveries, BBDO Worldwide
  
• Andrea Durning, VP, Research & Online Services, Smart Revenue
  
• Jeannine Dzuroska, Vice President, Consumer Insights, Symrise USA
  
• Molly Elmore, Vice President of Market Research, InsightExpress
  
• John Essegian, EVP Client Service, TNS
  
• Jim Garrity, Vice President of Financial Services, Chadwick Martin Bailey
  
• Allyssa Gresser, Vice President Client Relations, KL Communications
  
• Eric Grosgogeat, FocusVision Worldwide
  
• Mark Hardy, Managing Director Americas, Survey Sampling International
  
• Greg Heist, Vice President, Research Innovation, Gongos Research
  
• Diane Hessan, President & CEO, Communispace
  
• Brendan Light, Senior Vice President, Research Development & Strategy, BuzzBack Market Research
  
• Dave Lundahl, PhD, President & CEO, Insights Now
  
• Kristin Luck, President, Decipher
  
• Mary McIlrath, Senior Vice President, C + R Research
  
• Ruth McNeil, Author, Business to Business Market Research: Understanding and
  
• Measuring Business Markets
  
• Karen Morgan, President, Morgan Search
  
• Elissa Moses, Chief Insights and Analytics Officer, EmSense
  
• Amy Populorum, Vice President, Consumer Practice Lead, Socratic Technologies Inc.
  
• Bill Salokar, Vice President Business Development, CMI
  
• Rich Schreuer, SVP, Chadwick Martin Bailey
  
• Brett Simpson, Methodologist, Marketing Research Services, Inc (MRSI)
  
• Thomas Snyder, MD PhD, Chairman and Founder, Emotion Mining
  
• Jerry W. Thomas, President/CEO, Decision Analyst
  
• Sima Vasa, Chief Executive Officer of Paradigm Sample, Paradigm Sample
  
• Jim Whaley, Vice President, Globalpark
  
• Donna Wydra, Senior Vice President, Retail & Shopper, Ipsos Marketing

• Ron Austerlade, Director, Market Intelligence, CVS Caremark
  
• Michael Brousseau, Sr. Director of Market Intelligence, OptumHealth
  
• Paula Harries, Director, Client & Member Services Research, CVS Caremark
  
• Laura Sullivan, Senior Market Planning Manager, Patient Insights, Genentech, Inc.