Steve brings a fresh perspective to his role with over twenty years of public service, management, and communications experience. Steve was a commander of a Youth Services Bureau for over seven years after many years of experience at the executive level of a community services and training division. He also functioned as a media liaison for a large city. Steve is also the founder a successful Niche pharmaceutical business, as well as a real estate development company.

Dirk has more than 18 years of consumer marketing and retail experience. He has a wealth of retail and consumer goods experience including direct marketing, strategy development, designing multi-channel consumer experiences, advertising, and marketing/sales plan development. Formerly served as Executive Director for Fitch and as Partner/Chief Development Officer for Retail Planning Associates (RPA). His degree is from The Ohio State University.

Matt brings decades of experience in the CPG industry and is joining SR’s efforts to continually innovate the integration of consumer insights with other syndicated data. Prior to joining SR, he has been part of Acxiom, Information Resources, and Nielsen, and has had the privilege of providing services to numerous manufacturers including P&G, Kraft, Philip Morris, Diageo, and Unilever.

Braxton is a Veteran of the research industry, with more than 20 years of consumer packaged good experience. He has experience in market research, customer satisfaction and loyalty research, competitive intelligence, category management, field sales, corporate development, and finance. Braxton served as Team Leader at Questar on the Darden Restaurants account where he managed the satisfaction and loyalty research program. Previous experience includes work with Pillsbury, General Mills, Information Resources (IRI), and Nielsen. Braxton received his MBA in Marketing from the Krannert Graduate Management School at Purdue University.