Kathryn Korostoff is president and lead instructor at Research Rockstar, the leading independent provider of market research training and staffing services. With a team of 10 instructors and 100+ vetted US-based consultants, Kathryn works to advance market research and insights excellence so that all market researchers can be research rockstars. She has personally directed more than 600 primary research projects in her 25-year career, and has been a featured speaker at American Marketing Association (AMA), AMAI, ESOMAR, Insights Association (AI), and Quirk’s events. Kathryn is also a professor at Boston University, where she teaches graduate students how to communicate quantitative data.

Dr. John Barrett has over 12 years' of experience designing, fielding, and analyzing surveys on behalf of Fortune 500 companies including ADT, AT&T, Bell Canada, Best Buy, Carrier, Cisco, Comcast, Intel, NVIDIA, Paramount Pictures, and Samsung. He has completed projects on a wide range of topics including digital media, consumer electronics, home entertainment, mobile phones, Internet service, healthcare, and energy use. He is currently on the faculty of LeToureanu University and teaches a course on research methods.

Julie Worwa is the sole proprietor at JMW Research, an independent market research consultancy. Julie successfully designs and executes goal-oriented market research programs designed to meet clients’ business objectives. She builds strong relationships with clients, communicating depth of expertise and results in clear, concise, and actionable reports and demonstrations. Julie has personally completed 500+ primary research projects, with deep expertise in consumer behavior, customer satisfaction, market segmentation, needs discovery, and product concept testing.

Karen is an active member of the Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA), currently with "Advance" status, and a chair of their Creativity & Innovation Special Interest Group. She serves as a Trustee Member of the Board at the Creative Education Foundation (CEF), and is passionate about the value of Applied Imagination. Karen is a core faculty member at CPSI, the Creative Problem Solving Institute, an annual conference that is focused on Deliberate Creativity, Innovation, and Change Leadership. In 2016, Karen was presented with the Disruptive Innovator Award, as determined by the Next Gen Marketing Research group and WIRe (Women in Research), for her creation of a new qualitative research methodology. In 2013, she won a Communicator's Award of Excellence, presented by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts, for excellence in marketing and communications. When she's not researching, Karen is often writing. As a published author, you can find her publications in online and print magazines, in trade journals (e.g.,QRCA Views) and mainstream publications (e.g., SELF, Women's Day, Wine Enthusiast).

Industry veteran, Jeff McKenna, is the founder of MCK Insights and he provides a deep background in the design and delivery of market research projects, particularly in the area of data processing, advanced methodologies and data reporting. He has years of experience in new product development, segmentation, brand development, customer satisfaction and tracking projects. And Jeff has delivered strategic and actionable solutions to clients at all levels in client organizations (from market researchers to CEOs), including complex customer experience, segmentation, brand tracking and integrated EFM programs. He has designed and delivered CX programs for several Fortune 500 companies, incorporating customer feedback with several other internal data sources. He has designed and implemented reporting platforms used by thousands of service and marketing managers in multiple industries. More than simply delivering data, each solution enables users to prioritize action planning and estimate financial value associated with different performance levels. Jeff has a BA in Sociology/Anthropology from Swarthmore College and an MBA from The George Washington University.

Greg’s career arc has delved into the world of marketing, analytics and strategy for over 20 years. His expertise bridges the space between the structured world of IT and the creative, customer-centric needs of marketing, sales, product development, and customer service. He is a contributing author to several market research blogs, and has served as an instructor for Research Rockstar and Meredith College. He is a co-founder Off2Market Ltd. and Anova Market Research. His past market research, competitive intelligence, and strategy engagements include Global Knowledge, The Los Angeles Times, Guitar Center, Wilkin Guge Marketing, and Omnitrans. Greg holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from California State University, San Bernardino. He is a distinguished member of Alpha Kappa Psi, Professional Business Fraternity. He can be followed on Twitter @DataDudeGreg.

Andrew is currently the Principal Data Scientist / Machine Learning Scientist at Healthicity Inc., a Healthcare Information Technology company. He also consults for a number of technology companies, helping them design and build their data science and machine learning capabilities. Andrew also continues to engage in academic research in the Medical and Finance sectors. Andrew's areas of expertise include quantitative research design and experimental design, statistical methods, machine learning methods, and quantitative consulting.

Dan Reynolds has more than eleven years' of teaching experience including high school, undergraduate, and master's classes — and two years with Research Rockstar. His expertise crosses many kinds of statistics, from basic inferential stats to more complex regressions, multilevel models, structural equation models, and item response models. Dan is an Assistant Professor of education at John Carroll University. He received his PhD in Education from Vanderbilt University in 2017, specializing in quantitative methodologies for social science research with a focus on high school literacy instruction. He also holds a MS in Education and a BS in English from the University of Notre Dame.

Ben Doepke has over 15 years of experience designing and conducting ethnographic research on behalf of companies including P&G, Starbucks, Pepsi, Kroger, Medtronic, and Gap. As principal of IX, a human-reverent strategy company that guides brands into uplifting the human condition he has established a framework for organizing and activating qualitative insight. His background includes cognitive psychology and advanced study in in-depth psychology, anthropology, sociology, and design.