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  Research Team
Principals and Key Staff/ Bios
  Bruce Lockwood, President
Bruce has more than 19 years of experience in market research. He has served national clients ranging from American Express, Quaker Oats, and AT&T, to Bose Corporation, IBM, and L. L. Bean. In addition, he has worked with numerous organizations in Maine such as FAME, Central Maine Power, DECD, Family Planning Association of Maine, City of Portland, Banknorth Group, and Wright Express.

Bruce’s unique perspective reflects his first-hand experience in advertising and consulting as well as at the user end of market research. His accomplishments include:

  • Managing and refining a comprehensive tracking audit of the financial products and services used by households in Massachusetts;
     
  • Perfecting Direct Marketing Impact Analysis, a hybrid research method that combines the flexibility and richness of information gained from qualitative research with the statistical rigor of quantitative research to determine the efficacy of direct marketing campaigns and to identify opportunities for continuous improvement (used by major U.S. corporations and the world’s leading direct marketing advertising agency);
     
  • Prioritizing, for the largest retailer in the United Kingdom, the addition of proprietary databases to a core database marketing system and recommending and implementing ways to benefit from the synergies of market research and data mining;
     
  • Creating and developing a Market Research and Customer Information System for the world’s largest animal health diagnostic and information corporation.

Bruce holds a B.S. in Operations Research from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and an M.B.A. from the Olin Graduate School of Management at Babson College, where he participated in the International Management Internship Program at Marks & Spencer in London, England.

 
  Ian Hunter, Field Manager
Ian’s primary responsibilities include the day-to-day management of data collection, data processing, and coding. He also helps keep us current by implementing new research software and managing our website.

Having also worked as part of the analysis team, Ian brings a well-rounded approach to the field management position. That experience helps ensure a smooth workflow throughout the entire research process.

Ian’s experience comes primarily from the within the telecommunications, consumer products, and tourism industries. Combined with his varied interests in consumer behavior, psychographic segmentation, statistics, and web design, his broad and unique background increases the scope of Portland Research Group’s expertise.

Ian holds a BS in Management from Bentley College, where he graduated with honors.

 
  John Martin, Data Specialist
John supports the field management team with the data collection, processing, coding and analysis aspects of the research process. 

John’s background in programming and online development assures Portland Research Group is using the latest tools and techniques of the trade.  His in-depth experience with consumer behavioral analysis, principally within the retail wireless industry, compliments his extensive academic background in marketing and information technology.

John holds a BS in Marketing from Bentley College.

 
  Jesse Drummond, Research Assistant
Jesse supports the field management team and research analysis team in all facets of project execution, including coding, data processing, in-depth interviewing, data analysis and presentation.

Jesse has experience working on all aspects of market research. His background in qualitative psychology-related research has allowed him to work extensively at survey design, and his quantitative training has exposed him to advanced statistical methods and programs for data entry and analysis. He has worked on a number of longitudinal studies as an in-depth interviewer and has considerable experience collecting, coding, and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data.

Jesse holds a BA in both Mathematics and Psychology from Bowdoin College.

 
 

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