Ep. 602 – Reed Cundiff, CEO at the Schlesinger Group, on 3 Trends That Will Impact the Insights Industry in 2023 Happy Market Research Podcast

Our guest today is Reed Cundiff, Chief Executive Officer at the Schlesinger Group. 



Founded in 1966, Schlesinger is a leading provider of quantitative and qualitative research solutions and has built and bought leading technology solutions providing customers with both best-in-class service and software.



Prior to joining Schlesinger, Reed served as a General Manager at Microsoft, SVP at the Yankee Group, and CEO of the Americas for Kantar.



Find Reed Online:




* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reed-cundiff-3b0a181/



* Schlesinger Group: https://www.schlesingergroup.com/en/ 




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* Email: jamin@happymr.com 



* LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaminbrazil



* Twitter: www.twitter.com/jaminbrazil 




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Music: 




* “Clap Along” by Auditionauti: https://audionautix.com 




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Jamin Brazil: Hey, everybody. You are listening to the Happy Market Research Podcast. We have a special guest today, Reed Cundiff. He is the chief executive officer as the Schlesinger Group. Founded in 1966, Schlesinger is a leading provider of qualitative and quantitative research solutions and has built and bought leading technology solutions which now provide companies best-in-class, both in terms of service and software. Prior to joining Schlesinger, Reed has served as a general manager at Microsoft, SVP at the Yankee Group, and CEO of the Americas for Kantar. Reed, thanks so much for making time for us and being on the Happy Market Research Podcast today.



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Reed Cundiff: Thanks for having me, Jamin. It's a pleasure to be here.



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Jamin Brazil: HubUX is a research operations platform for private panel management, qualitative automation including video audition questions, and surveys. For a limited time, user seats are free. If you'd like to learn more or create your own account, visit hubux.com. I'd like to start out with this context question. Tell us a little bit about your parents, what they did and how that informs what you do today.



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Reed Cundiff: I love this question, and probably my mom in particular loves this question. Both my parents worked outside the home.