Guests & contributors
All 84 guests and contributors on The Curiosity Current — the researchers, brand builders, and behavioral scientists behind the corpus.
- Aarti Bhaskaran — Global Head of Research and Insights, Snap Inc.
- Adam Hagerman — Research lead (former), Indeed
- Alec Levin — Co-founder and CEO, Learners
- Amberly Miller — Director of UX Research, Prudential Financial
- Andrew Embry — Sr. Director Insights Innovation Capabilities – Global Core Market Research, Eli Lilly and Company
- Ashley Hopkins — Head of Consumer Insights, Resident (Nectar, DreamCloud)
- Ben Valenta — Senior Vice President of Strategy, Fox Sports
- Bill Salokar — Director of Business Development, Gazelle Global
- Brianna Boyer — Senior Director of Solution Strategy, aytm
- Brittne Kakulla — Senior Consumer Insights Manager, AARP
- Brooke Reavey — Professor of Marketing (John and Genie Rowe Distinguished Professor); Founder and President, Marketing Research Competition, Dominican University
- Byron Reeves — Chaired professor (communications, symbolic systems, and the Graduate School of Education), Stanford University
- Charitie Dantis-Gayo — Corporate Vice President, Center for Consumer Insights, New York Life Insurance
- Charlie Grossman — Owner, CG Research & Consulting
- Christopher Khoury — Vice President of Strategic Insights, American Medical Association
- Dave Ritter — Director of Insights and Consulting, Walmart
- David Evans — Director of Market Research, Microsoft
- David Glaza — Founder & CEO, DIGITS Agency
- Deborah Mendez — Consumer Insights Leader, Pharmavite
- Don DeVeaux — Professor of Practice, Master of Science in Marketing Research Program, Michigan State University
- Doug Zarkin — Chief Brand Officer, Modern Performance + Recovery brands
- Dr. Jeff Dahms — Director of Customer Experience Research and Insights, Physicians Mutual
- Ed Kahn — Senior Principal of CX Research and Insights, Mutual of America
- Elana Marmorstein — Market Revenue Operations Specialist, aytm
- Elle Park — Research and CI Lead, Arcutis Biotherapeutics
- Ernest Baskin — Department Chair and Associate Professor of Food Marketing, Saint Joseph's University
- Garret Westlake — Vice Provost for Innovation and Strategic Design, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Glenn Fleischman — Chief Revenue Officer, aytm
- Gloria Reardon — Brand Marketing / Consumer Insights Leader, The Fresh Market (most recently discussed)
- Hassan Aleem — Senior Consumer Insights Partner, Amazon
- Howard Fienberg — Senior Vice President of Advocacy, The Insights Association
- Idil Miriam Cakim — Founder and CEO, Iris Flex
- J. Walker Smith — Knowledge Lead for Strategy and Consulting, Kantar
- Jason Cohen — Founder, Simulacra Synthetic Data Studio
- Jonathan Goodbread — Head of Data Quality Strategy, aytm
- Julia Maier — Senior Insights Analyst, aytm
- Karen Kraft — Associate Director of Consumer Insights and Analytics, Johnsonville
- Karine Pepin — Co-founder, The Research Heads
- Kate O'Keeffe — CEO and Co-Founder, Heatseeker
- Katie Bernal — Senior Director of Learning and Enablement, aytm
- Katie Buckley — Managing Partner, US Consumer Practice, Basis Research
- Kerry-Ellen Schwartz — Senior Director of Global Foods, PepsiCo
- Kim Duncan — Head of Consumer Insights, Givaudan
- Kylee Lessard — Group Product Marketing Manager, Insights and Strategy, LinkedIn
- Laurie Demeritt — CEO, The Hartman Group
- Leena Doshi — Senior Manager of Research, Electronic Arts
- Leonard Murphy — Principal Consultant / Greenbook lead, Gen2 Advisors / Greenbook
- Lev Mazin — Cofounder and CEO, aytm
- Leyla Doany — Consumer Insights Leader, JOOLA
- Lindsey Goodman — Head of Consumer Insights and Market Intelligence, Wolverine Worldwide
- Lisa Wilding Brown — CEO, Innovate MR
- Louisea Hudson — Principal Customer Researcher, Amazon
- Marcus Cunha — Robert O Arnold Professor of Marketing and Director, Master of Marketing Research Program, University of Georgia
- Marin Mrsa — Founder and CEO, Peekator
- Martin Eichholz — Managing Partner, US Consumer Practice, Basis Research
- Matt Mahan — Host, The Curiosity Current, aytm
- Matthew Salem — SVP of Customer Success, Behaviorally
- Michael Nevski — Director of Global Insights, Visa
- Mina McBride — Strategic Foresight Practitioner, Consultant, Speaker, and Facilitator
- Molly Strawn-Carreño — Host / SMR representative, aytm
- Nancee Halpin — Researcher and Insights Specialist, Strela
- Oksana Sobol — Vice President of Consumer Insights, The Clorox Company
- Preeti Talwai — UX Research Leader and Product Strategy Advisor
- Raina Rusnak — Head of Market Research and Business Intelligence, StarKist
- Rand Fishkin — Co-Founder and CEO, SparkToro
- Roddy Knowles — COO, dtect
- Saket Kumar — VP of Consumer Analytics, Citi
- Sarah Haftings — Insights Manager, Shurtape Technologies
- Sarah Kling — Senior UX Researcher & Global Insights Lead, Amazon (Devices)
- Sarah Montgomery — Director of Human Insights, Hydration, The Coca-Cola Company
- Sasha Mitts — Independent Researcher
- Shanon Adams — President and COO, aytm
- Shawn McKenna — Senior Director of Analytics, Currax Pharmaceuticals
- Stephanie Vance — Host, The Curiosity Current, aytm
- Steve Markenson — Vice President of Research and Insights, FMI — the Food Industry Association
- Steve Olenski — Founder, CMO Whisperer Advisory
- Subhasish Nanda — Director of Customer Insights and Analytics, Verizon
- Tanya Pinto — Principal UX Researcher (Copilot AI for Office Suite), Microsoft
- Tiffany Mullin — VP of Growth Operations, aytm
- Tina Tonielli — North America Lead, Consumer and Business Insights, Haleon
- Tom Rich — Owner/Founder, Thomas M. Rich & Associates
- Victoria Waldman — Researcher, aytm
- Vladimer Botsvadze — Digital transformation and marketing thought leader
- Zontziry Johnson — Head of Learning and Research, Insights Career Network