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Greetings Sample Leaders,

I would like to personally welcome each of you to SampleCon – the first ever sample-only

event. Our industry is changing in new and exciting ways, from rapid technological

developments in the mobile and routing spaces to the emerging automated exchange world.

We must learn together how to successfully grow alongside these new innovations.

Several months back, I began planning a 30 attendee Fulcrum user conference but realized that

we, the sample industry, wanted something bigger. Previously no opportunity existed for those

in sampling to unite over the future direction of our industry. Federated Sample is running

SampleCon to give sampling its own spotlight by bringing together the creators, innovators, and

leaders who are shaping the future of market research sampling.

Throughout the event, I ask you to stay engaged, be proactive and help us shape the future of

sample. You, as leaders in the space, have the vision, the knowledge, the wherewithal and the

experience to help our industry grow and evolve.

I want to thank you for joining us in New Orleans and hope you have a wonderful time at

SampleCon 2013!

Sincerely,

Patrick Comer

MITCHELL J. LANDRIEU, MAYOR

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

1300 PERDIDO STREET | SUITE 2E04 | NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA | 70112

PHONE 504.658.4900 | FAX 504.658.4938

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to New

Orleans for the first SampleCon, hosted by

Federated Sample.

Our city is known for its creativity, innovation and

growing technology sector, so it is fitting to have

this unique event here. SampleCon will bring

together the creators, innovators and leaders who

are shaping the future of online market research

sampling.

New Orleans has become a hub for

entrepreneurship with a climate that attracts both

local startups and major corporations. Federated Sample is one of the

companies at the forefront of this renaissance.

While you are here, I hope that you will take some time to visit our historic French

Quarter, fine restaurants and entertainment venues and absorb the rich culture that

makes New Orleans the most authentic and culturally rich destination in America.

On behalf of the City of New Orleans, I extend my best wishes for a successful event.

Sincerely,

Mitchell J. Landrieu

Mayor

City of New Orleans

AGENDA

Sunday, September 8

Meet & Greet New Orleans Style "Pub Crawl" Federated Sample Office (365 Canal St., Suite 700)

6:30 PM Sponsored by Federated Sample, Market Cube, Prodégé and Ugam Solutions

Monday, September 9

Registration & Networking Breakfast Foyer I – Westin, 12th Floor

9:00 AM Registration & Networking Breakfast

Opening Remarks Ballroom I – Westin, 12th Floor

9:45 AM

Resurgent New Orleans Speaker: Chris Schultz

10:00 AM Welcome to SampleCon & Opening Remarks Speaker: Patrick Comer Routing: The Past, Today & Future Speaker: Chuck Miller

10:45 AM Break

Module 1: Leverage Your Exchange Track 1: Leverage Your Exchange

Ballroom I – Westin, 12th Floor Track 2: Exchange Knowledge Center

Executive Room – Westin, 12th Floor Track 3: Ask the Wizard

River Room I – Westin, 12th Floor

11:00 AM A History in Exchanges: What We Can Learn Speakers: Walton Comer & Michael McCrary

11:00 AM Fulcrum Demo Speakers: Jeb Hunsinger & Kathryn Isenmann

11:00 AM Fulcrum Custom Training Alex Leger & Monica Nguyn

11:25 AM APIs: What They Are and How They Work Speaker: Jayme Plunkett

11:25 AM Fulcrum Tips & Tricks Speakers: Jeb Hunsinger & Kathryn Isenmann

11:45 AM Challenges & Opportunities Buying Sample via API Moderator: Jim Longo Panel: Lev Mazin, Jayme Plunkett & Leslie Townsend

11:45 AM What Makes Up Fulcrum Exchange Traffic & How Do I Control Speaker: Kathryn Isenmann

12:15 PM Holding the CPI Line Speaker: Don Golden

12:15 PM Bidding on Fulcrum Speakers: Matt Shwery & Lucy Warburton

12:35 PM User’s Experience Sharing Session Speakers: Lori Tripphahn & Jeremy Engelin

12:35 PM Best Practices for Training & Onboarding Speaker: Brook Bissinger

Lunch The Plimsoll Club – Westin, 11th Floor

1:00 PM Sponsored by Benefit Administration Group, Federated Sample & MyPoints

Module 2: Sample Technology

Track 1: Sample Technology Ballroom I – Westin, 12th Floor

Track 2: Exchange Knowledge Center Executive Room – Westin, 12th Floor

Track 3: Ask the Wizard River Room I – Westin, 12th Floor

2:00 PM Connecting the Dots on Multi-model Sampling: Phone to On-demand APIs Speaker: Danny Wong

2:00 PM Reporting & Understanding What Matters Most Speaker: Alex Leger

2:00 PM Fulcrum Custom Training Alex Leger & Monica Nguyn

2:20 PM Survey Says: The Latest Data on Routing Speaker: Steve Hopkins

2:20 PM Fulcrum Demand & Supply APIs Speakers: Alex Leger, Vignesh Krishnan & Michael Velez

Track 1 Sample Technology Ballroom I – Westin, 12th Floor

Track 2: Exchange Knowledge Center Executive Room – Westin, 12th Floor

Track 3: Ask the Wizard River Room I – Westin, 12th Floor

2:40 PM Getting Comfortable with Routing Moderator: Jim Longo Panel: Rob Berger, Jeremy Engelin, Chris Fabber & Steve Hopkins

2:40 PM Maximizing Respondent Experience & Preparing for Mobile in Fulcrum Speakers: Matt Shwery, Michael Velez & Lucy Warburton

2:40 PM Fulcrum Custom Training Alex Leger & Monica Nguyn

3:05 PM Where Is Mobile Headed? Speaker: Mike Billingsley

3:05 PM Gauging Feasibility in an Exchange Speakers: David Butler & Ted Pulsifer

3:25 PM Mobile Roundtable Moderator: Jim Longo Panel: Mike Billingsley, Edan Portaro & Brett Schnittlich

3:50 PM Break 3:50 PM Break 3:50 PM Break

Module 3: Our Ecosystem

Our Ecosystem Ballroom I – Westin, 12th Floor

4:05 PM Challenges with B2B Sample: How Can We Fix It? Speaker: Carrie Angiolet

4:25 PM The Impact of Data Quality on the Sample Ecosystem Moderator: Jim Longo Panel: Carrie Angiolet, Dyna Boen, Mark Menig & Jason Thomas

4:50 PM The Future for Sample Exchanges & Closing Remarks Speaker: Patrick Comer

Wine Tasting Networking Event The Plimsoll Club – Westin, 11th Floor

5:30 PM Sponsored by Harris Interactive Service Bureau and TrueSample

SPACE OVERVIEW

- Registration & Breakfast

- General Session

- Exchange Knowledge Center

- Ask the Wizard

- Lunch & Wine Tasting (11th Floor)

THE PLIMSOLL

CLUB

SESSION OVERVIEWS

OPENING REMARKS Resurgent New Orleans Many successful innovations arise out of crises, which create remarkably fertile opportunities for reinvention. Post-Katrina New Orleans is no exception. But unlike the legendary phoenix, which relies upon magical intervention, how does rebirth of a living, breathing city take place? Join Chris Schultz, local New Orleans entrepreneur and angel investor, for a colorful ride through the post-Katrina efforts to not only rebuild, but diversify and strengthen the New Orleans business community and economy. We don’t call it the Silicon Bayou for nothing!

Opening Remarks Panels and routers and aggregation - oh my! The online sample industry has undergone multiple waves of innovation over the past decade. With the emergence of platforms and automated sample exchanges, the online sampling landscape is undergoing yet another transformation. Patrick will kick off the conference by challenging today’s sample norms and getting everyone into the SampleCon spirit – which is, of course, exchanging ideas, clearing a path for new leadership and capitalizing on joint opportunities. As Sample proves itself as the primary driver of growth for the Research Industry, it's finally time we have our own sample-only event. Welcome to SampleCon!

Routing: The Past, Today & Future Chuck Miller is considered by most to be the godfather of online survey sample routing. Join him for a trip down memory lane as he recalls the history of routers, explains sampling theory and methods for managing bias associated with routing and touches on the current day work that is being conducted by the ARF to fully understand the implications of routing. Chuck will also share his views on the current state of online sample and sample quality and gaze into his crystal ball to see what the future holds for online sample.

MODULE 1: LEVERAGE YOUR EXCHANGE

Track 1: Leverage your Exchange

A History in Exchanges: What We Can Learn The market research industry has a habit of lagging behind the rest of the business world when applying technology to solve common problems. A brief history on the evolution of various exchange platforms in other industries will demonstrate that we have, once again, fallen behind the curve. A closer examination of the advertising industry will demonstrate how technology helped solve the challenges of the digital age and how our industry can follow suit. APIs: What They Are and How They Work Not another three letter tech acronym?!? Fear not! Through this interactive demo, Jayme will help you understand exactly what an API is, how it can provide real value to you and your business and how it is already changing our industry as we know it. Spoiler alert… API stands for “application programming interface” and allows “the machines” to talk to each other and work together regardless of their source code. Challenges & Opportunities Buying Sample via API SampleCon provides a timely opportunity to begin a dialogue as to what best practices and/or standards companies should consider as they begin to think about offering and buying from an on-demand API.

Track 2: Exchange Knowledge Center

Fulcrum Demo Still not sure exactly what Fulcrum is, how it works and what the full benefits are? Kathryn and Jeb will lead you through a comprehensive, interactive demo of Fulcrum focusing on the Field Management, Sample Optimizer, and Exchange product suites from varying user perspectives. Fulcrum Tips & Tricks Ever think that there must be a better way to do something in Fulcrum? Odds are you’re right! This is your chance to learn firsthand the tips and tricks that our experts use to overcome the most common everyday sampling challenges. Didn’t cover what you wanted? Audience participation is encouraged. Bring your toughest challenges and test our experts. What Makes Up Fulcrum Exchange Traffic & How Do I Control Kathryn Isenmann of Federated Sample will discuss the changing environment of the Fulcrum Exchange focusing on the growth of automatic delivery, changes in the supplier composition, and methods to best access and control Exchange flows through Fulcrum’s product suites. Following the initial discussion, we will open the

Holding the CPI Line Fulcrum licensees create downward pressure on their pricing by pre-screening participants and elevating client side IRs. Precision Sample believes that client side incidence rate increases are earned and has worked to maintain pricing based on the true incidence of the project. Through some trial and tribulation, we found that with proper communication and process, it is possible to implement best pre-screening practices and maintain pricing based on the true incidence rate. User's Experience Sharing Session An open forum for all to discuss experiences working within the system: what works well and where there have been challenges. For the challenge areas, sharing of ideas for workarounds as well as long term solutions for the Federated development path for Fulcrum.

floor to discuss methods for optimizing results from both the supplier and buyer perspectives. Please come prepared to join the discussion, connect directly with other Fulcrum partners, and share your recommendations for future Exchange initiatives. Bidding on Fulcrum Get a sneak peak at Fulcrum’s new bidding tool scheduled to be launched later this fall. See how easy it will be to manage and track bids as well as buy and sell sample directly on one centralized platform. Federated Sample is implementing a solution that will significantly impact the efficiency of your bidding process. We’ll demo a host of new features which include providing the tools for buyers and sellers to connect, to monitor bid progress, and streamline the survey creation process. Best Practices for Training & Onboarding How do the Fulcrum Experts onboard new Field Managers? Participate in a discussion and presentation of Federated Sample’s philosophy on training field managers, the materials we use, and the timeline we find works best. Discuss the best practices formed by your company and tackle any challenges with help from the group.

MODULE 2: SAMPLE TECHNOLOGY Track 1: Sample Technology

Connecting the Dots on Multi-model Sampling: Phone to On-demand APIs How to reach your target sample on a budget requires a multi-model approach. You can start out with an online sample approach and as your study nears completion and you are still short of completes, you can switch to a phone sample approach and conclude your study. Traditionally, phone sample is much more costly than online sample. Having a good sample/quota control system will dictate when it would be best to switch from online to phone. Moving from phone to online sampling has been a trend we’re seeing in the industry. Mostly this is driven by economics. Allowing the project manager to compose, program, and test the survey in one tool has been a method of reducing cost for the project, by enabling the project manager to purchase (on-demand) sample and deploy the study in just one transaction has revolutionize the time it take to field an online study. Survey Says: The Latest Data on Routing A brief presentation of key findings from the ARF’s Foundations of Quality 2 research initiative involving over 75,000 completed online interviews obtained through a

Track 2: Exchange Knowledge Center

Reporting & Understanding What Matters Most We will discuss the functionality as well as best practices associated with the myriad of reports available in Fulcrum. Learn how to easily track your entire sample bought or sample sold at a micro or macro level with the click of a button. Reconcile unacceptable completes with ease. Need an incidence, data analysis or respondent answer report? You’ll find it here. Fulcrum Demand & Supply APIs This session will focus on the integration process associated with Fulcrum APIs as well as the workflow improvements, increased revenue and cost savings achieved. Feedback will be solicited in terms of ease of integration and use, future reporting needs and the role using standard qualifications plays in an API world. Maximizing Respondent Experience & Preparing for Mobile in Fulcrum Peek into the world of accessibility and responsive design to see how they impact the future of the respondent experience. Responsive design and device agnosticism is the new standard – we're implementing

wide variety of sample sources. In particular, we will take a look at the findings related to sample sources (ie, panel vs. real-time/river) and routing methodologies. Getting Comfortable with Routing Whether you are ready to go out and procure your company’s first commercial router or you just learned that your sample has been routing for years without realizing it, your next step likely includes securing the blessing of your research science department to move forward. Good news, you are not the first to face this challenge. How have other companies successfully navigated the need for speed and savings while maintaining happy research scientists? Our panel will share their trials and tribulations to help you forge your path forward. Where Is Mobile Headed? In an ever-increasing mobile world, market researchers are provided with an opportunity to engage consumers in new and unique ways to capture insights "In the Moment". How we engage respondents via their mobile devices varies greatly based on the type of research and the opportunity to engage with the consumer. As researchers we “have” to adapt to this new mobile world, but we also “want” to. In this presentation we will review the multiple ways to launch a survey and where sample exchanges and routers can play a part in properly sampling mobile survey takers.

solutions that improve respondent accessibility, usability, and routing across all devices, especially those considered "mobile." We'll demo a variety of experiences, from desktop to mobile, and from simple questions to complex grid qualifications. Gauging Feasibility in an Exchange The Exchange increases sample delivery and reduces costs in field, but presents new challenges in the pre-field estimation stage. David Butler and Ted Pulsifer will lead a discussion on how our Services Bureau estimates the Exchange and demonstrate the tools and resources available to Fulcrum users. The session is designed for field directors, quotation managers, project managers and others who would like to include the positive impact of the Exchange on client proposals.

MODULE 3: OUR ECOSYSTEM Challenges with B2B Sample: How Can We Fix It? More than ever before, sample quality and reliability are among the biggest challenges and concerns for the research industry- especially in the B2B space. As buyers, we deal with B2B sample challenges on a daily basis: low feasibility, unreliable sources, trending issues, tanking IR, poor data quality, and more. Samplecon presents an opportunity for both buyers and sellers of online sample to join a roundtable discussion to explore the challenges from both sides of the supply chain, and determine how we can, as an industry, improve our ability to reach high-quality business respondents around the globe. The Impact of Data Quality on the Sample Ecosystem The sample ecosystem is not unlike global warming in that our actions as market researchers can have a profound effect on the market research environment as a whole. Whether you’re on the supply-side or the demand-side of online sample, one thing is for sure… we’re all in this together. The way we manage sample today can have a lasting effect on the future of online research and the quality of our work. On one hand, some clients take an “ignorance is bliss” mentality and think everything is fine even though it’s not. On the other hand, many clients may be experiencing a crisis of trust in the data and feel exposed to varying degrees of unnecessary risk and understand the need to take action. Who are these survey respondents? Where did they come from? How are they behaving in my survey? What are they doing with my confidential materials/concepts? Am I trading-off feasibility/quota fulfillment for premium quality sample? How do our data quality techniques impact the sample ecosystem? Lets discuss opportunities to make the right decisions today to improve our current state and preserve the future of our industry.

ATTENDEE LIST

Chris Andaya Vision Critical Toronto, ON Carrie Angiolet Illuminas Austin, TX Brook Baston MyPoints.com San Francisco, CA Taylor Beery Crescent Sample New Orleans, LA Rob Berger Vision Critical Toronto, ON Mike Billingsley Research Now Plano, TX Peter Bodenheimer Flatstack New Orleans, LA Dyna Boen Federated Sample San Francisco, CA Yaron Brenman Ugam Solutions New York, NY Bonnie Breslauer Lightspeed Research Warren, NJ Amelia Carry Illuminas Austin, TX

Patrick Comer Federated Sample New Orleans, LA Jose Correa MarketView Research Edgewater, NJ Mitchell Dagley The Link Group Atlanta, GA Janna de Bruijne Points2Shop Alpharetta, GA Mathijs de Jong Points2Shop Alpharetta, GA Jonathan Deitch Ipsos Columbia, MD Tony Dent Sample Answers Surrey, UK Joe Detuno Prodégé Los Angeles, CA Matt Dohm Lightspeed Research Seattle, WA Andy Ellis Federated Sample Denver, CO Jeremy Engelin Phoenix Marketing International Rhinebeck, NY

Chris Fabber GfK New York, NY Gene Filipi Kinesis Survey Technologies San Francisco, CA Dan Fitzgerald GMI New York, NY Clif Fleitas uSamp Los Angeles, CA Brad Franz Burke, Inc. Cincinnati, OH Calvin Friesth Prodégé Los Angeles, CA Jeff Gerken Research Panel Asia Orange County, LA Garrett Gil de Rubio Points2Shop Alpharetta, GA Don Golden Precision Sample Denver, CO Bert Goyne Askia San Francisco, CA Michael Holmes EMI Research Solutions Cincinnati, OH

Steve Hopkins Market Cube McLean, VA  Rachel Jenkins   Precision Sample   Denver, CO  Corey Julseth   Harris Interactive Service Bureau Rochester, NY  Tony Kretzmer ISA   Van Nuys, CA  Julian Lewis Clear Voice Research Denver, CO  Jim Longo Discuss.IO New Orleans, LA  Lev Mazin AYTM.com San Francisco, CA  Michael McCrary Federated Sample New Orleans, LA  Lesley McCormick Clear Voice Research Denver, CO  James McNamara Penn Schoen Berland   Washington, DC  Mark Menig TrueSample   Seattle, WA   Jessica Metcalf   The Link Group   Atlanta, GA   

Peter Milla Cint   Centerport, NY  Chuck Miller Digital Marketing & Measurement Dallas, TX  Madhav Mirani   Ugam Solutions   New York, NY  Tariq Mirza Kinesis Survey Technologies London, UK  Mike Misel Harris Interactive Service Bureau Los Angeles, CA  Brin Moore   MyPoints.com  San Francisco, CA  Mendy Orimland Prodégé   Los Angeles, CA  Jayme Plunkett   Decipher   Fresno, CA  Edan Portaro uSamp  Los Angeles, CA  Cliff Przybyl   Market Cube McLean, VA  Jacqueline Rosales SoapBoxSample   Van Nuys, CA  Glen Saunders  WebMD   New York, NY   

Brett Schnittlich Federated Sample New Orleans, LA  Chris Schultz   Launch Pad   New Orleans, LA  Nicole Schumann Prodégé   Los Angeles, CA  Kristine Sinisi Lightspeed Research   Warren, NJ  Jason Thomas  Decision Analyst   Arlington, TX  Leslie Townsend   Kinesis Survey Technologies   Austin, TX  Lori Tripphahn   Harris Interactive Service Bureau Rochester, NY  Aaron Walton EMI Research Solutions   Cincinnati, OH  Leah Wang WebMD New York, NY  Mauricia Wills  Decision Analyst Arlington, TX  Jake Wolff Cint Princeton, NJ  Danny Wong CfMC San Francisco, CA   

SAMPLECON 2013 SPONSORS

SampleCon would like to thank all of our sponsors for making the first annual conference possible.

Benefit Admin Group Lunch Sponsor

Benefit Administration Group is an experienced and innovative team of Employee Benefits, Individual Insurance and HR Support Services consultants. We assist employer clients Analyze, Design, Communicate and Deliver comprehensive employee benefit plans integrated with the technology to supports them.

Decipher Wi-Fi Sponsor

A marketing research services provider, Decipher specializes in online survey programming, sampling, data collection and data reporting. Utilizing proprietary Web-based applications, Decipher integrates state-of-the-art technology with traditional research techniques. Decipher is all about uncovering opportunities in whatever territory is explored with clients. As a true partner, Decipher isn’t interested in just data, but also about what that data represents for each client. The company focuses on technology and research systems that bring data to life, and in doing so, helps reveal how even seemingly small discoveries can yield meaningful insights. www.decipherinc.com

Federated Sample Pub Crawl + Lunch Sponsor

Federated Sample is a technology firm based in New Orleans that focuses on bringing efficiency and automation to online sampling. Federated Sample created Fulcrum, a sample management platform with the world’s first and only sample exchange. With cutting edge sample management tools and sophisticated routing technology, Fulcrum connects sample buyers and sellers to more quickly and effectively achieve high quality results. Hundreds of firms transact on the exchange every day. Do you?

Harris Interactive Service Bureau Wine Tasting Sponsor

Harris Interactive Service Bureau (HISB) is a market research firm for market research firms. We specialize in providing high-quality sample and survey solutions with a focus on consultation. When you partner with HISB you not only get high-quality sample, but cutting-edge online programming, survey design recommendations, industry leading methodologies and tools, and seamless project management for both domestic and global research. We bring a wealth of experience in online, phone, and mixed-mode data collection. Additionally we offer programming, hosting, data processing, and reporting services. With nearly 50 years of research, sampling and panel expertise, HISB is your true partner in research success.

Market Cube Pub Crawl Sponsor

Market Cube is an online sample and research operations company dedicated to helping our clients look good and maximize their ROI. We own and operate proprietary panels with over one million members worldwide. We also have access to millions more respondents through our large network of panel, publisher, and social media partners. Market Cube prides itself on providing high-touch service with rapid response times and a can-do attitude. This, along with our deep industry experience and competitive pricing, is what helps us offer our clients a truly different experience.

MyPoints Lunch Sponsor

MyPoints is a rewards program that delivers. To you, our partners and clients, we deliver quality returns on your investment, unmatched targeting capabilities, and the Internet's most responsive consumer database: over 9 million emailable members. To our members, we deliver a long-term relationship, reliable customer service, and high-quality offers. Our dependable, loyal customer base expects to hear about great offers from you. We can target our base using data points and lead-gen offers, so that the only people who see your offer are the ones most likely to respond.

Prodege Pub Crawl Sponsor

Prodege LLC is the web's leading people powered influence network. Offering a full vertical consumer influence solution, Prodege LLC and its flagship web property, Swagbucks.com, connect brands with consumers to produce unprecedented engagement and sentiment sharing. In 2011, 2012 & 2013 Prodege was included on the Inc 500|5000 fastest growing company list, in 2011 & 2012 named the #3 & #7 fastest growing private company in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal, and listed by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the best places to work in Southern California.

True Sample Wine Tasting Sponsor

TrueSample is the industry’s only fully multi-dimensional data quality solution—effectively screening out fake, duplicate, unengaged and unqualified survey respondents while also identifying survey design problems. TrueSample eliminates the need for manual data cleaning and validation, which is both expensive and highly subjective. TrueSample works on any survey platform and with any sample source, so researchers both within end-client organizations and research firms can depend on consistent and reliable results. TrueSample is running on tens of millions of survey responses every year to reduce the risk of making a poor decision. Is your business protected yet?

Ugam Solutions Pub Crawl Sponsor

Ugam Solutions is a research and analytics firm providing cutting edge solutions to global retailers, brands and insights-based consultancies that improves their business performance. 12 of the Honomichl Top 25 MR firms, are benefitting from these solutions that uniquely combine the best of domain consulting, analytics expertise, and a proprietary state-of-the-art big data technology platform.

SPEAKERS *Listed in alphabetical order by first name

Alex Leger Federated Sample Director, Technical Services Alex has seven years of experience with start-ups, with four years experience in the market research industry. At Federated Sample, Alex is the Director of Technical Services. The technical services team is responsible for integrations, technical support, documentation and other technical requests related to Fulcrum. Alex began his career at Trading Places, a privately held tour operator with revenue of $6MM, where he held the title of Director of Operations. His responsibilities included vendor relations, accounting, technology, and training. During his time there, Alex helped to double Trading Places's number of employees and revenue. Alex received his BA from Boston College and his MBA from Tulane.

Brett Schnittlich Federated Sample CTO & EVP Brett recently joined Federated Sample from his post as CTO of Lieberman Research Worldwide, a global market research firm. Brett has over two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, investor, and executive. In 1990, Brett founded Ibis Software, an innovative healthcare data collection company which sold to Grey advertising in 1998. Brett joined Grey as EVP and Managing Director. He brokered the sale of the Ibis assets to Pharmacentric, rebranding the company as eTrials, prior to joining Torre Lazur/McCann Healthcare as CTO in 2000. In 2001 Brett and his partners were approached by Omnicom to reinvigorate medical marketing agency Harrison Wilson & Associates. The company was rebranded as Hyphen. At Hyphen, where he served as CTO Managing Partner, Brett created targeted software products for the life sciences market. Brett and his partners took Hyphen from a $2M loss when he joined in 2001 to over $2M in profits in less than three years. Brett saw market research as an industry ripe for similar innovation and reinvention, and in 2004 joined OTX as CTO. He introduced software tools which brought the speed and efficiency of technology to a historically non-technological business. Among the innovations which Brett brought to OTX were the rollout and implementation of the SPSS Dimensions platform as

well as client-facing reporting applications and portals. Brett also introduced a large-scale business process management (BPM) system. With these and other tools, OTX was able to cut its operations team by half while increasing both productivity and accuracy, during a period where revenues more than doubled and EBITDA quintupled.

Brook Bissinger Federated Sample Director, Operations A New Orleans native with 10 years of experience in Technology, Marketing, and Non-Profit, Brook brings a diverse background to Federated Sample. Brook joined Federated Sample in January of 2011 and is currently the Director of Operations and the Account Manager for the Central and West regions. Prior to Federated Sample Brook received an MBA from Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business.

Carrie Angiolet Illuminas

Senior Vice President Carrie has been developing custom research projects at Illuminas since 1999, which have helped position Illuminas as one of the industry’s most esteemed providers of thoughtful business solutions. She has nearly 20 years of experience in market research, and has created and managed global programs for some of the world’s most successful brands, including Apple, Cisco, HBO, HP, Red Hat, Oracle and Warner Brothers. Carrie has been a market research instructor for the University of Texas’s Continuing Education Center, a lecturer at the McComb’s School of Business at UT Austin, and has presented at various conferences including AMA, TMRE and ARF.

Chris Fabber GfK Senior Vice President, Panel Operations Chris Fabber is Senior Vice President, Panel Operations, Gfk Consumer Experiences North America. As leader of the company’s Panel Operations team, Fabber has responsibility for its US panel assets, including KnowledgePanel®, KnowledgePanel Latino™,

Cada Cabeza, Consumer Opt-in (AskGfk.com), and PCN® (healthcare professionals), as well as custom panel support functions. Chris is a tenured market research professional with a proven track record and deep experience in panel management and sampling. Fabber brings over 20 years of panel management, survey and technology experience to GfK, most recently serving as President, Panel Direct Online, a division of Focus Forward. He also spent five years at InsightExpress, where he was Senior Vice President of Operations, responsible for panels, client service and survey programming. Prior to this, Fabber has been Vice President, Panel Development, at TNS-NFO, overseeing global panel operations, including panel technology, research, management and operations. He has also served as Vice President and Director of Client Services & Operations for The NPD Group.

Chris Schultz Launch Pad

Entrepreneur & Angel Investor Chris is a tech entrepreneur living in New Orleans and San Francisco. He has launched several Internet companies and writes about entrepreneurship at ChrisSchultz.net. Chris founded Voodoo Ventures as a platform to invest in companies and build his own products. In 2009, he co-founded Launch Pad, a community that provides workspace, mentor network, and educational events to develop the talent in the New Orleans ecosystem. In 2005 Chris co-founded Flatstack, a software development company with offices in Kazan, Russia and New Orleans that builds applications for clients worldwide. Chris’s angel investments through Voodoo Ventures are in Federated Sample, a market research technology firm, and Neighborland, a platform for civic engagement in communities. Through Launch Pad Chris has also invested in 23 seed-stage startups through his accelerator program. Chris actively mentors young entrepreneurs in New Orleans and is passionate about connecting the startup ecosystem in New Orleans to global networks in Silicon Valley and New York. Chris received an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California in 2002, and a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1996. Chris loves being on two wheels. He is currently carless in New Orleans, rides his bike every day and has a passion for motorcycles and taking cross-country road trips during the summer.

Chuck Miller Digital Marketing & Measurement President Chuck Miller is President of Digital Marketing & Measurement, LLC (DM2), an agency focused on communications and measurement in emerging media. During his 20+ years in marketing research Chuck and his teams have built significant capabilities in both provider and end client organizations. Chuck’s passions are “all things digital” and “data synthesis and interpretation” having spent the majority of his career as a VP at AOL and Time Warner leading Consumer Insights and Business Intelligence functions. As a recognized thought-leader in marketing research, Chuck frequently publishes, speaks at conferences, and leads many industry initiatives.

Danny Wong CfMC CTO Danny Wong joined CfMC over 30 years ago as part of CfMC’s research and development team and among other advancements, was largely responsible for development of Survent™. Survent is a data collection and sample management system that continues to serve as the foundation for the data collection function in the marketing research and opinion polling industries.This technology has enabled leading research organizations to identify, target, and define research subjects with granularity and precision. Organizations benefiting from this technology include Maritz Research, The Gallup Organization, Market Strategies International, IRI, ICF International, GfK and many others. In recent years, Danny has served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and President & CEO. Under his leadership, CfMC released the first integrated predictive dialer for use with CfMC software. Today, as Chief Technology Officer, he is actively involved in determining and defining the next generation of tools for market research and opinion polling. Danny holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

David Butler Federated Sample Director David joined Federated Sample in January, 2011 and is responsible for business development in the Central and West regions. He also manages Federated’s feasibility

team in the Services group, and works with the product team on Bid Tool development. Prior to joining Federated Sample, David consulted institutions on hedge fund portfolio strategy in a different city on a swamp, Washington DC. Leaving the relative calm of 2007-2010 financial scene, David decamped to New Orleans where he found the delightfully turbulent world of market research and sampling technology.

Don Golden Precision Sample President & Founder Don Golden is the Founder and President of Precision Sample. An 11 year online sample veteran, Don specializes in building, attracting participants to and maintaining online and mobile panels. Since 2002 he has built multiple high performing panels and recruited tens-of-millions of members to them with innovative online, social and mobile marketing techniques and creative deal-making. Prior to founding Precision Sample, Don founded Clear Voice Research and served as the business development and panel acquisition lead for goZing Research which was acquired by Greenfield Online. He holds a BA in Economics from Rollins College. In his spare-time, he enjoys playing memory games, coloring and building sand castles with his daughter, racing motocross, waterskiing and wakeboarding.

Dyna Boen Federated Sample Vice President As one of the early members of the MarketTools leadership team, Dyna is an entrepreneurial leader in the market research technology space. During her career she has worked closely with clients like General Mills, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft. Dyna knows online sample well. As one of the founding members of TrueSample, responsible for product evangelism and VP of Business Development. She has also lead Sample Operations and Zoomerang Sample Sales, all acquired by Survey Monkey in early 2012. Dyna is passionate about leveraging technology solutions to drive higher data quality for research. She believes technology can bring greater efficiency to the complicated and inefficient world of online sampling. She knows innovation can dramatically improve the respondent experience, while meeting the demand of survey quotas for clients, and margin management for researcher companies.

Edan Portaro uSamp SVP, Global Business Development A seasoned leader with over 20 years of experience in sales and business development, Edan came to uSamp after spending several years as a consultant focused on the development of sales channels and go-to-market strategies for a variety of small-to-medium, VC funded, and early stage companies. Prior to consulting, he worked as SVP of Sales atYellowPages.com where he was recognized for his role in retooling the existing sales channels and positioning teams for future growth. Jason Thomas Decision Analyst Chief Control Officer Jason Thomas is the Chief Control Officer at Decision Analyst, a full-service marketing research company located in Arlington Texas, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2013. Jason has over 25 years of experience in the industry, focusing on mail panels in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1996 he moved the mail panel, American Consumer Opinion, online and that launched the venture into the online panel realm as one of the earliest companies with an online panel. Over the years he has created and managed several B2B panels for Decision Analyst, including technology, executive, medical, physician and contractor panels. Decision Analyst’s panels contain over 8 million members across the word in 250+ countries and in 13 languages. In addition to building and managing panels for Decision Analyst, he has built dozens of custom panels for clients over the years, including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Southern California Edison, Brown-Forman, Goodyear, Verizon and several other fortune 1000 corporations.

Jayme Plunkett Decipher Co-Founder & Co-CEO As co-Founder and co-CEO of Decipher, Jayme Plunkett focuses on developing new and innovative methods and processes to build efficiencies in the market research industry. Before Decipher's conception, Plunkett successfully helped lead MACRO Consulting for four years as Vice President of Applied

Research Methods. Plunkett's comprehensive applied statistical skills and analytical experience served him well as a senior research analyst. He was responsible for implementing multivariate techniques and analysis as well as developing research methods and practices. While at MACRO Consulting, Plunkett worked with a number of clients including WebTV, Microsoft and Pepsi. Plunkett's responsibilities at Decipher extend to head of development where he utilizes his 17 years of extensive strategic, analytical and technical experience. Decipher has experienced astounding year-over-year growth since its inception and currently employs approximately 150 full-time employees in the United States. Plunkett earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, with an emphasis in Applied Economics, from Stanford University.

Jeb Hunsinger Federated Sample Executive Director Jeb has 8 years of experience in product delivery and organizational technology adoption, with the past three at Federated Sample. Before managing Federated Sample’s East division as the Executive Director of Operations, Jeb was a Senior Principal at eLoyalty Corporation (now Mattersight). At eLoyalty, Jeb led the Deployments team within the Behavioral Analytics ™ division, responsible for the delivery of client specific web-based portals analyzing customer/client interactions. Jeb oversaw the release of this technology to multiple Fortune 100 companies across the finance, consumer credit, airline, insurance, and healthcare industries. Jeb has his M.A. in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan, and a B.S. from Tulane University.

Jeremy Engelin Phoenix Marketing International Director, Strategic Sourcing Jeremy Engelin is the Director of Strategic Sourcing at Phoenix Marketing International, one of the fastest growing marketing research firms based in the United States. PMI provides market research solutions to a number of vertical markets utilizing custom approaches, syndicated platforms, and targeted products that are data and model driven. Jeremy has over thirteen years’ experience in supply chain management, business process outsourcing and organizational change leadership in the Market Research, Financial Services and Information Technology Industries. He has a proven track record of

analyzing, improving, and transforming organizational procurement processes and delivering sustainable cost savings while improving procurement efficiency and quality. Prior to joining Phoenix, Jeremy spent extensive time in India developing vendor relationships, implementing new business processes, and performance auditing for AllianceBernstein, LP. Jeremy is a graduate (Cum Laude) of SUNY Oswego School of Business.

Jim Longo Discuss.IO Co-Founder Jim brings 26 years of domain expertise in the market research industry. He was instrumental in building the first global online qualitative research practice at Harris Interactive where they conducted more than one thousand online groups in the first three years of its existence. While at itracks, he consulted with brands and research agencies around the world on how to have insightful online conversations. Jim is a thought leader with regards to online behavior and technology, often speaking at industry conferences and events. Jim formerly served as a Director at Large for the Marketing Research Association (MRA) and was Chairman for the MRA Trends and Technology Committee. He took the lead with the Social Media Taskforce, a group of industry professionals that documented standard questions clients should ask when choosing a vendor who uses social networks for research. Jim is also a member the Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA).

Kathryn Isenmann Federated Sample Director Kathryn Isenmann is a Director of Federated Sample and has been with the company since August 2010. In her current role, she oversees the onboarding and growth of supply partners within the Fulcrum Exchange and strategic client relationships. Her unique role provides insight to market research industry trends and the impact of new technologies on workflows and processes. When not in the office, Kathryn enjoys exploring New Orleans and volunteering with local arts organizations.

Leslie Townsend Kinesis Survey Technologies President & Founder Leslie Townsend is CEO and Co-founder of Kinesis Survey Technologies LLC. Kinesis was founded in 2003 to address the demand for mobile applications within the market research space, beginning with the first cameraphone ethnographies. Since then, Kinesis has developed a full device-agnostic research platform providing survey, panel, and community solutions. Prior to founding Kinesis, Leslie worked in North American sales for one of the first “app” developers in the pre-smartphone era, Codetoys. Its games, such as “Who Wants to Be a Millionnaire?” were among first global gaming brands. Leslie also founded Marketfinders, which provided a wide range of research solutions to the telecom and mobile industry.

Lev Mazin AYTM.com CEO & Co-Founder Lev is the CEO and Сo-founder of Ask Your Target Market, AYTM.com, one of the leading innovators in online Market Research. AYTM survey tool with built-in 20MM+ worldwide panel helps brands and agencies gain insights from their precise target markets while enjoying an amazing turnaround with the highest quality of data and superb client experience. In his 15 years professional marketing/market research career, Lev worked with many fortune 500 companies, consulted on national campaigns and product launches, built web applications UI's for companies such as Oracle, designed marketing materials for Tiffany & Co, Maserati, Harry Winston, Whole Foods Market etc.

Lori Tripphahn Harris Interactive Service Bureau Vice President, Panel Management & Supply Lori has worked in the market research industry for over 10 years and was instrumental in Harris Interactive’s implementation of the Fulcrum system within their day to day supply management functions. She oversees the supply planning and sourcing for all online data collection at Harris as well as supply delivery to clients via Harris’s sample only offering.

Lucy Warburton Federated Sample Senior Product Manager Lucy Warburton is a senior product manager at Federated Sample and loves using technology to develop innovative solutions that drive efficiency, productivity, and automation in market research sampling. With a passion for user experience, Lucy brings with her skills in process management, conceptual modeling, and requirements & design documentation. Lucy graduated from Syracuse University with an MS in Information Management and has a BS in Civil Engineering from Tulane University.

Mark Menig TrueSample Director Mark Menig brings nearly a decade of online research experience at both panel and research firms to his role at TrueSample where he is responsible for all aspects of the business. He works directly with clients to understand their online data quality needs/ requirements and coordinates with the rest of the TrueSample Team to build appropriate technology products/strategies to successfully deliver against each clients’ objectives. Mark graduated from the University of Washington with a double major in Marketing and Corporate Entrepreneurship and added a Certificate in Contract Management from the University of Washington Extension School.

Matt Shwery Federated Sample Front-end Developer Matt is a designer and developer of digital products. He focuses on making complex things simpler, and rich applications more digestible. Matt continues to refine his skills and loves to learn about emerging technologies. He joined the Federated Sample team at the beginning of 2013, previously developing VoteIt (a consensus-driven voting platform) and a myriad of other web startup products, including his own MinimaList. With a thorough understanding of both the product design and code implementation sides of creating an application, Matt brings his unique breadth of knowledge to grow and evolve the family of products at Federated Sample.

Michael McCrary Federated Sample President Michael has over fifteen years of experience in marketing, advertising, and research. In 2003, he joined Greenfield Online and played a significant role in the growth of the company into the leading online data collection provider. After Greenfield’s successful public offering in 2004 (Nasdaq: SRVY) Michael moved from Greenfield’s Wilton Connecticut headquarters to California to run the west coast division out of Encino. When Michael departed Greenfield in 2009, after the sale of the business to Microsoft for $486 million, he was the company’s SVP responsible for North America sales and marketing with a team of 30 sales professionals and a total revenue budget of $65 million. Michael served as the Managing Director for Cint AB after over the past year where he built a solid sales, marketing, and operational strategy. Michael also served on the firm’s management team and technology steering committee. In October 2010, Cint licensed Federated Sample’s Fulcrum platform which brought tremendous efficiency and operational power and helped grow Cint’s presence in North America and Europe. Michael is passionate about technology and knows first hand the positive impact that Federated’s products can deliver to the market research industry. When Michael is not working he enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, playing golf, mountain bike riding, jogging, and an occasional hand of Texas hold’m. Michael graduated with a B.S. from the Belk College of Business at UNCC with a concentration in Marketing.

Michael Velez Federated Sample Senior Software Engineer Michael Velez is a senior software engineer at Federated Sample who has been pivotal to the development of APIs, Bid Tool, and to back end performance improvements that accompany the improvements to respondents’ router experience and set the stage for exciting new capabilities. His expertise is in building high performance systems and working closely with everyone on the team to remove all technical roadblocks to the continued explosive growth of the Fulcrum Exchange. Michael has a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science as well as a Masters of Business Administration from the University of New Orleans. He has worked at Federated Sample for a year and a half of his almost ten year career in software.

Mike Billingsley Research Now Vice President, Business Development Mike Billingsley serves as Vice President of Business Development for Research Now Mobile. Mike joined Research Now in January 2012, focused on innovative products such as online communities and mobile. He brings with him 20 years of experience working in online market research in various senior sales and operations roles. Mike views the integration of mobile data collection with market research as a way to interact with consumers in an exciting and unique way that will alter our approach to conducting research now and in the future.

Patrick Comer Federated Sample CEO Patrick has ten years of experience with start-ups as a founder, investor, and executive with seven years experience in the market research industry. In 2005, he joined OTX Research to improve sample acquisition and routing technology adding $1-2MM in EBITDA annually. In 2006, he started the Sample Services group at OTX which grew to $4MM in revenue in 2007. In 2008, he merged the group with the programming and hosting unit, RSX, and doubled the combined revenues to $15MM (25% of total OTX revenue). Ipsos announced its acquisition of OTX in January, 2010 for $71MM. Previously, Patrick was the founder and Vice President for Operations of Sample Czar, an online sample broker, where he built the core technology and established the initial sales pipeline. In 2003, Patrick joined IFILM and founded the surveys group, doubling their revenue and creating new vendor relationships. Patrick got his entrepreneurial start in the halcyon days of dot-com. He was Chief of Staff of govWorks, an e-government startup, which raised $65MM in the US. govWorks is also known for the documentary of its rise and fall, “Start-up.com,” in which Patrick has a few key scenes. Patrick has his MBA from Columbia Business School and his BA from Sewanee: The University of the South.

Rob Berger  Vision Critical Managing Director, Market Panels Rob  leads  the  Global  Market  Panel division  at  Vision  Critical  overseeing sales,  recruitment  and  distribution  of  VC’s  panels  in Canada,  US,  UK  and  partner  panels  through  our Springboard Network  to Sparq  clients, End Clients and Agencies  around  the world. With  20  years working  in offline/online  data  collection  and  leading  sales  efforts for both access and  community panels he has worked with hundreds of MR  firms and end clients around  the world.  Steve Hopkins  Market Cube Principal Steve Hopkins is a principal at Market Cube, an online  sample and  research operations  company  with  offices  in Northern  Virginia  and  New  Delhi.  Steve works within  the Market  Cube  team  to  set  the goals  for  the  company’s  general  and  technological development while assuring the company delivers value for  its  clients.    Prior  to Market Cube,  Steve was  a  co‐founder  and  principal  of  Edge  Research,  a  full‐service custom  research  firm where  his  focus was  on  survey research design and data analysis.   Steve has extensive formal  training  in  quantitative  research methodology, and  is a graduate of  the University of Michigan, where he  received  a  BA  in  Political  Science  and  an  MA  in Quantitative Political Analysis.   Ted Pulsifer  Federated Sample Executive Director Ted  joined  Federated  Sample  in  2011 and  is  responsible  for  business  and client  development  for  the  Eastern Region.   He  has over  14  years of  sales experience with an emphasis on rapid customer growth and  account  management  in  the  technology  arena.   Prior  to  joining  Federated  Sample,  Ted  came  from Peanut  Labs/Research  Now,  selling  and  promoting cutting  edge  research  techniques  that  emphasize  new and  improving technology.   Before entering the market research  industry,  he  worked  for  two  Dow  30 companies,  AOL/Time  Warner  and  GE  in  a management, sales and technical capacity.   

Vignesh Krishnan Federated Sample Director, Product Development Vignesh  Krishnan  is  the  Director  of Product  Development  at  Federated Sample. He works with  all  applications of the Fed Sample application suite, and helps  build  the  company's  long  term  product  vision. Vignesh  completed  an MBA  at Tulane University, New Orleans  and  joined  Federated  Sample  in  2010.    Since joining  FED,  Vignesh  has  defined  the  overall  product development  process  and  S/W  project  management cycle,  and  has  defined  the  company’s  short  and  long term  applications. He has  also previously worked  as  a programmer  at  Dell‐Perot  Systems  where  he  gained experience working with large B2B products.  Walton Comer  Federated Sample Co‐Founder, Investor &  Board Member Walton  Comer  has  a  trading  and finance  background.    He  is  a cofounder of  Falcon Bridge Partners,  a high  frequency and  commodities  trading  firm.   Walton  cut  his  hedge fund teeth as a VP of Risk at SAC Capital.  Previously he was the Head of Research at Thornhill Partners, a M&A and  strategic  consulting  boutique  serving  media  and telecom  companies.  A  little  known  fact  is  that  he started  his  career  as  a  toy  designer  after  graduating from Columbia University; where he holds a masters of mathematical  finance.    He  also  holds  undergraduate degrees in physics, math and engineering.                 

  

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