LEADERSHIP
Our Philosophy:
We decided to pursue our passion for doing good within the research industry after witnessing the incredible impact that donations generated by a few surveys with charitable incentives could do in the nonprofit world! This initial experience sparked the idea to build Research For Good – a company that simultaneously provides GOOD research data, GOOD customer service & contributes to the greater GOOD.
Thanks for checking us out, GOOD on ya!
Sean Case, Co-founder
The Serious Stuff: Sean has over 17 years of experience in sales, management and operational development both inside and outside the market research industry and brings over nine years of experience within online market research. Sean has been an innovator in the online sample business throughout his career. First, helping to bring online sampling to the masses, when phone was still the dominant methodology. Once Online
sampling became mainstream, Sean was one of the pioneers of digital fingerprinting for online data quality. In addition, Sean helped to transform Peanut Labs & their innovative social-media sample from a small, four-person, niche operation to a 40+ employee game-changer in the market research industry.
The GOOD Stuff: Sean is the president of the board of 2 nonprofit schools, The Arbor School and the French Immersion School of Washington. He and his family (wife & 5 children) are also regular contributors to the Northwest Center, Goodwill & their church.
Philosophy: While the optimist & the pessimist were arguing over whether the glass was half-full or half-empty, I drank it…I am the opportunist!
Matthew Ronco, Co-founder
The serious stuff: Matt has over 13 years of experience in sales and management with start-up, small and medium sized firms, including more than 9 years of experience in the market research industry. Prior to co-founding Research For Good, Matt was a strategic consultant to Peanut Labs, Inc. helping them to bring their innovative social-media sample to market through strategic relationships with Peanut Lab’s largest clients. Prior to his work with Peanut Labs Matt started his career in market research while on a consulting assignment with OnResearch Inc., a full-service Market Research agency. Matt played a key role in growing OnResearch’s revenues by 1,100%.
The GOOD stuff: Matt is currently married, has one child and has been actively involved with charitable organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Nickname: The Questionator
Baillie Buchanan, Co-founder
The serious stuff: Baillie has over 7 years of experience in sales and management roles within the market research industry. Most recently, Baillie was hired as employee #5 at Peanut Labs. During her time with Peanut Labs she was a consistent top-performing salesperson, focused on bringing Peanut Labs’ unique and leading-edge technology & sample to the research industry.
The GOOD stuff: Baillie has a long history of being an active volunteer and financial supporter of various nonprofit and charitable organizations, such as Ronald McDonald House of Seattle, American Diabetes Association, eRace Poverty, Adopt-a-family through YWCA Seattle, Northwest Center and Goodwill.
Favorite Saying: “Good on ya!”
Carl Sayres, Co-founder
The Serious Stuff: Carl is a software design innovator with over 15 years experience architecting solutions for technology startups. He has broad experience in enterprise-level software development, information architecture, and user experience design. He is passionate about creating and leading dynamic and effective software development teams. Most recently, as CTO of Fast Model Technologies, he led the creation of 3 products that are relied upon by all NBA teams, over 1000 NCAA teams, and thousands of high-school and youth basketball programs. A pioneer in the wireless communications and event industries, his software has been used by dozens of companies, including IBM, Cisco, Staples, and Cingular Wireless.
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