2021 AWARD FINALISTS

Outstanding Young Researcher 

• Emily Gribble, BT

• Dana Kim, Highlight

• Clareana Suarez, Sylvestre & Co.

• Thomas Ware, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Fearless Leader

Sponsored by: Zappi

• Diego Adolfo Chávez Terrazas, EyeSee

• Sarah Kotva, Fieldwork

• Dobrinka Vicentijevic, EyeSee 

• Georgina White, BT

Nonprofit/Social Enterprise Research Project 

Sponsored by: MarketVision

• EyeSee

• Fraser Communications

  Opinium and Guys and St Thomas’ Charity

  Opinium and Plan International

Global Marketing Research Project 

• Big Sofa Technologies and PepsiCo Europe for the Consumer Closeness Programme

• FIREFISH and Unilever

• Sony Pictures Television

• Sparkler, Part of PA Consulting, and Twitter

Groundbreaking Research Project 

• Escalent, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

• Hotspex and Canadian Football League

• ICW Group Insurance Companies

• InSites Consulting, Philips Consumer Lifestyles North America

Advertising Research Project

Sponsored by: Remesh 

• Feedback Loop

• MESH Experience and Fidelity International

• Opinium

• PBS and Methodify by Delvinia

Health Care/Pharmaceutical Research Project 

• GSK and EyeSee

• NHS Healthier Together and Mace & Menter 

• Nutricia, HRW, Qualie, SurveyHealthcareGlobus 

• SurveyHealthcareGlobus, Jade Kite, Unanimous AI

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B2B Research Project

• Herbalife Nutrition

• ICW Group Insurance Companies

• Microsoft

• Verizon and Reach3 Insights

Best Place to Work 

• Echo Market Research

• Full Circle Research

• Opinium

• Zappi

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Transforming Insight 

Presented by the IMA

• Jason Alleger, Traeger Grills

• Elizabeth Oates, Ulta Beauty

• Jinky Rosselli, BioCryst

Qualitative Research Impact 

• Behaviorally (Formerly PRS)

• buzzback

• Explorer Research and Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation

• Feeling Mutual

Technology Impact 

Sponsored by: Methodify by Delvinia

• Imperium

• quantilope

• Rival Technologies

• Shopper Intelligence

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Panel Company 

• DISQO

• Full Circle Research

• Product Insights, Inc.

• RarePatient Voice

Best New Product/Service Innovation 

Sponsored by: EyeSee

• Catalyx

• Discover.ai

• Kadence International

• Research Defender

Client/Supplier Collaboration 

• BT and The Customer Closeness Company

• Dish/Sling Network, MDRG and Bera

• Nestlé, Aspen Finn

• Spectrum Brands and MMR

MR Supplier (revenue below $10 million)

• Differentology

• Discover.ai

• Ebco Trends

• Streetbees

MR Supplier (revenue at or above $10 million)

• InnovateMR

• Material

• PureSpectrum

• Suzy

Best Client-Side Team 

Sponsored by: Opinium

• BT

• Cox Automotive

• Ferrara

• The Wonderful Company

Researcher of the Year (end-client)

Sponsored by: Toluna

• Jason Alleger, Traeger Grills

• Lubov Ruchinskaya, Colgate-Palmolive

• Paul Varner, ICW Group

Researcher of the Year (supplier)

• Chris Efken, Aspen Finn

• Gennadiy Geyler, MedSurvey

• Thomas Troch, InSites Consulting

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Lifetime Achievement 

Sponsored by: Explorer Research

• Monica Wood, Herbalife Nutrition

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MREF Everyday Hero 

Sponsored by: OvationMR

• Jaceey Sebastian

Philanthropic Company of the Year

Sponsored by: Forsta

• M/A/R/C Research