Scott W. Clark

Current

• Principal at Clark Consultants

Past

• Vice President and Account Executive at TNS
• Senior Consultant, Market Research at Dell Inc.
• Consultant at Simon Management Group

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Education

• Rice University
• University of Virginia

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Connections

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Industry

Market Research

Scott W. Clark’s Summary

Tested market research professional with 15+ years experience in supplier and client side roles.

* Skilled at developing vision: I seek out opportunities to draw information together, process it, imbue it with context and create something larger and more useful.

* Passionate about creating human connections: I use tools that are easy to apply and meaningful if executed correctly: on-going dialog, creativity in consumables, client training, and managing the morning after (postmortem).

* Deep knowledge of market research techniques and application: Longevity breeds expertise, 16 years of my career are invested in understanding and creatively applying a variety of methods and techniques.

Scott W. Clark’s Specialties:

* Exploring and crystallizing business needs into solid project objectives

* Applying efficient and optimized methods/techniques to boldly answer marketing questions

* Project dedication, execution, troubleshooting and disaster recovery

* Kick ass presentations

Scott W. Clark’s Experience

• Principal

  Clark Consultants

  (Market Research industry)

  May 2009 — Present (3 months)

  Market Research Relationships--Expertise, Consulting and Coaching:
  
  * Business development
  * Business need identification
  * Objective and scope development
  
  * Proposal creation and criteria review
  * Methodology advising
  * Execution commitments, priorities and troubleshooting
  
  * Preparation and presentation of results
  * Postmortem and follow up

• Vice President and Account Executive

  TNS

  (Market Research industry)

  April 2006 — May 2009 (3 years 2 months)

• Senior Consultant, Market Research

  Dell Inc.

  (Public Company; DELL; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2003 — April 2006 (3 years 1 month)

• Consultant

  Simon Management Group

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  April 2001 — April 2003 (2 years 1 month)

Scott W. Clark’s Education

• Rice University

  MBA , Marketing , August 1992 — May 1994

• University of Virginia

  BA , English, History , August 1984 — May 1988

  Activities and Societies:

  University Guide Service, WUVA, Monroe Hill Resident