Blackstone Group
Rick Whitehouse is a seasoned sales and marketing professional with extensive experience in various leadership roles across multiple industries. Currently serving as a Senior Account Manager at Blackstone Group since May 2007, Rick develops marketing research business for Blackstone and its affiliate, DataPrompt International, engaging with clients in diverse sectors such as Energy, Finance, and Technology. Previously, Rick held significant positions, including Senior Sales Consultant at Administaff, President of Whitehouse Consulting, Region Sales Manager at Kelly Services, Vice President at CPRI, Inc. and AIMS Corporation, and National Sales Manager at Avon Products, Inc., where noteworthy accomplishments included managing substantial sales portfolios and restructuring sales teams. Rick's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Blackstone Group
Blackstone Group is a full-service custom marketing research and consulting firm providing clients with actionable insights for over 25 years. Our unique proprietary methods are designed to provide maximum insight: -SEQuaLS (customer satisfaction, loyalty and retention) -Persona IPB (image positioning and branding) -Namecraft (name generation and testing) -SCAPE (new product development) -Concept ESP (online early concept screening) -(IQ)2 (online Interactive Insight from Qualitative/Quantitative) -Custom longitudinal panels -Chimeric (hybrid research) Our team of 100+ research professionals and vast network of multilingual interviewers and moderators provide high quality research using state-of-the-art in-house resources: -Web surveys (programming and hosting) -Custom online dashboards -Online focus groups -40+ calling stations (CATI/CAWI) -Predictive dialing Our clients include leading organizations in a variety of industries, including: financial services, insurance, healthcare, CPG, not-for-profits/associations, pharmaceuticals, technology and utilities. We are a certified minority-owned/diversity firm.