Management

Raúl Pérez, Ph.D
President

    Projects at Utilis are led and managed by Raúl Pérez, Ph.D., and supported by a team of
    bilingual/bicultural qualitative and quantitative research professionals. Dr. Pérez has an academic
    background in clinical and social psychology, disciplines that were his training ground in qualitative
    and quantitative research. Reflecting ancillary training at the Yale School of Management, the
    alignment of research goals to business objectives is paramount in each one of his projects. His
    working career has been fully devoted to market research. Working for a wide range of clients over
    the past 14 years, he has developed a specialty in Hispanic markets.

    Early in his market research career, Dr. Pérez held positions at specialty market research firms. At
    JTWack & Company (New Haven, Connecticut), he conducted customer satisfaction projects for
    hospitals and private schools. At Jupiter Media Metrix (now Comscore Media Metrix), he helped
    understand the adoption of new technologies in Latin America while overseeing online audience
    research methodology in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Latin America. In addition, he spent two
    years at Consumer Reports, where he conducted research on magazine readers and their
    experiences with appliances and electronics.
At Utilis, Dr. Pérez has managed projects for corporate consumer marketers, advertising agencies, marketing clients, research
companies, professional organizations, and non-profit groups. He enjoys moderating focus groups, conducting survey
research, and developing sound strategic recommendations. His growing industry experience includes airlines, automotive,
beverages, beer, cable television systems, consumer electronics, consumer publications, direct selling, education, financial
services, health care, household appliances, human services, packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, real estate, technology,
telecom, and television.

Dr. Pérez is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.  He earned his Psychology Ph.D. degree at Yale University,
where he was awarded a Ford Foundation Fellowship. He is a RIVA-trained focus group moderator.
   
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