People
Market research tools and techniques are only as good as the people behind them, and ours are the best in the business.
Sawtooth Technologies’ four lead consultants each have 20+ years of experience applying advanced research methods to help companies of all sizes, and in a variety of industries, improve their performance. We take a hands-on approach to designing and executing research studies and transforming information into effective business strategies. Everything we do is designed to help you achieve better results for your business.
Joseph Curry, President E-mail Joe
The founder of Sawtooth Technologies, Joe has applied, developed the market for, and taught conjoint and choice-based conjoint techniques throughout his career. As former president of Sawtooth Software, he played a major role in the development and marketing of the Adaptive Conjoint Analysis (ACA) and Choice Based Conjoint (CBC) software systems. He also has conducted conjoint training for consulting firms and companies in nearly every major industry.
Joe was previously a vice president of John Morton Company, a Chicago-based marketing strategy consulting firm. His clients included companies in the high-tech, pharmaceutical, industrial and automotive industries. Joe has been an adjunct professor of marketing at Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
Joe holds a Ph.D. in Physics and a M.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Chicago.
Erika Bruhn, Partner E-mail Erika
Erika has been developing customer-driven strategies for her clients for over 20 years. Her strategic marketing experience includes product development, pricing, brand positioning, segmentation, and brand strategy. Erika has worked with some of the world’s leading companies, including Kraft Foods, Honeywell, Sara Lee, Allstate, General Motors, Quaker Oats, Siemens and Diners Club. She excels at combining business savvy with marketing expertise to develop customer insights that lead to competitive advantage for her clients.
Prior to joining Sawtooth Technologies, Erika contributed her talents to several other marketing consulting firms (The Cambridge Group; Edgar, Dunn & Company; and John Morton Company), as well as Price Waterhouse’s Strategic Consulting Group, where she addressed strategic, organizational and operational issues for clients leading to improved profitability.
Erika earned a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance at the University of Chicago.
Suzanne Mueller, Partner E-mail Sue
Sue has more than 20 years of experience in marketing strategy and implementation. As a marketing research strategy consultant, she has worked extensively with conjoint analysis and other advanced modeling techniques; her clients have included Federal Express, Nissan, Texas Instruments, Heublein, and Bank of America. Sue also conceived and developed a widely respected conjoint analysis seminar and taught the seminar for ten years, providing marketers from major corporations with the tools needed to use and understand conjoint.
For more than ten years, as Vice President of Sawtooth Technologies, Sue handled product marketing for a number of software products aimed at the survey research industry. Sue’s other experience includes: planning and product management at United Airlines; marketing management for a Chicago-area healthcare organization where her responsibilities included strategic planning, marketing implementation, and community outreach; and public relations and public affairs for a broad array of Chicago nonprofits.
In addition to consulting with Sawtooth Technologies, Sue is a professor in the business program at Illinois Institute of Technology. Sue earned an M.B.A. in Marketing and Statistics at the University of Chicago.
Carol B. White, Partner E-mail Carol
Carol has more than 20 years of experience in conducting market research on buyer preferences and needs. Her marketing expertise enables her to assist a wide range of organizations in developing strategies, plans and tactics to meet their business objectives. She focuses on helping clients use market research and information to make strategic decisions and take action.
Prior to joining Sawtooth Technologies, Carol worked at John Morton Company, specializing in the use of conjoint analysis to solve business problems. Projects involve identifying and defining issues, designing and implementing market research, and analyzing and using results to enable clients to make and implement strategy decisions. Carol’s clients have come from a wide variety of industries, including banking, insurance, retail, telecommunications, and higher education. She enjoys the variety that consulting offers and finds that solutions that work in one industry often have surprising application in completely unrelated business sectors.
Carol earned her B.A. in Economics at the University of Michigan and her M.B.A. in Marketing at the University of Chicago.
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