Our Team

Rafal Gajdamowicz

CEO

• Over 20 years of MR industry experience
• Extensive and hands-on international primary research experience across most survey methodologies: Market Segmentation, Opportunity Assessment, Market Sizing, Product Pricing, Market Trending, Concept Development, Message Testing, Channel Behaviour, Customer Satisfaction, Branding, Customer Relationship and Loyalty and others
• Spearheading company's business in Europe & beyond by ensuring excellence in execution and global service to the clients
• Served as MD of MRops (currently SSI), held a senior level role at Ugam, RONIN and at NFO and BJM. Was also a Board member at fast.MAP

Neil Blefeld

Managing Director - North America

• 25+ years in Market Research
• Former President of the Philadelphia chapter of Market Research Association
• Most recently headed his own market research firm
• Previously worked at Evalueserve as Director of Client Engagements

Abhilash Mankad

Senior Vice President - North America

• 16+ years experience in IT and market research
• With Azure since inception, previously as Chief Technology Officer
• In-depth experience in managing large scale, multi-lingual, multi-mode research studies for leading market research companies

Rashesh Raval

Managing Director - APAC

• 10+ years of experience in market research, information technology, business process outsourcing, operations management, process management, and client servicing
• Manages Azure’s delivery operations including data collection, programming and data processing teams

Glen Collins

Senior Vice President - Client Services

• 20+ years working in Global Market Research
• Holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, and Post Graduate Certification in Public Relations from the University of Texas at Austin
• Focused on supporting Azure’s strategic clients by providing cost effective data acquisition solutions and superior client service
• Experienced in working with a variety of clients from Global Market Research Companies, to Consulting and Professional Services Firms
• Previously worked for such well-known companies as Bank of America, Datamonitor, Nielsen, Bloomberg, and Moody’s Corporation

Sumit Arora

Assistant Vice President - Client Services

• More than 12 Years of experience in Market Research Operations
• Currently heading Global Service Delivery to EU Clients
• Comes with 10 years of experience in solutioning complex Online Research engagements with specialization in Healthcare

H.Sivaramakrishnan

AVP, Research Services

• 15 Years of experience in Market Research Industry.
• Extensive knowledge in terms of Phone Centre operations & end to end full service projects.
• Previously worked at Kantar - Global Delivery Centre managing the overall Project Management unit of Africa, Indonesia & China region.

Rahul Mehta

CFO

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with 10+ Years of Global Finance and Accounts experience
• Responsible for leading Finance, Legal & Compliance Domain for all group entities of Azure
• In-depth experience in managing Global Finance & Accounts functions by leading cross-functional/multi-cultural teams in matrix structure, leading Corporate Governance initiatives including Group Internal Audits, Sourcing and managing funds, Payables, Receivables, Big 4 Audits, Financial planning, Budgeting and analysis, Pricing and financial modeling, Management dashboards and Investor reporting, Legal and Compliance – across geographies

Nilesh Shah

AVP - IT

• Overall 21 years’ experience in IT Industry
• Heads IT Infrastructure, Support Division & Survey Programming
• Expertise in setting up multi-location delivery centers, understands clients’ need for survey programming & automation

Siddharth Ayer

Head of Digital

• More than 5 Years of experience in IT Platforms and Project Management
• Currently heading Azure's Digital Transformation services to Global clients
• Comes with experience in implementing large scale Virtual Reality Immersive Experiences for Global Brands

Mitesh Shah

Head - Telephonic Services

• More than 25 Years of KPO Service Delivery for Global clients
• Currently managing Voice and Telecom Technology based Service Delivery to Global Clients
• Comes with experience in implementing Global Best Practises in Quality Assurance

Julie McSweeney

Client Success Director

• 25 years of experience in Market Research
• Specializes in Patients, HCPs, Consumers & B2B
• Global online and offline capabilities
• Former director at Quest Mindshare & Schlesinger Group

Katherine Milian

Client Success Manager