The Award Committee

Stephan Sigaud : Former President, U.S. Solutions Research Groups / Harris Interactive

He is an experienced market research executive with over 20 years in leadership positions in customer loyalty research and consulting.
Most recently as Group President with Harris Interactive Stephan had P & L responsibility for the firm's Advertising, Brand, Loyalty, Product and Qualitative research divisions. Previously, as President of Harris Interactive's global Customer Loyalty Management practice he led a group of 100+ professionals worldwide.
Prior to joining Harris Interactive, Stephan was the Executive Vice President of Client Services at Find/SVP, a publicly-traded knowledge services company located in New York City. Prior to FIND/SVP he was president of IDSI, Inc., a New York City research-based consulting firm that specialized in customer satisfaction measurement services for large manufacturing companies.
Stephan was a seminar leader on Customer Loyalty for the American Management Association, has given lectures on Customer Loyalty research in all regions of the world and has been published in market research journals.
A dual citizen of France and the United States, he earned his MBA at ESSEC, the leading French Business School, after earning a BS in Math and Physics from Lycee Thiers in Marseilles.

KEY DATES 2010

  • October 31st
    Business plan submission deadline
  • November 30th
    Announcement of the 3 finalists
  • December 12th
    Finalists Presentation in New York City
  • December 13th
    Award Ceremony in New York City

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