Rob Granader is CEO of MarketResearch.com, The Freedonia Group, Packaged Facts, and Simba Information.

When Rob launched MarketResearch.com in 2001, he pioneered a distribution platform for hundreds of market research providers. In subsequent years, he engineered a series of acquisitions, notably the purchase of Profound from Thomson Reuters in 2007 and the Freedonia Group in 2016. Under Rob’s leadership, MarketResearch.com and its publishing arm have grown into the most trusted providers of industry intelligence, creating and publishing reports that cover every sector of the economy.

Rob entered the market research industry after years of covering Capitol Hill as a reporter for several news outlets. During that time Rob published more than 350 articles and essays in over 50 publications, including The Washington Post, The Legal Times, and The Miami Herald.

As a member of YPO, the Forbes Business Council and a number of industry associations Rob has written extensively on industry trends and their broader implications including: “Fake News in a Real World: What It Means for Market Research” and “Next Year's Trends Are Already Here”.

Rob has served on several boards and community organizations including Main Street, an inclusive apartment complex and community center in Maryland, the Charles E Smith Jewish Day School, and the University of Michigan English Advisory Board.

Rob's more personal writing continues through his blog which began when he moved his family to London in 2011, (In a Foreign Land, expatlondon.blogspot.com). His short stories have appeared in more than a dozen literary publications including the Evening Street Review, Green Hills Literary Lantern, and Magnolia Review, more can be found at www.robgranader.com.

Jennifer Christ is Manager of the Consumer and Commercial Products Group at The Freedonia Group and Manager of Food & Beverage Research for Packaged Facts as well. With over 22 years of experience developing industry research for Fortune 500 companies, her wide-ranging expertise is relied upon by the largest companies in the world to make important business decisions.

Jennifer's primary areas of focus include lawn and garden products, outdoor living, home goods, textiles, security, packaging, and food. She delves deeply into issues of product change, supply chains, macroeconomic and microeconomic variables, regulatory issues, and market trends.

Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and East Asian Studies from Vanderbilt University and a Juris Doctor from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law.

Matthew Hurley specializes in the U.S. and global construction markets. He has written studies on the topics of insulation, windows and doors, siding, decorative tile, roofing, ceilings, cabinets, asphalt, cement, housing, and countertops. Matthew has a BS/BA from The Ohio State University, an MA in Economics from Kent State University, and an MBA from Xavier University.