Data Gurus

Welcome to another interesting and informative episode of the Data Gurus podcast! Sima is excited to have Vin DeRobertis, the CEO of Savanta, joining her on the show today! In this episode, Vin shares his career journey and talks about building Savanta. He discusses acquisitions, gives his perspective on the research industry, and talks about the challenges he experienced with doing a UK startup on American soil. Vin’s career journey Vin spent about three years working as a programmer for the NPD Group before moving on to their Online Operations. He left the NPD Group to work for Carbonview and later joined e-Rewards, where he remained for the next eleven years. Vin started working for MIG Global in 2017. They needed to create an economy of scale, so in February of 2019, they built a house of brands that comes together under the research umbrella of Savanta at Next 15 Communications. Vendors Vendors at large research firms have a unique view of the field. Vin has sold sample and other research services