Illuminas Global – Austin

As managing director of Illuminas Austin, Jay is the lead researcher responsible for innovation and the continuous evolution of Illuminas’ research solutions. With close to twenty years of experience conducting both quantitative and qualitative research around the world, Jay brings unique insight to each project helping clients translate their research results into highly actionable business intelligence. As a recognized thought leader in researching the technology industry, Jay has a long history of analyzing the impact of technology and the Internet on businesses, consumers and the economy. Jay drives Illuminas’ team of experienced researchers to develop customized solutions that offer insight above and beyond client expectations.

Jay has decades of experience developing new research products and services that address the evolving technology industry, and was the primary architect and lead researcher for the first ever study that measured the size of the U.S. Internet Economy. Formerly VP of Research at Citigate Cunningham, Jay launched Momentum Research Group (now part of Illuminas) as a separate operating group in 1998. Prior to that, he held positions as a Director of Research at both InformationWeek and IntelliQuest, where he developed the technology industry’s first business research panel as well as an industry leading customer registration business.

An occasional presenter at research and marketing conferences, Jay is a recognized expert in such areas as panel research, database research, market sizing and segmentation, brand tracking and technology research.

Jay has a Masters Degree from the University of Texas at Austin and Bachelors Degrees from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.