A born and bred Kiwi, Emily knows the NZ market well and is well versed to help clients with all the research and panel requirements.

She has 18 years’ experience working for research agencies and panel companies in NZ and Australia specialising in commercial and social research.

Emily’s aim is to help clients simplify their research and deliver cost effective, actionable outcomes that solve their business needs.

A research all-rounder with strong expertise in brand strategy, communication and complex longitudinal tracking, Alex is currently based in Sydney and has researched (and lived) in Australia, Asia and Europe, in both qualitative and quantitative fields.

Alex started her research career more than 12 years ago and has a passion for solving problems for clients and leaving no stone unturned to get to an actionable solution.

At Octopus Research, she will get her hands dirty on all research projects.

Dheepan is an experienced Project Manager, who has been responsible for operations and delivery across many large-scale and complex research studies.

In the past he has managed fieldwork, telephone interviewing and survey validation teams and acted as operation manager in a large multi-national research organisation. At Octopus Research, he is responsible for the accuracy and delivery of the data collected across our wide range of client projects.

Chielda commenced her research career over 10 years ago. In this time, she has developed expert skills in large and complex data collection and evaluation projects.

Chielda has hands-on appreciation and understanding of survey administration and is invaluable to Octopus Research, particularly when it comes to designing and executing complex research projects that require a high-degree of organisation and panel engagement.

After completing a Mathematics degree, Jarrod decided to put his logical thinking and problem-solving skills to good use in market research. With over 20 years in the industry, Jarrod is a highly experienced online survey programmer and services manager with a focus on customer satisfaction.

At Octopus Research, Jarrod works hands on across all research projects, ensuring the highest level of data quality, regardless of the size of the project or client.

Eddie is a client development specialist in market research with over 20 years experience in market research across CATI, face-to-face and online data collection.

At Octopus Research, Eddie works closely with clients to understand their business needs and utilise our tools and resources to add value to their individual research objectives.

Flavius is a highly specialised online survey programmer with over 15 years’ experience designing and creating surveys, and leading several high performing global data programming teams.

Flavius is an asset to Octopus Research as he is well versed to understand complex programming requirements, and is always looking for new and better ways to create beautiful surveys for clients.

Backed with a degree in engineering and telecommunication, Adrian puts his strong logical thinking skills to good use at Octopus Research as one of our senior programmers.

Adrian places great value in putting clients needs first, pays attention to deliver projects at the highest quality, is always open to learn new things and continuously strives to develop his programming skills.

A great believer that “Nothing is unachievable” ...."Well, MOST things are achievable"

Having worked in or with just about every role in research has helped to solidify the bedrock principles of Octopus Group.

With a long history of success in solving the most challenging issues in business, tech and people; at Octopus Research, you can count on Jade to solve just about any problem whilst always keeping the big picture in mind.

With over 24 years experience in market research, John has worked in all facets of the industry from survey programming, statistical analysis, project/account management, panel management, operations, people management and much more.

He’s always thinking outside the box and looking for ways to working smarter, not harder. He aims to fully understand what clients want, and always delivers on his promises.