Leslie Townsend
President & Founder
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Leslie has spent her career bridging the wireless and market research worlds. Formerly
she served as Director, New Business Development for Codetoys, where she was responsible
for international rollout of the company's wireless survey solution. Prior to Codetoys,
she founded a market research firm for telecom companies, Marketfinders, which focused
upon strategic planning and new product rollouts in the wireless arena, actively
consulting with wireless applications developers. With a desire to marry the two
worlds, she saw the need for a wireless survey solution in measuring mobile commerce,
engaging teens, and capturing purchase and consumption behaviors for many types
of consumer goods. Leslie’s spare time is devoted to yoga and cooking. Leslie
has a B.A. in Market Research from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, N.M.
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Juha Vehnia
Chief Technical Officer & Founder
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Juha hails from the land of cell phones – Finland , home to Nokia and the
highest cell phone penetration in the world. Formerly VP of North America for Codetoys,
a developer of wireless games, Juha managed accounts for Disney, Motorola, Sony,
Nokia, Qualcomm, Verizon, AT&T Wireless, Cingular, and other major North American
wireless and entertainment companies. He is fluent in Java, PHP, Perl, Linux, Oracle,
IBM and mySQL environments. But his real passion is anything fast – racing
cars, boats, and propelling his body downhill on a snowboard. Juha has a Bachelor
of Computer Engineering from Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology, Espoo, Finland.
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Michael Swimelar
Chief Financial Officer
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Michael serves as CFO for Kinesis Survey Technologies. Mike previously served as
CFO for Common Knowledge. While at Common Knowledge he has implemented a line of
digital research products including ASP, virtual focus groups, Internet-based research,
and other software and services. Prior to his experiences at Common Knowledge, he
held a variety of senior-level positions with Citizens Communications, a conference
call/web collaboration company and worked for both GTE Telephone Operations and
Ernst & Young. An avid scuba diver and golfer, Mike also enjoys hanging with
his wife and four kids. Mike has a B.A. from the University of Washington and an
MBA from the University of Dallas and is a CPA. |
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Steve Lavine
Senior Advisor, Board member, and Founder
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Steve is a Founder of Common Knowledge, a provider of leading-edge technology solutions
and services to the market research industry. With 30 years' experience in market
research, he has pioneered research techniques in the areas of creative evaluation
and testing, web site development and usability, and new product development. Prior
to founding Common Knowledge and while a principal in an advertising agency, Steve
founded MetroPoll Research to help with the development of creative strategies and
marketing plans for advertisers. He began his career by founding an advertising
agency while working towards his M.S. at the University of Illinois.
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