Selected Experience in Business and Competitive Intelligence

Aerospace

• Produced monthly Competitive Intelligence newsletters for a major Aerospace firm.

Agriculture

• Business and Competitive Intelligence Studies of the Agrochemical industry in Asia.

• Several Competitive Intelligence Studies with customers and competitive firms to determine competitive product offerings and competitive marketing strategies.

Apparel

• In-depth research program and delivery of report that contains information about competition, brand strengths, unique market position, target market, potential product extensions, and opportunities to capture markets.

• Conducted textile market intelligence study in USA and Europe.

Automotive

• Business Intelligence Study researching the competitive environment automobile corporations engaging in second-stage manufacturing.

Business Management

• Conducted mega issue global market intelligence for project management firm.

Chemical & Energy

• Competitive Intelligence on pre-polymer toll manufacturing.

• Strategic information audit for a large public utility firm: analyzed the flow of documents, consulted with international marketing team, and recommended the optimum Business Intelligence System.

• Market Intelligence Study for the Countertop Solutions market in the US.

• Competitive Intelligence Study on the Solid Surface industry.

Confectionery

• Competitive Intelligence Study of US and international confectionery firms.

Consumer

• Quantitative study covering the US, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic to determine what competitive products are produced in those countries and how they are promoted.

• Field research to locate competitive coffee maker products in Germany.

• Business Intelligence Study of the competitive framework of the cutlery market in Europe and Latin America.

• Field research to locate and purchase competitive coffee maker products in the U.K., Spain, and Germany.

• Evaluation of competitive air filtering systems for consumers in Italy, France, Germany, the U.K., and Spain.

• Competitive evaluation of air treatment products and filtering systems.

• Competitor profiles of major consumer products firms: their global strategy, globalization of key products, global branding successes, and failures.

• Competitive analysis of the R&D departments of large consumer products firms.

• Market Intelligence Study covering apparel and infant wear offerings of mass merchandisers in the retail industry.

• Created a competitor profile for a major consumer products firm.

• Global strategy competitive assessment for consumer goods and packaged foods supplier.

• Analysis of the reorganization of a major player in the consumer products industry and its implications for the firm.

Entertainment

• Competitive Intelligence Study in the USA for sports events programming.

• Pre-Feasibility study for the Asian AV market.

Education

• Business Intelligence Study for school leaving examinations in Europe.

• Business Intelligence Study for admissions policies/assessment in Europe.

• Business Intelligence Study for University admissions and teacher’s training in Latin America, Central America, EU Countries, and Canada.

• Business Intelligence Study for global academic English language assessment in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Fast Food

• Competitive Intelligence Study for a fast food chain in Mexico.

Financial Services

• Strategic information audit for a major commercial bank: designed and executed their BI/CI system and provided competitive intelligence tracking data into the system.

• Competitive intelligence study for an insurance company to determine the profitability of an online insurance operation.

• Competitive Intelligence Study of insurance industry on AIG and competitors.

• Competitive Intelligence website study of Big 5 Accounting Firms.
  Conducted a global CI study on Merchant turnover for a major global financial institution

• Conducted a CI profiling study among competitor commercial banking services for a major global bank

• Conducted market tracking for a lending entity.

Food

• Competitive Intelligence Study in Mexico for a major US-based food company.

• Customized intelligence reporting system for a major food company that reported new food products, foreign/private companies, health/nutrition, eating habits, acquisitions/divestitures, marketing activities, etc.

Imaging

• Competitive Intelligence Study on several film producers in Europe.

Industrial

• Market Intelligence Study for the household and institutional cleaning products market in US.

• Competitive Intelligence profile of a major automotive/engineering firm’s activities in Thailand.

• Created a company profile for a major paper products and consumer goods manufacturer.

• Competitive Intelligence Study of microwave competitors in the UK.

• Competitive Intelligence Study of a company's capability to produce ash removal systems.

• Competitive Intelligence Study of hydrometers in Germany.

• Conducted competitive intelligence on manufacturing operations in Asia.

• Competitor study of two major distributors of automotive components.

• Created a company profile for a leading plastics manufacturer.

• Competitive Intelligence Study of customers' and competitors' logistics and shipping practices.

• Competitive Intelligence Study about the methods of the “best in class” US sourcing firms.

• Conducted a sales force best-practices CI Project for a major global electronics manufacturer.

Information Technology

• Daily intelligence briefing for an RBOC company with interests in Europe and Asia.

• Competitive intelligence study on competitor offerings within the Call

• Center and IVR (interactive voice response) marketplaces.

• Conducted a business intelligence and qualitative study to develop market-sizing estimates for cellular phones, 2-way radios, and pager units in Brazil.

• Competitive Intelligence Study on TBM Multiplexer manufacturers.

• Competitive Intelligence Study on PBX manufacturers in Canada.

• Competitive Intelligence Study in Latin America and Europe regarding service offerings from several communications companies.

• Market Intelligence Study of service contracts in the telecommunications industry for Latin America.

• Competitive Intelligence Study on callback services in Mexico.

Insurance

• Market Intelligence Study for Property and Casualty Insurers on the key issues facing the industry.

• Competitive Intelligence Study for a major Casualty Insurance firm.

• Competitive Intelligence Study for an insurance company to determine the profitability of an online insurance operation.

• Competitive Intelligence Study of key competitors in the insurance industry.

International Foreign Investment

• Competitive Intelligence Study of the Big five to determine their potential investment in Latin America.

• Competitive Intelligence Study of the Big five to determine their international expansion plans in Eastern Europe and in Asia.

Non-profit

• Global survey for a competitive intelligence non-profit organization to determine the market needs for current and potential members.

Office Furniture

• Competitive Intelligence Study for a furniture manufacturer in Asia to determine both local and international competition in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Personal Care Products

• Competitive Intelligence Tracking Studies to identify new products.

Pharmaceuticals

• Competitive assessment of pharmaceutical firms’ implementation of CI systems vs. "best in class" global CI systems.

• Competitive Intelligence profiles of two German pharmaceutical companies' European activities.

• Market Intelligence Study on competitor’s usage of glytrin spray.

• Competitive assessment of a generic drug manufacturer that a major drug firm was pursuing as an acquisition candidate.

• Competitive Intelligence Study of a pharmaceutical firm in Vietnam.

• Business profile for a US pharmaceutical firm in New Jersey.

• Competitive Intelligence profile of a spray company in the UK.

• Competitive Intelligence investigation into a Canadian pharmaceutical firm’s clinical trials.

• Full-scale strategic information audit in a pharmaceutical firm: designed and implemented a BI/CI tracking system.

• Competitive Intelligence Study on an Australian pharmaceutical company.

• Company profiles of German healthcare firms for a US pharmaceutical firm.

• Competitor profile for contact lens manufacturer and technology lab.

• Conducted a study to determine what drives the perception of pharmaceutical companies within different company stakeholders

Printing

• Global Business Intelligence Study on the printer market.

• Business Intelligence Study into the US and Far Eastern markets for Large Format Printers.

• Business Intelligence Study on the European Security Print market.

• Business Intelligence Study on the European market for the printing of direct mail.

• Competitive Intelligence Study to create a competitive roadmap of leading printer manufacturers.

Publishing

• Competitive Intelligence Study on key suppliers of trade directories for industrial products.

• Conducted a study to gain an understanding of how the company’s customers allocate their time and budgets in regards to advertising, promotion and marketing

Retail

• Monthly competitive intelligence reports on the OTC retail market, covering US and European retail outlets.

Scientific Lab Testing

• Competitive Intelligence survey of competitive firms’ product offerings.

Semi Conductor

• Competitive Intelligence Study of major US and Asian firms in the semi-conductor industry.

• Market Intelligence Study and company profiles of leading semiconductor firms.

Shipping

• Market Intelligence Study about the potential of online products to be used by competitors in the shipping industry.

• Competitive Intelligence Study of customers' and competitors' logistics and shipping practices.

Software

• Business Intelligence Study for a leading manufacturer of new technologies.

• Business Intelligence/Competitive Intelligence Study of major Internet provider.

• Competitive Intelligence Study of the US Software industry.

• Competitive Intelligence Study for online purchasing of industrial products.

• Business Intelligence/Competitive Intelligence Study of major Internet service provider.

Tobacco

• Business Intelligence Study of industry competitors in Asia.

Toy

• Competitive Intelligence Study for a major toy manufacturer on new product development strategies.

• Competitive Intelligence Study for retailers in the toy business.

Travel & Tourism

• Business Intelligence Study to identify the impact of a new, duty free shopping regulation on tourist arrivals to a Caribbean island.