Who We Are
Executives
Craig Gordon, Founder
- Lehigh University, B.S. in Business; Yale University, M.S. in Private and Public Management.
- Partner at Rosenberg Capital Management and founder of Off The Record Research; developer of unbiased market research concepts; marketing professor at The University of California, Berkeley and Golden Gate University.
Bill Jenks, Chief Executive Officer
- Arizona State University, B.A. in Finance & Economics.
- Off The Record Research, Institutional Sales; DLJ; First Call; Merrill Lynch Funds.
Reverdy Johnson, Research Director
- Kenyon College, B.A. in Psychology; Golden Gate University, M.B.A.
- Director of campus operations for an enrollment management consultant to universities; Regional manager for a national education company; Freelance sports journalist.
Sales
Mike Costa, Research Sales
- Syracuse University, B.S. in Communications.
- Laight Street Advisors; Rochdale Securities; Moody’s Investors Service.
Penelope Murray, Research Sales
- University of California at Berkeley 1987 – 1991 Economics and Social Science.
- Institutional Sales, Off The Record Research; Institutional Sales, Hambrecht & Quist; International Program Trading, Morgan Stanley.
Research Team
David Franklin, Trend Research Coordinator
- Lycoming College, B.A. in Political Science.
- Off The Record Research, Proprietary researcher; sales, management, and human services.
Seth Agulnick, Trend Research Coordinator/Researcher
- New York University, B.A. in Journalism.
- Worked as a reporter at daily newspapers in Massachusetts, New York, and suburban Philadelphia.
John Harrington, Senior Researcher/Technology and Networking
- Reporter and editor in print, wire service, television and radio. Specialized in investigative, technology, and environmental reporting.
- Joined Off The Record Research in 2001 where he delivered technology research to financial clients through 2013, before joining Blueshift Research.
Carole Hawkins
- Joined Blueshift in 2017.
- Reports on consumer, technology, travel, and real estate.
- Worked as a staff reporter for the Jacksonville Business Journal and other newspapers and as correspondent for The Florida Times-Union.
- Based in Jacksonville, FL.
Carolyn Schwaar
- Joined Blueshift in 2012.
- Reports on big data, technology, consumer, and healthcare.
- Worked as a freelance communications consultant, Editor-in-Chief of a food industry trade magazine, communications manager at one of the world’s largest trade organizations, and marketing manager for a software association.
- Based in Munich, Germany.
Christiane Mannini
- Joined Blueshift in 2015.
- Reports on technology, media, fashion, consumer, online commerce.
- Worked as journalist for German TV (ARD, ZDF) and radio, French-German TV channel Arte, Channel 4 (GB).
- Based in Berlin, Germany.
Dan Weil
- Joined Blueshift in 2016.
- Reports on a variety of industries, including retail, financial services, technology.
- Writes for a number of financial publications, including Institutional Investor, Wealth Management, Financial Planning, Bankrate.com.
- Worked as a staff reporter at Bloomberg, Reuters and Dow Jones, with stories appearing in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other newspapers around the world.
- Based in West Palm Beach, FL.
Emily Carr
- Joined Blueshift in 2013.
- Reports on media, entertainment, technology, auto, industrials, energy, and consumer.
- Worked as a business reporter for The Australian Financial Review.
- Published in The Guardian, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald and magazines in Europe and the Asia Pacific.
- Based in Los Angeles, CA.
Eugenia Vlasova
- Joined Blueshift in 2015.
- Reports on technology and consumer.
- Worked as a senior reporter at OTR Global covering Eastern European markets and reporting on heavy equipment, technology, media, online commerce, energy, and consumer.
- Based in Essex, Ontario, Canada.
Eva Cahen
- Joined Blueshift in 2013.
- Reports on auto, technology, travel, media, online commerce, consumer, and industrials.
- Worked as telecom editor and retail/consumer reporter at OTR Global, freelance foreign correspondent for CNSNews.com, international editor at M6 Television in France, and international writer/editor at WTN-APTN News in NYC.
- Based in San Diego, CA.
Isabel Bernabe
- Joined Blueshift in 2013.
- Reports on auto, consumer, industrials, retail, technology, media, and tourism.
- Worked as a strategic analyst, consultant, commissioning editor, research manager, and senior reporter covering the European and Latin American markets for various companies. Extensive work experience in London, Chicago, Amsterdam, Nuremberg, and Madrid.
- Based in Nuremberg, Madrid, and Buenos Aires.
Jessica Lipscomb
- Joined Blueshift in 2016.
- Reports on retail, travel, food and beverage, and consumer.
- Worked as a staff reporter for several newspapers, including the Miami New Times, the Naples Daily News, and the Beaumont Enterprise.
- Based in Miami, FL
Jim Boland
- Joined Blueshift in 2018.
- Reports on medical/healthcare topics.
- Worked in pharmaceutical sales leadership and marketing, primarily with Bristol-Myers Squibb and Quintiles/Iqvia.
- Based in Philadelphia, PA
Kevin Murphy
- Joined Blueshift in 2013.
- Reports on auto, consumer, industrials, restaurants, and retail.
- Worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Star.
- Published in Reuters, The Washington Post, NewYorkTimes.com, Chicago Tribune, NBC.Com, Yahoo.com.
- Based in Kansas City, MO.
Sarah Downey
- Joined Blueshift in 2017.
- Reports on manufacturing, marketing, technology, travel, real estate.
- Works as as an investigative correspondent for Newsweek magazine.
- Articles have also appeared in The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle.
- Based in Chicago, IL.
Editors
Carrie Hadler, Editor
- University of Minnesota, Morris; B.A. in English literature.
- Associate Editor for Off The Record Research; GED instructor; English teacher in the Czech Republic.
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