Bob Davis
Owner Public Opinion Data Collection Company at Davis Research- Claim this Profile
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Sonja Petek
Bob and I both serve on the executive council of a professional organization, the Pacific Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research. The council positions are all volunteer. Bob was president in 2012 and really breathed new life into the organization. He is a natural leader who thought strategically about the direction and role of the organization. He initiated a new annual short course event in Los Angeles to reach our Southern California members and reached out to other regional chapters to share ideas. As president, you could trust Bob to be organized, deliberative, decisive, and thoughtful (and he never let council members’ efforts go unacknowledged). He remains the first to volunteer to help on subcommittees. He is also funny and makes the work more fun. I doubt I am alone in saying he will be missed on the council after he serves his final term as past president this year.
Sonja Petek
Bob and I both serve on the executive council of a professional organization, the Pacific Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research. The council positions are all volunteer. Bob was president in 2012 and really breathed new life into the organization. He is a natural leader who thought strategically about the direction and role of the organization. He initiated a new annual short course event in Los Angeles to reach our Southern California members and reached out to other regional chapters to share ideas. As president, you could trust Bob to be organized, deliberative, decisive, and thoughtful (and he never let council members’ efforts go unacknowledged). He remains the first to volunteer to help on subcommittees. He is also funny and makes the work more fun. I doubt I am alone in saying he will be missed on the council after he serves his final term as past president this year.
Sonja Petek
Bob and I both serve on the executive council of a professional organization, the Pacific Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research. The council positions are all volunteer. Bob was president in 2012 and really breathed new life into the organization. He is a natural leader who thought strategically about the direction and role of the organization. He initiated a new annual short course event in Los Angeles to reach our Southern California members and reached out to other regional chapters to share ideas. As president, you could trust Bob to be organized, deliberative, decisive, and thoughtful (and he never let council members’ efforts go unacknowledged). He remains the first to volunteer to help on subcommittees. He is also funny and makes the work more fun. I doubt I am alone in saying he will be missed on the council after he serves his final term as past president this year.
Sonja Petek
Bob and I both serve on the executive council of a professional organization, the Pacific Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research. The council positions are all volunteer. Bob was president in 2012 and really breathed new life into the organization. He is a natural leader who thought strategically about the direction and role of the organization. He initiated a new annual short course event in Los Angeles to reach our Southern California members and reached out to other regional chapters to share ideas. As president, you could trust Bob to be organized, deliberative, decisive, and thoughtful (and he never let council members’ efforts go unacknowledged). He remains the first to volunteer to help on subcommittees. He is also funny and makes the work more fun. I doubt I am alone in saying he will be missed on the council after he serves his final term as past president this year.
Experience
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Davis Research
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United States
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Market Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Owner Public Opinion Data Collection Company
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Sep 1998 - Present
As CEO of Davis Research Bob is responsible for the execution of public opinion research projects using telephone, web, or in-person methodologies as well as the delivery of the project's results using Uncle crosstabulation, mrTables online tabulation, and SPSS. Bob is the second generation co-owner of Davis Research, working closely with his brother Bill to continue the legacy started in 1970 when the company was founded. As CEO of Davis Research Bob is responsible for the execution of public opinion research projects using telephone, web, or in-person methodologies as well as the delivery of the project's results using Uncle crosstabulation, mrTables online tabulation, and SPSS. Bob is the second generation co-owner of Davis Research, working closely with his brother Bill to continue the legacy started in 1970 when the company was founded.
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Member
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Apr 2013 - Present
Global large business owners group focused on improving company, family, and personal health. Bob is a member of the Hollywood chapter and has served in many roles on the Executive Committee. Global large business owners group focused on improving company, family, and personal health. Bob is a member of the Hollywood chapter and has served in many roles on the Executive Committee.
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Executive Council Member - Past President
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Jan 2009 - Present
Bob has served on the PAPOR board since January 2009, including serving the president track from 2011-2013. Bob currently serves as Councilor at Large in charge of short course education.PAPOR is a regional chapter of AAPOR, the American Association for Public Opinion Research (www.aapor.org). For several decades, we have been a group of academics, product vendors, market researchers, journalists, and other researchers who have all shared an interest in figuring out what the public thinks and how they behave. We have looked at public opinion and behavior in many different ways: how people evaluate candidates for public office, whether and how people vote, what they want governments to do or not do, and how they live their lives in ways that impact the rest of us, for example, their health behavior. We also talk about how we can do a better job at designing our studies, measuring opinions and behaviors, and analyzing and presenting the results of our research.Our main activity is our Annual Conference in December, where people get to present the results of their research. We also host a short course, intended to give our participants new skills for study design, analysis or presentation, or just to update their old skills. We are a very welcoming and congenial group, and the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in Union Square, San Francisco, is a great spot to meet us, discuss, debate and network.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Member
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Jan 2009 - Jun 2013
Global business owners group focused on improving company, family, and personal health. Bob was a member of the Los Angeles chapter and enjoyed group activities ranging from accounting and marketing to survival skills and leadership. Global business owners group focused on improving company, family, and personal health. Bob was a member of the Los Angeles chapter and enjoyed group activities ranging from accounting and marketing to survival skills and leadership.
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Accenture
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Ireland
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Netscape - Senior Web Business Applications Technology Consultant
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Aug 1997 - Sep 1998
While working at Netscape Bob worked with executive and programming teams to design, program, and launch web based applications which would run on the most visited website in the world. Applications included the launch of AOL Instant Messenger registration and Netscape Free WebMail registration.
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Geffen Records - Senior Technology Consultant
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Dec 1996 - Aug 1997
Working jointly with Geffen Records, Bob was the senior technology consultant investigating the feasibility of the sale of digital music over the Internet via MP2 and MP3 music formats. Their research laid the groundwork for the eventual introduction of the MP3 player and online music stores like iTunes. Work involved researching distribution challenges, identifying appropriate audio compression techniques, and interfacing with artists to discuss their music and explain the technology.
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Disney Consumer Products - Sales Reporting Tool Programmer
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Jun 1996 - Dec 1996
Bob worked on a team of consultants to implement additional functionality and performance improvements on the Disney Consumer Products Sales and Reporting Information System. This involved meeting with the product line managers to determine functional requirements, analyze the existing reporting system to determine how the changes can be made without changing existing functionality, making the changes, and performing a user rollout including installation and user training.
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Hunt-Wesson Inc. - Organizational Change Analyst
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Sep 1994 - Jun 1996
As an employee of Accenture, Bob worked on site at the Hunt-Wesson factory in Fullerton California to help the organization restructure their company wide operations. This involved the design and implementation of a new sales reporting system as well as working hand in hand with the marketing, customer marketing, sales, and IT departments to adapt to the new structure.
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Education
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2000 - 2002
UCLA Anderson School of Management
MBA, Business Administration -
1990 - 1994
UC San Diego
B.S., Computer Science
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