Experience

Rainforest Foundation UK

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent consultant

  • Nov 2010 - Present

  Anthropological consulting for community-based forest management in the Congo Basin. I design and carry out ethnographic research on local cultural institutions regulating land tenure, forest management and political process, in order to provide Rainforest Foundation UK with a complex understanding of the local contexts in which they support community-based forest management. Anthropological consulting for community-based forest management in the Congo Basin. I design and carry out ethnographic research on local cultural institutions regulating land tenure, forest management and political process, in order to provide Rainforest Foundation UK with a complex understanding of the local contexts in which they support community-based forest management.



Maschio Consulting

• United States
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior anthropologist

  • Feb 2005 - Present

  As a senior anthropologist, I contribute to the design and execution of ethnographic research for consumer culture studies. Fieldwork involves in-depth interviews and participant-observation of subjects as well as documenting the research through photography and video. Analysis involves the creative use of both anthropological and historical models to develop practical solutions to business problems. Clients: 6 Flags, Cannondale, Google, Lipton, Mars, Maytag, Ortho-McNeil, TGI Fridays, Valero and others. Show less



Practica Group, LLC

• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Anthropologist

  • Feb 2004 - Present

  Ethnographic research for consumer culture studies. Fieldwork involves in-depth interviews and participant-observation of subjects as well as documenting the research through photography and video. Analysis involves the use of anthropological models to develop practical solutions to business problems. Clients: Absolut, Budweiser, Campbells, Detroit Institute of the Arts, General Motors and others. Ethnographic research for consumer culture studies. Fieldwork involves in-depth interviews and participant-observation of subjects as well as documenting the research through photography and video. Analysis involves the use of anthropological models to develop practical solutions to business problems. Clients: Absolut, Budweiser, Campbells, Detroit Institute of the Arts, General Motors and others.



Cultural Dynamics

• Westport, CT USA

• Anthropologist

  • May 1994 - Sep 2010

  Ethnographic research for consumer culture studies. Fieldwork involved in-depth interviews and participant-observation of subjects as well as documenting the research through photography and video. Analysis involved the use of anthropological models to develop practical solutions to business problems. Clients: General Motors, Merck, Ikea, Novartis, New York State Lottery, US Postal Service and others. Ethnographic research for consumer culture studies. Fieldwork involved in-depth interviews and participant-observation of subjects as well as documenting the research through photography and video. Analysis involved the use of anthropological models to develop practical solutions to business problems. Clients: General Motors, Merck, Ikea, Novartis, New York State Lottery, US Postal Service and others.