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Dan O'Toole and Daniel Krason Join Forbes Consulting Group

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New Directors of Business Development will Lead Consumer Packaged Goods and Strategic Direction of New Products and Expand the Company’s Financial Services Group

Lexington, MA (PRWEB) August 07, 2012

Forbes Consulting Group, the leading market research company that leverages applied neuroscience to gain insights directly from consumers’ emotional brains, today announced the additions of Dan O’Toole and Daniel Krason as Directors of Business Development. As part of the account management team, O’Toole will be responsible for leading the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) vertical within Forbes, as well as working on the strategic direction of Forbes’ new products, including MindSight?. Krason will be responsible for continuing to grow the company’s clients in the financial services industry.
“Since launching our proprietary MindSight? technology in November 2011, Forbes Consulting has seen tremendous growth and opportunity within the market research industry. Both Dan and Daniel represent a deep bench of talent with their varied backgrounds and areas of expertise, and I look forward to their contributions as we continue our steady upward growth trajectory in CPG and Financial Services,” said David Forbes, CEO of Forbes Consulting Group.    

O’Toole joins Forbes Consulting from Nielsen where he most recently served as Vice President of Custom Research. In this role, he managed the custom analytics for one of Nielsen’s largest online clients, Google, and was responsible for leading all custom engagements, including designing and executing the custom research across Google’s many entertainment, video, and social assets.
Prior to this role, O’Toole served in a multitude of roles within Nielsen across their sports, consumer, and retail businesses. In these roles, he led research for clients such as Gillette, Bausch & Lomb, Pepsico, Nascar, and the NFL. His work also stretched across numerous divisions, including eight years in the modeling and analytics group of ACNielsen as well as five years in product development.

O’Toole has an MBA from Bentley College and an undergraduate Mathematics degree from Boston University, both with honors.

Krason joins Forbes Consulting from Forrester Research, where he served as Director of Market Insights and Data Services. In this role, he helped clients leverage the data-driven insights generated by Consumer Technographcs – a syndicated program that examines the impact of technology on consumer behaviors and attitudes across the globe.
Prior to joining Forrester, Krason was the Vice President of Business Development for the technology & telecommunications research practice at TNS North America. His background also includes assignments at the web analytics firm Compete, as well as Harris Interactive and GE.
Krason graduated cum laude from the University of Vermont with a degree in Economics.

About Forbes Consulting Group
Founded in 1985 and based in Lexington, Massachusetts, the Forbes Consulting Group, is a strategic market research company providing clients with deeper levels of insight about emotions and motivations - and helping them gain strategic market advantage on the strength of this insight. Dr. David Forbes was honored with a 2012 Advertising Research Foundation Great Minds Award in the category of “Innovation” for his work on MindSight? technology. In its 26-year history, Forbes Consulting Group has become a valued resource for Fortune 500 companies. For more information, including the opportunity to receive a demo of MindSight?, please contact sales(at)forbesconsulting.com.

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