Leadership Profile

Vijay Palanna - Managing Director
Vijay has over 15 years of experience in the Indian Market Research industry and one of the leaders in the field within South India. Vijay has worked at many of the leading Market Research agencies in India including ORG - MARG and Icon Added Value. Vijay has great abilities within the entire Market Research domain, right from client relationship management and research designs, to data collection, data processing and business interpretations of analysis data. He is considered one of the best in India when it comes to making practical data driven interpretations using sparse market data. Vijay has managed large multi location projects and also handled diverse clients across multiple sectors. Vijay holds a Masters Degree in Arts from Bangalore University and has completed various advanced courses in the field of Business and Marketing.

Vincent Kiango - Vice President, eMpulse Africa
Vincent has extensive knowledge about Africa Market. He was born and raised in Tanzania. Vincent’s research experience in Africa include: Tourism, Mining, Agribusiness, Insurance, Retail Banking, Automotive, Medical, Textile and other business domains. Vincent holds a Master Degree in Computer Science from Oklahoma City University and has completed various advanced courses in the field of Business and Marketing. He is based out of our Texas office.

Vedasto Nsanzugwanko - Regional Manager, eMpulse Africa
Vedasto has extensive knowledge about Africa Market. He was born and raised in Tanzania. Vedasto’s research experience in Africa include: Social  Protection,  Risk  and  Disaster  Management,  Conflict Resolution, Tourism,  Mining,  Agribusiness,  Insurance,  Retail  Banking,  Automotive, Medical,  Textile and other business domains. Vedasto holds a Master Degree in  Administration, Planning  and Policy Studies AND MBA and has completed various  advanced  courses  in  the  field of Business and Marketing. He is based at Kampala Uganda office.

Andrey Osiatynski, Vice President, Customer Service
Andrey is one of America's leading market researchers with 30 years of experience in marketing and advertising research and consulting. He started his market research career as Partner at Information Psykolog AB in Stockholm while teaching Cognitive Psychology and Test Theory at the University of Stockholm. In the US, he was one of the pioneers of Account Planning – first at Ogilvy in New York and then at Meldrum & Fewsmith in Cleveland. During the last few years Andrey has developed and introduced to the American customers several new research techniques including: Online Qualitative Concept Development, Online Ethnography and Quant-Qual-Combos.
Andrey's research experience in Europe and North America spans a range of products & services, including: Automotive, Air travel, Banking and other financial services, Beverages, CPG, Industrial, Non-profit, Pharmaceutical, Retail and other areas. Beside English, he is fluent in Swedish, Polish and Russian.
He is based out of our Texas office where he currently spends a lot of his innovation calories developing KPO concepts outsourcing analytical back office tasks to India in order to develop affordable alternatives for large-sample (50-200 respondents) and rich-data (Online and in-person Ethnographies) Qualitative Research services.

Dr. Rajkumar (Raj) Palanna – Investor Partner
Raj has experience of 15 years at global Fortune 500 companies. He has worked in the Insurance, Retail Banking, Investment Banking, Leasing Services, Mortgage, Automotive, Aerospace, Medical, Medical Insurance, Service, Textile and other business domains. In his career he has held various leadership roles including Senior Director, Director, Manager, Consultant and Program Manager. He has multilingual skills, with working knowledge in five different languages Raj is a Visionary strategic thinker with a Ph.D., MBA & MS. He has the unique ability to combine advanced concepts and practical reality. He has worked with many CEOs and their direct reports at leading corporations. He is considered one of the best in class for applied statistical analysis and interpretation. He has a good track record of achieving multi-million dollar cost savings from company operations. He has extensive knowledge and experience in globalization of businesses. Raj has been a visiting faculty at top universities including University of Southern California & Oklahoma State University.