Our Team
Kalpana Sitaraman, Co-Founder
Kalpana Sitaraman, a co-founder of Kinsight Analytics is a research and analytics professional with 15 years’ experience. She has held senior management roles in the market research, analytics and marketing consultancy space across India and SE Asia.
Prior to co-founding Kinsight Analytics, Kalpana spent nearly 10 years with TNS across India and Malaysia. With key account responsibilities across SE Asia, her focus areas have been measurement and management of Customer Experience & Commitment and Brand Communication – where she spearheaded the practices in Malaysia and India. As Vice President with TNS, she has also worked extensively in mining consumer insights for Innovation, Concept & Product Development, Retail & Shopper Insights and Marketing Communication.
Over the years, Kalpana has led numerous successful local and multi-country research and analytics studies for leading players in the FMCG, Technology, Financial Services, Automotive, Travel & Hospitality sectors. She delights in designing and using quantitative and advanced statistical methods to unearth relevant and actionable insights for her clients. Clients have included GSK, P&G, F&N Coca Cola, Intel, Malaysian Airlines, Vodafone, Citibank and the Central Bank of Malaysia amongst others.
Kalpana has also worked extensively with the Government, public and private sector enterprises on market feasibility/entry-strategy studies and revival/rehabilitation strategies during her employment with Deloitte Consulting.
Kalpana has an MBA in Marketing & Business Strategy from IIM Ahmedabad in India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Management_Ahmedabad)
Cary Broussard, CEO - kListen
As the Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Kinsight's Social Media Analytics Business Unit, Cary Broussard is highly qualified to lead the kListen team. A global communications and marketing executive, her vision and enthusiasm for kListen’s mission and customer service is anchored in depth of experience and knowledge.
Cary’s career highlights include:
- President, Alliance for Women in Media
- Vice President, Communications, Wyndham Hotel Group
- Senior Vice President, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Wyndham International
- Vice President, Branding, Meeting Professionals International
- Designated one of the Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Marketing by Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI).
Her board experience includes: Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) Women’s Leadership Exchange, American Women in Radio and Television, Boardroom Bound, the advisory boards of New York University Robert Preston Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management and the Hospitality Industry Diversity Institute at the University of Houston, Conrad Hilton School.
Cary’s international business book, From Cinderella to CEO, published in ten languages and her website, www.cinderellaceo.com feature advice from women (and men) on a myriad of issues important to today’s multi-generational work force.