Karen Buerkle Kaludov, Principal at Stratalys Research & Consulting, provides data-driven guidance to help companies optimize communications strategies.

As a classically trained research methodologist, Dr. Kaludov is adept at leveraging the right tools to fit the challenge, ensuring that clients discover the messages that change behavior and influence opinion. For the last several years, she’s been working at the leading-edge of the technological disruption within the research industry – combining traditional research with big data sources and new ways to collect methodologically rigorous data.

Dr. Kaludov is a Principal at Stratalys Research – a leader in developing online qualitative and quantitative data collection platforms designed specifically for communications strategy development. Her prior roles include head of APCO Worldwide’s global research consultancy and an executive of Polecat, an AI-based digital intelligence company.

Karen’s industry experience is diverse and includes ag and bio tech, animal health, consumer products, finance, food and beverage, hospitality, manufacturing, mining, pharmaceuticals, and retail. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego and was a Fulbright Scholar to the Slovak Republic.