Davis Research LLC

Bill Davis serves as the CEO of Davis Research. Prior to joining the company in 1997, Bill spent four years with J.D. Power and Associates. During this time, Bill was responsible for account supervision, marketing and research design. Bill's primary responsibilities were to help quality conscious clients design surveys to reach their internal goals, assist them with their survey analysis and create actionable reports. Bill's experience at J.D. Power included work on syndicated research (survey the entire industry) as well as proprietary research (done exclusively for one client). Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and the L.A. Dodgers are three clients that Bill has helped achieve their goals. Bill holds a Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California, as well as an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Bob Davis is President of Davis Research, a second generation family business focusing on web and telephone data collection for public and private industry. Bob's first job in market research came when he was 3 years old working for his mom taping quarters to outgoing mail surveys. Needless to say, he has seen a lot of change in the industry over the last 3 decades. Bob has a particular research interest in the appropriate application of web and multi-modal surveys to help answer research questions. When Bob used to have free time he enjoyed traveling, hiking, cooking, and eating. Now he spends most of his time singing Thomas the Train songs with his 2 year old son Zach and cooking up macaroni and cheese. Bob holds a B.S. in Computer Science from UCSD and Masters in Business Administration from the Anderson School of UCLA. Contact Bob membership@papor.org