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Olivier Gaudissart – Co-founder and Software Architect
Olivier 'Oli' Gaudissart was first introduced to the concept of PR Measurement in 1988, just as he was graduating from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in finance. His first reaction to Katie Paine's description of what she was doing was "You are very stupid." He went off to France and wrote a 900-line macro that accomplished (in thirty seconds) what it was taking Paine and her staff three days to do. He's been contributing to Paine’s success ever since. His influence enabled Paine's first company, The Delahaye Group, to go international in 1992, and his technological expertise is the core foundation on which KDPaine & Partners was built. He lives in Kittery, Maine, with his wife and high school sweetheart, Claire, and his two daughters, Chloe and Morgane. On most summer nights, when not swearing over his laptop, he can be found racing sailboats in Portsmouth Harbor.

William Teunis Paarlberg
Bill Paarlberg is an illustrator, graphic designer, marketing consultant and editor who, although he has been writing about PR measurement since 1990, claims he is still trying to decide what to do when he grows up. In the 1980s he founded and ran re:Ports. Magazine, a witty and irreverent weekly arts magazine about Portsmouth, New Hampshire. After four years he sold re:Ports, and began publishing newsletters for local businesses including The Gauge for The Delahaye Group. Under Bill's editorship, The Gauge (now operated by Delahaye Medialink) was transformed from a sleepy internal newsletter with 0% name recognition into one of the most well-read and authoritative publications in the measurement field. (Or, as he likes to say, "The least boring newsletter in PR measurement.") A man of many talents and many more interests, his pen and ink drawings and architectural renderings have appeared in numerous posters, prints and calendars around Seacoast New Hampshire. Bill holds degrees from Oberlin College and Indiana University, where he carried out and published original research on human short-term memory and attention. In his youth he was a Category One USCF cyclist; in his incipient maturity he is an avid snowboarder and mountain biker, and is President of the Board of the local Land Trust. He lives with his daughter, two cats, a hamster and a varying number of goldfish in Kittery Point, Maine.

Jeremy Willis – V.P. Client Management
New Jersey native, Jeremy Willis was one of the first employees of KDPaine & Partners' and he continues to manage many of its accounts. A 1999 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Jeremy majored in communications with a minor in business administration.  A former Shankhassick Farm resident, Jeremy mastered the KDPaine & Partners analysis system in one afternoon proving either that he's a genius, or that the system is much simpler to understand than anything we've ever done before. Before he entered the exciting field of media research, he managed publicity for a national touring rock and roll band.

Bruce Aube - Senior Account Manager
Bruce is another angel that was brave enough to try round two with Katie. The former director of survey research at Delahaye, Bruce was doing the 3 hour a day commute to Boston in the summer of 2005 when he heard KDPaine & Partners was hiring. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Bruce is our numbers guy since he majored in Mathematics and Statistics. More recently, he has been the driving force in establishing KDPaine's presence in Berlin, New Hampshire as a senior account manager, numbers guru, sounding board and anything else we send his way.  He was born in Tapei, Taiwan and grew up in Rochester, NH. 

Michael Layton - Dashboard Champion
Mike Layton is our Dashboard Champion, managing all the DIYDashboard accounts.  A local graduate of the University of New Hampshire and the NHCTC, Mike is melded from an educational mix of business and technology. His previous work experience can best be described by the quote: “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger” – Friedrich Nietzsche. Mike was saved from the clutches of the “Dark Side” by Oli back in September 2005.  Mike lives in Dover, New Hampshire and on February 18, 2006 he tied the knot with his companion Meghan. They live happily ever after with their cat, Stinky, and in early December they welcomed their daughter and firstborn (and our first official Baby Paineiac!) into the world.  Mike is also the company’s webmaster and all around helpful guy. 

Terry Aube - Account Manager & Team Leader
The only thing better than one Aube is two Aubes. Bruce lured his brother Terry into the office one day and we haven’t let him go since. Prior to joining KDPaine & Partners, Terry served in the US Air Force for over 10 years, having earned many medals and achievements while fighting the war on terrorism. With two tours of Iraq under his belt, being chained to a desk in the beautiful North Country isn’t so bad – even when the power goes out and the air conditioning doesn’t work. Terry is also one of our Berlin experts, having spent some of his formative years there.

Alice Brink, ABC, APR
Alice Brink is president of A Brink & Co., a firm which provides public relations and measurement services that help businesses and non-profits achieve measurable results.  In addition to providing media content analysis for KDPaine & Partners, she works with clients including Shell Oil Company, Compass Bank, and Yellow Cab of Houston. Prior to launching her business in 2004, she was senior vice president of a Houston-based national public relations firm, where she developed an award-winning measurement model to guide development of client objectives and measures. An accomplished speaker on public relations and measurement issues, Brink has nearly 30 years of experience in corporate communications and public relations, including work for The Coca-Cola Company, Tenneco, and First Interstate Bank. Her community involvement includes pro bono work for the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and for Adoptation, a Houston partnership that works to place children from foster care into permanent adoptive homes. She serves on the local boards of IABC and the PR Foundation of Houston.

Gabriela Carrau
Gabriela Carrau first met Katie Paine at a cocktail party in the seaside resort of Punta Del Este, Uruguay. As Paine sat hunched over her laptop, Gabriela politely inquired as to what she was doing. When Katie explained in very general terms that she was analyzing media for an American company, Gabriela confessed that, in fact, her senior thesis at University was in Media Analysis. A year later, Gabriela began working as a freelancer for what was then The Delahaye Group. A former reporter, Ms. Carrau has been championing the cause of measurement in Latin America ever since, most recently producing the Spanish Edition of The Measurement Standard. She works out of Montevideo, Uruguay (when she isn't escaping to Punta Del Este). She holds a degree in Communications and has extensive marketing communications and journalistic experience.

Peter Kowalski –  Project Manager
Peter Kowalski joins KDPaine & Partners to support Olivier Gaudissart.  A public relations research fanatic, Peter can be seen on the banks of the Piscatequa River with the latest issue of “Public Relations Review" taking notes on statistical analyses or reading the latest work on content analysis. He holds a B.A. in Public Relations and Russian from the University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Journalism.  While there, he worked closely with Dr. Craig Carroll on projects involving computer-based text analysis for campaign measurement, Weblog taxonomy and editorial-page content analysis.  Peter’s professional experience includes work at Lieberman Research Worldwide in qualitative research and in public relations with both Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles and GCI Group.  Peter grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Jessica Paradis - Data Champion
Jessica Paradis is another one of KDPaine’s North Country pioneers in our Berlin office. She brings with her several years of customer service experience in a variety of settings, including retail consulting at White Mountain Wireless, a US Cellular agency. During her time at Hesser College in Manchester, Jessica focused her energies on accounting and business management studies. At KDPaine, we're privileged to have this North Country native utilize those ace analytical skills to evaluate media clippings for several KDPaine clients. 

Erica Steller - Account Executive
Erica Steller has joined KDPaine & Partners in our Berlin office this November and brings with her a strong work ethic and excellent critical thinking skills. Erica’s eclectic background includes web design, publishing and management. At Kaiboo, she designed and maintained their retail website and handled the publishing of their newsletter. She's also utilized her management skills at both Super Shoe Store and Whitefield Senior Meals. A graduate of the College for Lifelong Learning, Erica is currently pursuing her Masters in Criminal Justice at Boston University. 

Retha Fielding, APR – Writer
Retha Fielding joins KDPaine in our seacoast office as our newest writer. An accomplished communicator in her own right, Retha has devoted her career to public relations in both business and academia. A native of the Lone Star State, Retha has enjoyed living in New Hampshire for the past fourteen years. She spent the past five of those years serving as Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Plymouth State University and holds an MBA from the same. Retha’s communications savvy and superior writing skills have already proven useful in her new role as writer here at KDPaine. We are very fortunate to have her on our team!