Sean Jordan

Sean Jordan is the President and Principal Investigator for the Research &
Planning Group. As a 2009 graduate and current faculty member of the Master of
Marketing Research (MMR) program at Southern Illinois University in
Edwardsville (one of the only professional marketing research post-graduate
programs offered in the nation), Sean is equipped with a wide array of quantitative
and qualitative research techniques and possesses a number of skills that aid him
in research design, data analysis and report presentation.
With his background experience as a professional journalist, Sean is an ideal
interviewer for one-on-one and small group interactions. Never shy in front of a
crowd, Sean is also a dynamic presenter and focus group moderator, and he has
directed hundreds of focus group studies (both online and in-person) and delivered hundreds more research
presentations during his career.
Sean’s marketing background is diverse as well; he has been recognized as an outstanding guerrilla marketer in
retail sales, and he successfully vaulted an independent comic book company from obscurity to bestselling
publisher during his time as its marketing and public relations director.
Sean is also the host of The Marketing Gateway, a podcast series dedicated to educating the public about
marketing and also to featuring interviews with marketing professionals from the St. Louis area and the
broader Midwest.