James Parker
James Parker
James Parker has 30 years commercial experience in the research, finance and media industries. Originally a client adviser with leading stockbroker Ord Minnett, in 1989 he became a finance writer and business commentator with Australian Business magazine and radio station 2UE. Since 1992 he has held a succession of media management roles, including launch publisher of Men’s Health, managing director of TNT Magazine (Australia & NZ), and general manager of the Coffs Coast Advocate. He founded Jetty Research in 2006.
James has a long interest in market research. At Australian Business he founded and co-ordinated for three years an annual survey of stockbrokers, while at TNT Magazine Pty Ltd he turned that company’s bi-annual survey of inbound backpackers into the standard reference source among peak tourism bodies.
James holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney, and a graduate certificate in applied science (statistics) from Swinburne University of Technology. He is a full member of the Australian Market and Social Research Society (AMSRS).
Christine Dening
Christine Dening
Christine Dening joined Jetty Research in late 2014. She has over ten years market research experience in both consultancy and in-house research environments.
Christine commenced her research career in an academic environment undertaking an Honours research thesis while teaching at the University of Adelaide. Her curiosity and fondness for stats lead her to a project management role at a market research agency in Adelaide where she worked on ad hoc projects across a range of industries and methodologies. She then spent two and a half years in London focusing on advertising, brand and communications research at a global research firm. Returning to Adelaide, she has spent the last few years as the in-house researcher and research buyer with the Adelaide City Council.
Christine’s experience as both a research producer and research user ensures she is always asking the right questions and assists her to interpret findings in a meaningful way. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) with Honours and is a full member of the Australian Market and Social Research Society (AMSRS). Christine’s particular expertise is in methodology development. She has worked across numerous methodologies – from simple to complex, quantitative to qualitative and ad hoc to trackers.
Shane Garner
Shane Garner
Shane Garner (call centre manager) is a skilled telephone administrator and call centre manager who has worked with Jetty Research since 2007. Prior to this, Shane worked in a number of customer service roles including seven years with Colonial State Bank and another seven with Mayne Logistics.
Reza Sahami
Reza Sahami
Reza Sahami (senior data analyst) has been with Jetty Research since 2010. Before this he worked in a variety of roles in the UK finance sector. Reza, who has completed tertiary mathematics studies and a Foundation of Statistics course at Open Universities Australia, is highly proficient in SPSS and Excel.
