Our People

Brian F. Singh, Founder, Managing Director
Brian is a market researcher and economist with over 20 years of experience. He has worked as an advisor and project manager with regional, national and international private- and public-sector clients in a broad range of industry sectors, including tourism, the environment, engineering, retail, financial services, demography, health and wellness, and information technology.

Brian is a Certified Marketing Research Professional (CMRP) and a qualified Focus Group Moderator. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Economics (University of Toronto), and was a PhD candidate in Epidemiology (University of Toronto). Brian has spoken at numerous conferences and has a UNIDO methodology publication. He is a former member of the Canadian Tourism Commission’s research committee, past president of the Alberta Chapter of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association, and a former member of Tourism Calgary’s board of directors. He currently sits as Conference Portfolio Chair for MRIA. He is an amateur chef, and can be found awake at odd hours following important cricket matches throughout around the world.

Brian is available for speaking engagements and research seminars.
brian@zincresearch.com

Colin Flint, Senior Associate
Colin is a marketing research/strategic planner with over 25 years of experience in the North American and European advertising industry, including seven years at Saatchi and Saatchi (UK) and six years at McCann-Erickson (UK); most recently he was Head of Planning at BBDO Canada. Always a researcher at heart, Colin is applying his experience and his knowledge of psychology to help solve clients’ marketing and communications problems; for example, using Myers Briggs as a form of consumer segmentation and applying learning from interpersonal relationships to customer relationship management (CRM). Previous clients include Air Canada, Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership, RBC, Cervus Financial, Campbell’s Soup, Nestle Coffees, Unilever, DaimlerChrylser, Nissan, and Feel Good Cars.

Colin holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Oxford University and is a member of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association. His passion is playing jazz bass and he is always on the look-out for new gigs.
colin@zincresearch.com


Pauline Bhamjee, Administrator & Office Manager
Pauline has been a valauble member of the ZINC team since 2007.

Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Pauline attained her Private Secretary’s Certificate from a two year program in West Sussex, England. In her career, Pauline has provided administrative support for multi-national corporations located in the United Kingdom, Toronto and Calgary. She has worked in a diverse cross-section of industries including Entertainment (Cineplex Odeon Head Office, Toronto), Executive Search (Michael Stern Associates Inc., Toronto), Management Consulting (Deloitte and Touche Consulting Group, Calgary) and Oil and Gas (Tenaris Inc., Calgary).

Pauline is ZINC Research’s lead mystery shopper and has worked for Canadian and US retailers including Clearnet, Gap, Baby Gap/Kids Gap Stores, Sleep Country and Payless Shoes.

When she is not keeping everything running smoothly at ZINC, Pauline is a professional chauffeur - driving her children around from soccer tournaments and various sporting activities.
pauline@zincresearch.com


Strategic alliances
ZINC Research is part of the Nanos Research Group, a national group of companies comprised of like-minded research professionals bound by a common commitment to quality research, quality service and superior research outcomes. The Nanos Research Group is anchored by Nanos Research in Ottawa and Toronto, and also includes MBA Recherché in Montreal, Justason Market Intelligence in Vancouver, and Thinkwell Research in Halifax.

Nanos Group clients get the benefit of a one-stop shop for all their research solution needs. ZINC also collaborates with a network of specialized research partners working under the ZINC Research umbrella, including Ottawa-based Dufferin Research (online and Web 2.0 research), Vancouver-based InQuest Consumer Insights and Planning Ltd. (specialized qualitative initiatives) and March Lake Yukon-based DataPath Systems (Arctic/Northern North America).