The Core Team

Marcie Berenson

Principal and Founder

Marcie grew up around market research, as her aunt was an interviewer for a large consumer market research firm. She accompanied her aunt on multiple projects, which led to her curiosity about a market research career. She started at a focus group facility in NJ and learned the ropes doing every role in the facility, then ultimately running the facility. She then managed a large Philadelphia focus group facility before joining a global consultancy as the Director of Field Services. This is where she became an expert in the global landscape of healthcare market research. Her background of working both on the consultancy side and recruiter side enables her to give the ultimate in client service. The team that she assembled at Connected Research have been trained to perform in the same manner.

She decided to open Connected Research when she realized that automation had taken over recruiting and that too much automation was not necessarily a good thing. The human touch is still an important part of running successful projects.

Marcie volunteers in the industry including a past role with the Insights Association Florida Chapter as a Board Member.

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family including her grandson, vegan cooking, weight training and completely spoiling her cat.

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Phillip “Phil” Berenson

Senior Project Manager

Phillip was one of our very first employees and specializes in recruiting hard to find Key Opinion Leaders. He is tenacious at the task at hand, and has an affinity for building close relationships with our panelists. With over 20 years of experience in Customer Service, and 10 in market research, Phillip always strives to make the client and respondent feel as though they are a part of the team. Phillip majored in Criminal Justice in college, and also owned his own restaurant briefly, which taught him how to survive in a fast-paced industry. A native of Marlton NJ, Phillip now resides in Langhorne, PA where he is very active in helping his community. In his free time, he also enjoys cooking, spending time with his Pomeranian, and collecting sports memorabilia.

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Steve Berenson

Director of Project Management

Steve joined forces with Marcie & Connected Research in July 2016, from the Retail Sales management world. He worked in MR over the years as a CSR while still in high school and part of college, so he was sort of “raised” in the business, since Marcie brought him into the focus group facility side at a young age. He left the biz to pursue mortgage and finance, but luckily for Connected, returned to market research. Steve is a highly motivated Account and Project Manager who believes the way to get results for clients is to combine hard work with WHAT works. He believes in trying to find the most effective and efficient solutions to truly accomplish a client’s objectives. He also works to make operations on a company level as smooth as possible and is constantly looking for ways to make himself and Connected Research function at their highest levels. Outside of work, Steve loves to weightlift, hike, travel, play bass, collect sports cards, hang with friends, and spend time with his wife and son.

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Catlin McAteer

Panel & Programming Admin

Catlin graduated from Towson University with a degree in Healthcare Management and Business Administration. She began her career working with physicians and patients in clinical settings before joining Connected Research in 2018 as a patient recruiter. She then grew into the Panel Administration and Programming role, where she helped create and maintain the database of healthcare professionals and patients who make our projects excel. Catlin enjoys programming screeners, surveys, and sampling the panel as it allows her to develop an understanding of each project’s goals and how to best achieve them. In her free time, she enjoys weightlifting and spending time in the mountains with her husband and son.

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Glenn Harris

Director of Custom Recruiting

Glenn has over 25 years in sales and marketing. Glenn came to Connected Research to start the custom recruitment department. Glenn’s friendly demeanor and tenacity have opened many a closed gatekeeper door. He works closely with the recruiters, brainstorming various ways to navigate client lists. In his free time, he enjoys drawing and attending local sporting events.

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Medical Recruiters

Our on call tenured recruiters assist our project managers in procuring the perfect candidates for our client’s market research projects.

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