safull-servicemarketingresearchfirmwhoseclientsareprimarilylargeradiostatioandothermusicorientedmediacompaniessuchasCapitalRecords,lesatSRRincludemanagerofnewproductdevelopment(researchproductsandthesoftwaretoan
alyzetheresults),andinternalresearchcoultant(samplingmethodologyandmultivariatestatisticalanalysis)dition,asamemberofthemanagementteamatSRR,Iamchargedwithcotantlyworkingtofindmoreefficient,ejoiningSRRasaSeniorResearchAnalyst,andmorerecentlyasManagerofResearchandDevelopment,snativeintelligence,greatcuriosityaboutpeopleandideas,dition,hehasdemotratedexcellentpowersofoervation,lustrate…
Earlyon,isrolehewasreoibleforthetechnicalaectsofcreatingacomputer-basedsurveyquestioaire(fromonegiventohimbyourclientservicesdepartment),monitoringthetelephonedatacollectionproce,andcompletingthedataproceingandanalysisofthesurveyresults.
Fromthebegiingofthisaignment,outpromptingorprecedenceheentseveraldaysworkingoddhours,inafewdayshehadshortenedandclarifiedthescriptevenmore-removingredundantquestio,collaingmultiplequestiointoone,oteamemotoseveralmanagersoutlininghisproposedchangeinmethodologythatclearlydemotrat edthevalueofhisidea:anaualcostreductionofcloseto$50,eendoftheproject,scribedthecharacteristicsandskillsemployedbythebestinterviewershe'ecommendatiowerewellreceivedandsoonimplementedbythev
erymanagerwhosestaffwasbeingcritiqued;suchwasthevalueofhiscontributionandtheskillandseitivitywithwhichhepresentedhisideas.
Inproceingthesurveyresults,HongbinalsoquicklylearnedtouseseveraladvancedstatisticaltechniquesincludingClusterAnalysisandDiscriminantAnalysiswithwhichhehadonlyapaingknowledgepriortotheproject.
Hongbinhasalsodemotratedhistechnicalandanalyticalabilitiesinhelpingcreateanewmodelforbiddingonnewbusine,ntly,
Hongbinhelpedmeidentifythemostdesirablequalificatioandbackgroundofcomputerprogrammingcandidates,binisnotanativeEnglisheakerorwriter,andthus,bothself-confidentandself-deprecating,andhasagreatseeofhumorthathashelpedhimformstrongrelatiohiwithsubordinates,peers,gersinotherdepartmentsfrequentlyseekhisadvice,andhisnameisalwaysatthetopofthelistwhenchoosingteammemberstoearheadimportantcompanyinitiatives.
Inalloftheseareas,HongbinWuhasgonebeyondexpectatio,ffortswererecentlyrewardedwithapromotiontothepositionofManagerofResearch&Development.
enodoubtthathewillbeaseriousandenthusiasticstudent,andsomedayaquitesuccefulseniorlevelmanagerorentrepreneurthatyouwouldbeproudtocallanalumni.
Sincerely,
MarkPetermanVice
PresidentSRR