Executive Management

Pala Kuppusamy
Chief Executive Officer and Founder Pala founded iPinion in 2010 and has built a high performance team to make it a leader in Consumer Insights and Market Research in the mobile world. Prior to iPinion, Pala founded Dexterity in 1999, and led the company as the CEO, making it a leader in Marketing and Customer Informatics space. Under his leadership, the company grew to be among Technology Fast 50 India and Technology Fast 500 APAC, ranked by Deloitte consecutively in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Dexterity was also among Best Employers in India 2007 and winner of Smart workplaces in India 2008. Prior to iPinion and Dexterity, Pala handled assignments with MR Industry leaders like ACNielsen and NMR and worked with Dun & Bradstreet Satyam Software (later known as Cognizant Technology Solutions). Pala has his degree in Engineering from Govt College of Technology, Coimbatore and Management Post Graduation from Indian Institute of Management, Indore.

Steve von Bevern

Senior Vice President Client Development and Services Steve brings over 20 years experience as a researcher, with significant time spent working in areas like FMCG, software and wireless technology for Fortune 500 clients. Steve managed online panel data collection in over 50 countries for Synovatewhere he oversaw several thousand online research projects annually. He also headed up Synovates global data processing centers, where he managed five offshore data processing in Asia, Europe and North America. Mr.Steve von Bevern is based in Chicago. Steve also brings 15 years of enterprise clients experience as wellrising through a series of product management positions at HJ Heinz and Sandoz, as well as several years working for a consulting practice that specialized in market research, brand positioning, and new product idea generation for Fortune 500 consumer oriented clients. Academic degrees include an MBA in brand management from Indiana University and a BSJ in Advertising Research.