Krishna Jambur, Director

Krishna Jambur

Director

NIQ

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
20 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months

Director at NIQ
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since January 2024

Handling B2B & Industrial research across verticals.

Handling training for internal and external stakeholders.

Marketing Research Consultant & Corporate Trainer at 5w2h Research
  • India - Mysore
  • August 2015 to December 2023

Providing research-based consulting to clients in MENA, Europe, LATAM

Associate Director at Nielsen
  • Myanmar - Yangon
  • July 2014 to August 2015

As head of consumer insights led a team of 12 qualitative and quantitative researchers

Trained and turned around a field & tab team into a full-service research team within seven months

Doubled the revenue to 1.5mn USD per annum within a year

Conducted 2-day corporate training sessions for five clients

Research Consultant & Corporate Trainer at 5w2h Research
  • India - Mysore
  • January 2010 to June 2014

Provided research-based consulting to clients in MENA and sub-Saharan African markets

Consulting was based on multi-methodology studies

Conducted 5-day corporate training sessions for three clients (references and testimonials available on request)

Market Research Manager at AC Nielsen
  • Kenya - Nairobi
  • June 2008 to January 2010

Was responsible for quantitative and qualitative consumer research across seven markets (Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, Madagascar and DRC)

Consultant & Sr. Consultant at IMRB
  • India - Bengaluru
  • June 2004 to August 2007

Was part of a lean team handling B2B research for telecom and technology clients

Independently provided B2B research-based consulting for industrial and engineering clients from the logistics, infrastructure, industrial raw material sectors

Market Research Executive at Quantum Market Research
  • India - Mumbai
  • May 2002 to February 2003

Learnt qualitative research

Independently handled key clients in the FMCG, auto, consumer durables and telecom sectors

Started moderating FGD, IDI independently within a month of joining the company

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at ITM Business School
  • April 2002

Majored in Marketing Management and Market Research.

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Karnatak University
  • June 1997

Secured fifth rank to the University.

Specialties & Skills

Business Development
Training
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Market Research
Quantitative Research
B2B & Industrial Research
Qualitative Research
Business Development
Training & Development

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Kannada
Native Speaker
Marathi
Intermediate
Tamil
Beginner

Hobbies

  • Career counselling and life skills coaching
    Founder | Story-teller | Music teacher at Mythri - a fortnightly get together for neighborhood children in India Mentor | Career & Life skills coach at Greater Good Teens, India Helping the organization create and implement well-planned training programs to make youth employable and industry-ready at V-LEAD, Mysore (India)
  • Creative Writing
    Regularly write and blog on education, management, social and cultural issues Authored 3 books in Kannada: two collection of short stories and 1 biography: published in 2012 and 2021 Authored Perasu stitches a nest: a children’s story published in Kindle and available on Amazon