About Us

Shawn Patton,
Chief Executive Officer
shawn@austinmarketresearch.com

Rita McKay,
Partner / Chief Operating Officer
rita@austinmarketresearch.com

Sarah Romo de Vivar,
Partner / Chief Financial Officer / Director of Bilingual Studies / Bilingual Moderator
sarah@austinmarketresearch.com

Patti LaGuire,
Director of Field Services / Project Manager
patti@austinmarketresearch.com

Shawn A. Jefferson,
Database Administrator / Website Administrator
jefferson@austinmarketresearch.com

Phil LaGuire,
Supervisor / Special Projects Manager
phil@austinmarketresearch.com

Linda Watts,
Accounts Manager
linda@austinmarketresearch.com

Linda Watts,
Accounts Manager

Linda has worked for Austin Market Research since its inception and serves as its Accounts Manager. She also owns her own business that specializes in corporate accounting and taxes and start-up businesses, with a special affection for women-owned businesses. If not for her encouragement, Austin Market Research would have never come into existence.

She is also a certified mechanic and professional photographer, so when she’s not crunching numbers, she can be found bent under a hood or snapping a picture to sell as art.