About us

Shawn Patton,
CEO
shawn@austinmarketresearch.com

Rita McKay,
Director of Qualitative Research
rita@austinmarketresearch.com

Sarah Romo de Vivar,
Bilingual Moderator / Interpreter
sarah@austinmarketresearch.com

Shawn A. Jefferson,
Database Administrator / IT Specialist / Lead Supervisor
jefferson@austinmarketresearch.com

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

Brigitte Mendoza,
Bilingual Moderator / Recruiter / Intercept Interviewer
brigitte@austinmarketresearch.com

Linda Watts,
HR Director and Accounts Manager
linda@austinmarketresearch.com

Shawn A. Jefferson,
Database Administrator / IT Specialist / Lead Supervisor

Education: BS in Mathematics, Huston-Tillotson University

Shawn has worked at Austin Market Research for nearly five years and has over six years of prior experience working as a supervisor at other market research companies. He formerly worked as a supervisor at both First Market Research and TS2 Research in Austin, Texas. His job duties at AMR are as a project supervisor, database administrator and IT specialist. He brings a great deal of technical expertise to AMR because in addition to his numerous job duties at AMR, he also currently holds another job as a Systems Analyst.