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Paul J. Duffy, Ph.D.

Areas of Expertise
Marketing Research
New Product Development
Strategic Planning

Education
Southern Illinois University, Ph.D.
Southern Illinois University, M.A.
Waynesburg College, B.A.

Contact
Phone: +1.202.785.8940


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Plexus Consulting Group, LLC
1620 Eye Street, NW
Suite 210
Washington, DC 20006
Phone:  +1.202.785.8940
Fax:      +1.202.785.8949
Email:   info@plexusconsulting.com


Dr. Duffy's professional experience includes thirty years in various research and consulting assignments.  He applies his expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methods to such management areas as new product development and positioning, strategic business planning, customer satisfaction and total quality management, and advertising and communications.

 In 1974, Dr. Duffy was appointed as a Research Psychologist at the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.  During his time at ARI, he originated the first comprehensive evaluation of the Army ROTC program of instruction, had a major hand in research supporting development of the Army’s new Skill Qualification Testing training doctrine, and led the development of a major multiyear research program on Organizational Effectiveness at the direction of the Chief of Staff of the Army.

In 1980, Dr. Duffy co-founded Market Dynamics Inc., a full-service national marketing research firm located in Tysons Corner, Virginia.  MDI provided wide ranging research services to blue-chip clients in industries including consumer goods, financial services, automobile manufacturing, and advertising and communications.  Among the types of projects MDI completed were the successful market introductions of several new soft drinks, design and market positioning of new luxury cars, ongoing tracking of national media campaigns, and development of customer satisfaction measurement systems for world-class financial services clients

Dr. Duffy received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Southern Illinois University.  In addition, he has enhanced his professional development through the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science.  Dr. Duffy is an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Johns Hopkins University and George Mason University.  Among his professional accomplishments, he was a member of the Professional Chapters Council of the American Marketing Association, a Director and President of the Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the American Marketing Association, and a Director of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Marketing Research Association.