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Sil has over 20 years of experience in advanced quantitative research design and analysis, including almost 10 years as a high-tech market research professional. He is in charge of developing and directing new designs, measurement techniques, models and analysis protocols which can better address the research needs of Zanthus' clients. He also provides day-to-day consulting in project design and analysis.

Before joining the Zanthus team, Sil was vice president and senior methodologist with the custom research arm of Gartner, Inc., the world's largest provider of IT research. During his five years with Gartner, he was invited to spend two years with the Marketplace Consulting group in Europe where he spread "best practices" in research methodology through trainings and workshops for IT analysts and consultants as well as clients.

Previous to his career as a market researcher, Sil was a professor of political science at Purdue University, where he taught applied methods and statistics in the doctoral program. He has written a book and numerous academic journal articles on the quantitative study of public opinion processes and political communication influences. He continues to maintain his academic interests: he is an adjunct professor at Portland State University where he teaches courses on public opinion and political communication.

Sil holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Political Science (specializing in Quantitative Methods and Political Psychology) from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He also holds a B.A. in Political Science and Communication from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He was born in Slovenia.

Hobbies
Drawing and painting, history, current events, movies, travel, walking the dog, collecting (non-industrial) beer labels, and model ship building (hopes to complete his current project by the time his two adolescent daughters enter college).

Desired superpower
The ability to speak any and every language anytime, including Basque, Sinhalese, Farsi, and InstantMessengerese (so I can figure out what POS and MYOB mean when my daughters are "messaging" online).