The GutCheck Team
Our Leadership Team

Rob Wengel
Chief Executive Officer
Rob is a seasoned market research executive with more than 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining GutCheck, he served in executive leadership roles with Kantar, BASES, and Nielsen, specializing in insights, innovation, and analytics. He is also an entrepreneur, having founded Experience Innovation, a consulting firm focused on growth strategy, innovation, and brand building. Additionally, he started his career with global CPG leader Procter & Gamble, and spent a dozen years in client-side marketing and sales leadership roles prior to joining the market research industry.

Renee Smith
Chief Research Officer
Renee has 25+ years experience conducting research into why people do what they do — first as a journalist, then as an academic, and for the last 15 years as a market research professional. Most recently, Renee worked on innovation and re-inventing research solutions as Chief Research Officer at Kantar.

Stew Maurer
EVP of Marketing
With more than 20 years of marketing leadership experience, Stew has proven success in generating revenue growth while building high-performance marketing and sales development teams for global brands and growth phase start-ups. He is focused on continuing to strengthen GutCheck’s brand on the international stage and positioning the company as the leader in the market research space.


EVP of Sales
Jess has more than 15 years of market research and sales experience, with a specific emphasis on consultative selling and developing commercial talent. Having previously worked in the consumer packaged goods, technology, and services verticals, she is focused on growing GutCheck’s client base and further expanding its market position.
Our Board of Directors

Robert Rinek

Chuck Cullen

Jeff Hinck

Martha Tracey

Rob Wengel
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