Jan Kestle

Jan Kestle

Founder and President of American Environics Analytics, "Jan Kestle directed the development and launch of PRIZM CE. With thirty-five years experience in the Canadian information industry, Jan is a recognized expert in using statistics and mathematics to help solve business challenges. She has held executive positions with such leading information companies as ompusearch, The Blackburn Group and The Polk Company. While serving as President of Compusearch from 1994 to 2000, a period in which the company experienced its greatest period of growth, Jan oversaw the development of several Canadian segmentation systems--including PSYTE, PSYTE U.S., and Financial PSYTE.

"She also spearheaded the development of Market Math, a geodemographic software product used by consumer marketers in over 100 Canadian companies. After receiving a degree in mathematics from the University of Western Ontario, Jan worked for 19 years at the Ontario Statistical Centre, where she developed an expertise in the Canadian census and its applications in marketing and social research. In November 2003, she founded Environics Analytics, in partnership with Environics Research, establishing a new marketing services company based in Toronto.“