Steve August, CEO
Steve August is the founder and CEO of Revelation, a Portland-based market research software company that creates the next generation of online qualitative research applications. Before founding Revelation in 2007, Steve was a principal of KDA Research where he directed KDA's efforts in using technology to develop innovative research techniques and methodologies.
Steve has 15 years of diverse technical and creative experience acquired from successful stints as a system administrator, webmaster, multimedia producer, and business intelligence software consultant. He has worked on market research projects for the Consumer Electronics Association, Hewlett Packard, Philips Design, Intuit, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the San Francisco Zoo.
He has presented to ESOMAR, the Market Research Association, the American Marketing Association, the Qualitative Research Consultants Association, and the Puget Sound Research Forum. Steve has published articles in Quirk's Market Research Review, QRCA Views, and Research World. From 2007 through 2008, Steve also served as editor of the Journal of Online Research, and served on the program committee of ESOMAR's Qualitative 2008 conference.
