Partnerships and Alliances
Michael Couch and Associates has formed alliances with following organizations so that we can provide increased value to our clients
Echo Strategies and Lou Musante
Echo Strategies, founded in 1983, is a professional services firm specializing in marketing research and helping their clients listen, look and play with their stakeholder audiences. The firm has a national client base including Home Depot/ Hughes, U. S. Pipe, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Culture Montreal, ACIPCO (100 Best Places To Work in America) as well as local Pittsburgh organizations such as Bayer Material Science, Respironics, Medrad (2003 Baldrige Winner), SAE International, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Carnegie Mellon University.
Lou Musante, the Founder of Echo Strategies, has 25 years experience in the marketing research business. His educational background is in chemistry and information science.
Professionally he worked for the General Tire and Rubber Company, Arthur D. Little Inc. in Cambridge, Mass. NASA Industrial Applications Center and he was Vice President of A.C. Nielsen's Tec-Data Business Unit.
Lou considers himself a business "Infopreneur" who likes to have fun and make money.
www.echostrategies.biz
Diagnostics Plus is a consultancy specializing in survey-based research for holistic business intelligence. Our clients value the actionable information we uncover using state of the art research techniques as well as expertly crafted questionnaires, organizational assessments and other traditional research methods.
Diagnostics Plus ensures that clients have relevant, timely and actionable information by providing a clear view of customer needs, broad market potential and employee alignment with organizational strategies. www.diagnosticsplus.com
Market Value Solutions
Value: The best leading indicator of Market Share
Market Value Solutions (MVS) is a management consulting firm specializing in helping clients increase their market share and profitability by enhancing the value of their products and services in strategically targeted markets. www.marketvaluesolutions.com
SuccessFactors, is the leader in on-demand Performance and Talent
Management software. Passionately focused on revolutionizing the future of work, SuccessFactors is uniquely positioned to help
companies of all sizes in certain and uncertain times by providing integrated solutions that enable organizations to bridge
strategy and execution gaps, cultivate top talent and optimize workforces, to drive business productivity and results.
SuccessFactors has 2,500+ customers of every size in over 185 countries.
www.successfactors.com
HexSAB can help your company exceed customer expectations. With almost a decade of experience, our Master Black Belts and Lean Leaders can help your organization achieve their business objectives and obtain the process improvements that have never before been possible.
www.hexsab.com
