Mr. Havill is the founder and President of Havill & Company. Prior to founding Havill & Company, he directed the Strategic Planning, Marketing Research, and MIS functions for the Mechanical Operating Division of Owens-Corning Fiberglas. In addition to developing and implementing the division’s strategic planning system, he coordinated the activities of The Strategic Planning Institute, which directed marketing consultants and business school professors on how to plan and implement business strategy.

Before joining Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Mr. Havill held senior positions in Research & Development and Industrial Engineering for Dresser Industries. There, he was responsible for both bringing new products to market and managing the expansion of Dresser’s manufacturing capacity. He has spoken at numerous management functions on Strategic Management and Competitive Intelligence. Mr. Havill has an MBA degree in Finance and Administration and a BWE degree in Engineering, both from the Ohio State University. In his free time, Nick loves to play golf.

As a senior consultant, Mr. Zohn is responsible for key account management, business development and company operations.  Since 1993, Justin has been responsible for dozens of proprietary and syndicated marketing research studies in the transportation, petroleum and construction industries. Most recently, he has been responsible for developing our FleetLeads Internet marketing program. 

A graduate of the University of Toledo, Justin now lives North of Detroit we he spends his free time with his wife Lori and dogs sailing and power-boating.  In fact his sailing team wins many local and regional sailing competitions.

As a consultant with Havill and Company, Mr. Pongrass serves as project manager on research and client database projects. Miles has been responsible for several proprietary marketing research studies in both the petroleum and construction industries. He also manages a few client customer and direct marketing database projects.

Mr. Sims joined Havill & Company as a Market Research Intern in September of 2004. Upon completion of his bachelor’s degree in marketing in May of 2005 from The University of Toledo, Jeff joined Havill & Company full-time as a Consultant. He has experience in both telemarketing and technical writing, and assisted in the analysis and writing of the recently published The U.S. Commercial Fleet Market Forecast: 2004 to 2008. In addition, Jeff has managed multiple proprietary research projects for fortune 500 clients. In his free time, Jeff enjoys reading and playing outdoor sports.

Sumana (Jin) graduated with a bachelor degree in Computer Engineering from Kasetsart University in Thailand.  After graduation, Jin worked as system analyst at a Telecommunication Company in Thailand where she was held the position of database administrator for their Oracle Database in a client/server environment.  Jin continued her education in the United States, receiving a MBA degree in Information System and International Business from The University of Toledo in Ohio.  Jin joined Havill & Company as web analyst/developer in 2001, where she became responsible for CRM web-based application and database development using SQL Server. Jin is proficient in Unix, Windows NT/2000, Java, JavaScript, HTML/DHTML, Active Server Pages (ASP), Visual Basic, Photoshop, Flash, SQL, web development, database administration, and system design, maintenance, and support.

Mr. Slagle is the founder of Plateau Marketing, a full-service Goldmine and Heat integration firm.  Prior to launching Plateau, Joe spent 10 years with Havill Consultants, where he managed syndicated and proprietary market research, direct marketing programs, and database development, analysis, and modeling projects.  He also managed a number of GoldMine implementations.  While at Havill, he coordinated the 1,000 license implementation for a major oil company. 

As a Microsoft Certified Professional, Joe continues to contribute his marketing and IT expertise on special database and CRM projects for Havill & Company.