Brief Work/Education History (major/key milestones)

Dr. Livingston and her staff specialize in all phases of motivational research, brand imagery and creative ideation applied to marketing. Articles either about or by Dr. Livingston have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Daily News, Newsday, The New York Post, Advertising and Communication Times, The American Bar Association Journal, Delta Sky, American Demographics, Beverage World, U.S. News and World Report, Marketing News, Communication World, Adweek, and Winners. Her work has been referenced in "The Group Depth Interview," a book published by Prentice-Hall, and "Beyond Mind Games" a book published by American Demographics.

She has also addressed gatherings as "key note" speaker for the American Marketing Association, QRCA, the Professional Marketing Research Society of Canada, The Advertising Research Foundation and the Sales Executive Clubs as well as given speeches to many other marketing audiences. She has appeared on a number of radio and TV talk shows.

Dr. Livingston holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and has had extensive training in creative ideation procedures, group dynamics, applied psychological techniques, and projective methods. Her dissertation proved that a photo-sort successfully predicted scores on the Myers Brigg Personality Inventory. She is a founding member of QRCA - the Qualitative Research Consultants Association, a member of the Qualitative Research Council of the Advertising Research Foundation, the American Marketing Association, the American Academy of Counselors and the National Association of Female Executives.

In addition to her role as President of TellMeMyType.com, Dr. Livingston also serves as President of Executive Solutions Inc., an international marketing research company serving the Fortune 500 for 20 years. Executive Solutions' clients have included Panasonic, AT&T, Nabisco, American Express, Citibank, Colgate-Palmolive, Conagra, Dow Brands, Eastman Kodak, Exxon, Franklin Mint, General Foods Corp., Helene Curtis, Hunt Wesson, Playtex, Haviland Limoges, J.C. Penny's, Kal Kan, L'Oreal, Nickelodeon, Polaroid, Polygram Records, Price Waterhouse, Sun Maid Growers, Tommy Hilfiger, Uniroyal Goodrich, United Way, Welch's, Novartis, Parke Davis, American Express, Ford Motor Company, Lipton/Unilever, Bausch & Lomb, Bristol-Meyers-Squibb, Burlington Industries, Campbell Soup, and dozens of other Fortune 500 companies.

EMAIL: sharonl@tellmemytype.com