michele ruttenberg
Consultant
Michele has over 20 years of experience managing a diverse variety of market research and competitive intelligence projects for companies in financial services and other industries. She is known for designing and implementing qualitative and quantitative research studies tailored to provide actionable information for decision-making.
Michele has been working as an independent research consultant since 2002, and began working with Trinity in 2009. She has designed and conducted market research to address both strategic and marketing issues for a range of clients, including Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Boston Private Bank & Trust, and the law firm Bingham McCutcheon. Previously, Michele was Senior Manager of Market Research and Competitive Intelligence at John Hancock, where she was responsible for primary research and competitive intelligence initiatives for Hancock’s life insurance, long term care insurance, and annuity businesses.
Prior to Hancock, Michele spent several years at Fidelity as Director of Market Research for retirement services, and as Senior Research Analyst within Fidelity’s retail marketing division.
Michele has a BA in Communications Research from the University of Pennsylvania.