Client Testimonials
Randall Kempner, Vice President, Regional Innovation
"Brian Kelsey is a top-notch economic development professional. He offers the incredibly hard-to-find combination of deep academic understanding and the ability to explain difficult concepts in simple terms. He does it all--from data analysis to keynote presentations--with creativity, integrity, and candor."
"We had the pleasure of experiencing the expertise of Brian Kelsey for one of our very important Planning Conferences. His in-depth and very thorough research and analysis aided in our decision making for future growth markets. He acted like a true business partner from our first request to the final presentation and did so with flexibility, timeliness, and humor."
Client Manager, Private Energy Consulting Firm, Houston
"Our oil exploration client was looking outside the Gulf Coast to identify new labor sources to meet its aggressive growth objectives. Civic Analytics provided the foundation for confidently designing and executing our project in half the time with better-than-expected results. Within ten days, Civic Analytics provided detailed analysis and recommendations for the top fifteen U.S. locations that met our criteria for age, experience, travel, and wages. With this information, we implemented a focused marketing strategy that generated a 400 percent increase in the number of qualified candidates--in just two weeks of marketing."