Partner with a Multicultural Research Leader Kai K. Fuentes Recognized for Innovation, Change-Making Kai K. Fuentes, founder and president of Ebony Marketing Systems was recently honored for her pioneering work in multicultural market research: - 2025 Insights 250 winner, a global research industry award recognizing the pioneers, visionaries, and change-makers shaping the future of market research, data analytics, and evidence-based marketing worldwide
- The Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs magazine also selected Fuentes to be featured
Kai K. Fuentes describes herself as a “market research brat.” As the daughter of a market researcher, she conducted her first interview at just 12 years old. After 20 years of experience in qualitative and quantitative research, she recognized a critical gap in the industry: very few firms were conducting meaningful market research within multicultural and multilingual communities. Determined to fill that void, she founded Ebony Marketing Systems Inc. (EMS) in 2011. Today, EMS stands as a certified MWBE, DBE, SBE, WOSB, and 8(A) company providing creative, innovative, and reliable research solutions, especially in multicultural and multilingual settings. Begin your partnership with this proven leader: 1. Stay current with our complementary multicultural marketing quarterly newsletter 2. Fast start your multicultural insights with our Quick Guides 3. Listen to best practice industry recordings - Ebony Marketing System Solution Specialties: multicultural market research including Black, Latino and AAPI; competitive intelligence; multicultural intersexuality; qualitative/quantitative research methodologies; small business ownership work/life balance
- Language Capabilities Include: Cambodian, Cantonese, French, Haitian Creole, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Spanish, Russian, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese
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