Eric Nielsen is Senior Director, Media Strategies for The Gallup
Organization. In his role, Nielsen leads media relations for The
Gallup Organization. He coordinates all media inquiries and leads
the strategy for media outreach for the release of data from the
Gallup World Poll and The Gallup Poll. He also directs the media
strategy for disseminating data and promotes subject matter experts
for the Gallup Management Journal and Gallup
Consulting.
Nielsen has been with The Gallup Organization since 1994. Prior
to assuming his media relations role, he managed the start-up of
Gallup's premier subscription service, Gallup Poll On Demand, and
institutional licensing for the Gallup Brain, an online archive of
Gallup's polling data. He created the marketing and messaging used
to generate subscriber interest and purchase. He also developed
partnerships with media outlets and Web sites, encouraging them to
publish Gallup data and analyses.
Earlier in his Gallup career, Nielsen worked with Gallup's chief
marketing officer to orchestrate Gallup's learning events. These
programs featured Gallup Consulting experts who presented key
management insights to clients and prospects nationwide in a series
of intimate summits.
Prior to joining Gallup, Nielsen was in charge of Southern
California regional sales for a material handling engineering firm
in Anaheim, California. As the director of sales and engineering,
he was responsible for the marketing and sales of systems design
and construction management of large-scale manufacturing
facilities.
Nielsen received his bachelor's degree from California State
University-Fullerton in Mechanical Engineering.