February 25, 2025 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advan Research Corporation, a leading provider of geolocation and transaction data analytics, today announced the appointment of Thomas Paulson as Head of Market Insights. In this role, Mr. Paulson will lead Advan's research initiatives, focusing on delivering in-depth analysis and use cases across various sectors, including consumer, TMT, industrials, and the broader economy.
Mr. Paulson brings a wealth of experience to Advan, having previously served as Director of Research and Business Development at Placer.ai, where he was instrumental in providing actionable insights derived from location analytics and the path for expansion into new verticals. His extensive background also includes two decades as a Wall Street analyst and portfolio manager in asset management at Alliance Bernstein, Cornerstone, and others.
"I am thrilled to join Advan Research Corporation and contribute to their innovative approach in harnessing geolocation and transaction data," said Thomas Paulson. "The opportunity to delve into comprehensive research across multiple industries aligns perfectly with my passion for uncovering and presenting data-driven insights that drive successful strategic decisions by operating companies, advisory firms, and asset owners."
Grigorios Reppas, CEO of Advan Research Corporation, expressed enthusiasm about the new addition to the team: "Thomas' expertise and visionary approach to market analysis are invaluable assets as we continue to expand our research and go-to-market capabilities. As alternative datasets become indispensable for institutional investors, private equity firms, and operating companies, Thomas’ leadership will be instrumental in enhancing our ability to provide clients with unparalleled insights into their individual and broader market dynamics."
In his new capacity, Mr. Paulson will spearhead research endeavors that integrate geolocation and transaction data, offering clients nuanced perspectives on market trends and consumer behavior. He will deliver critical market intelligence across a broad spectrum of industries, empowering stakeholders to navigate the evolving economic landscape.
About Advan Research Corporation Advan Research Corporation is a premier provider of geolocation and transaction data analytics, delivering precise and actionable insights to clients across the financial, retail, real estate and civic sectors. By leveraging advanced data sourcing and analytics, Advan empowers businesses to make informed decisions in a dynamic marketplace.
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November 14, 2024 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advan Research Corporation, the leader in foot traffic and transaction data analytics in the financial, real estate and retail industries, announced today the acquisition of Real Estate Intelligence (“REI”) from RetailStat, a retailer health data and analytics company.
REI is the mobile device location data powered analytics component of RetailStat, comprising a Retail Real Estate custom graphical user interface and associated data feeds. The acquisition follows Advan’s prior acquisition of SafeGraph’s Patterns business, which included location data analytics.
With this acquisition Advan is continuing its expansion in the alternative data analytics industry, focusing on its expertise of accurate, detailed and broad data generation. The divestiture allows RetailStat to concentrate on its core expertise of retailer financial health, grocery analytics, and point of interest data. RetailStat and Advan will continue to partner with RetailStat credit scores and grocery rankings available through the REI platform.
“We are excited by the addition of REI to our portfolio of analytics powered businesses. The REI platform in particular is a uniquely powerful tool offering true insights into the performance of any retail establishment. Trade areas, void analysis, site selection, traffic ranking, demographic and psychographic customer views, along with other location visitation metrics, help drive actionable insights for real estate and retail participants,” said Grigorios Reppas, Advan’s CEO.
“Our goal with this transaction was to choose the best cellphone location analytics company to drive REI so that our customers can continue to receive the same quality of service. RetailStat is now in a position to fully direct its resources to continue to excel in the financial and credit ratings, custom retail and grocery analytics, and point of interest verticals,” said Sondra Scott, RetailStat’s CEO.
About Advan
Advan provides hedge funds, real estate investors, retailers and businesses with insights into foot traffic, sales data, and consumer behavior that enable customers to make better business and investment decisions. Its institutional-grade analytics allow fast and actionable insights into customer behavior and corporate activity. For the last nine years, Advan has been processing billions of foot traffic observations and credit & debit card transactions from tens of millions of consumers on 150 million locations and 8,000 companies across 300 sectors worldwide.
About RetailStat
RetailStat has been a trusted provider of reliable data, insights, and analytics for over 30 years. Serving a diverse range of industries, its comprehensive suite of products and trusted brands enables businesses to customize data, reports, workflows, and analyses to support financial and location-based decision-making. Renowned for its commitment to data accuracy and innovation, RetailStat empowers clients to make informed decisions in an ever-evolving marketplace.
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New York, Feb. 14, 2023
Advan Research Corporation, the leading geolocation data analytics provider servicing the financial, retail and real estate industries since 2015, today announced that, effective immediately, Yiannis Tsiounis, Ph.D., the company’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, will become Executive Chairman and Grigorios Reppas, currently Chief Operating Officer, will be promoted to Chief Executive Officer.
“Grigorios is becoming CEO at a time where our growth potential has never been more promising, after Advan’s strongest year ever where its client base and revenue more than doubled. I am looking forward to supporting Grigorios on his new role.”
“Grigorios has provided essential leadership over the years as we successfully solidifed the data supply, enhanced our platform with new and deeper analytics solutions, expanded our client base to several sectors outside the institutional investor community, and established a number of strategic partnerships”, said Tsiounis. “Grigorios is becoming CEO at a time where our growth potential has never been more promising, after Advan’s strongest year ever where its client base and revenue more than doubled. I am looking forward to supporting Grigorios on his new role.”
“I am very excited to take this additional responsibility at a time of immense growth for the alternative market sector, and fortunate to have an excellent team of colleagues with which we have worked so closely together to establish Advan as the most accurate geolocation data analytics platform,” said Reppas. “I could not be more confident on the opportunities ahead of us, ranging from enhancing our core datasets and adding new ones, continuing expanding our partnership network across several new verticals, and consummating strategic acquisitions that align with Advan’s market positioning.”
Prior to Advan Mr Reppas has served at MarketAxess, an electronic trading platform for fixed income products, where he was the Global Head of Hedge Fund Sales and CDS product manager, from 2010 to 2017. Also worked with Mr Tsiounis at BQuotes, a Credit Default Swaps and cash bonds fintech platform where he was a COO from 2006 to 2010.