Arundati Dandapani, CAIP, MLITT, is the Founder of Generation1.ca, a global platform and community that places Canada’s newcomers, non-profits and legal cannabis at the forefront of insights innovation. She is the author of two books, the editor of several publications, and has most recently served as (is the outgoing) Chief Editor & Intelligence Officer (CIO) of Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Certified Analytics and Insights Professionals of Canada (CAIP-PAIM Canada), both roles she created when identifying a gap in the industry marketplace. She is also a 2022 Insight250 Judge for the ESOMAR-led awards program, an Advisory Board member of Algonquin College’s Marketing Research and Analysis (MRA) Program in Canada and has presented at, chaired or reviewed presentations for AAPOR, WAPOR, ESOMAR, CRIC, CAIP, Market Research Institute International (MRII) and the University of Georgia (UGA) among other industry forums. Find her on Twitter at @itadnura. She can be reached at arundati@generation1.ca.