Philip Garland (B.A., 2001; M.A., 2003), Ph.D., is a consultant in the areas of survey methodology, saber-metrics, online marketing, and data mining. Previously, Garland was Vice President of Methodology at SurveyMonkey where he informed product design to ensure that the company’s products produce optimal data quality. He architected a survey sampling product that grew to more than $10 million in revenue in two years.  He spearheaded companywide survey training as the company grew from 30 to more than 250 during his tenure. He also led a team of researchers to correctly predict the outcome of the 2012 presidential election in 48 of 50 states and Washington D.C., using SurveyMonkey site traffic.

Prior to SurveyMonkey, Garland was Knowledge Director/Chief Methodologist at Survey Sampling International (SSI). At SSI, he created new sampling policies that saved the firm more than twenty percent of its operating costs.

Garland has published several papers in academic journals and two book chapters in the areas of public opinion, Internet marketing, media coverage of political affairs, and intergroup relations. Garland holds a Ph.D. in Communication and an M.A. in Political Science from Stanford University, as well as an M.A. in Communication and a B.A. in Political Science/Communication from the University of Washington.