Rex Repass

Subject Matter Expert

Rex Repass is a retired president of Research America. He continues to provide technical and industry-specific knowledge to Research America’s CEO and client service teams on an ad hoc basis.

During Rex’s 45-year career, he led market/opinion research and consumer insights engagements for major global companies including Honda, Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Cigna, Meta Platforms (Facebook), Thomson Reuters, and Procter & Gamble. After joining Research America in 2016, the company grew organically and through acquisition. In 2019 the company was named a Top 50 market research firm in the U.S. based on annual revenue by the GreenBook Research Industry Trends Report (GRIT).

Rex is a life-long entrepreneur. Companies he led were named to Inc. magazine’s annual list of the fastest growing, privately held companies in America on four occasions.

Rex received an undergraduate degree from Marshall University, and in 2017 was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Marshall’s College of Arts and Media. He also received a Master of Science degree from the University of Tennessee, with an academic focus on public opinion and advertising research methods. He currently serves on UT’s College of Communication and Information Board of Visitors.

Edu: M.S., University of Tennessee, B.A. Marshall University