David Rowlee, Ph.D.

As the managing director and practice leader of the Workforce Surveys division — a part of Gallagher's Human Resources and Compensation Consulting practice — David oversees a team of highly skilled researchers and ensures the delivery of leading edge measurement capabilities, advanced empirical analyses and innovative research studies to inform the operations and strategies of our clients. He has more thab 20 years of human capital research consulting experience with special emphasis in the field of survey research — including survey design, survey methodology, statistical analyses and advanced behavioral modeling.

During the past decade, David has served as a trusted advisor to many of the world's finest organizations, where he has extensive experience leading workforce and customer engagement survey research efforts. David is uniquely skilled at distilling complex empirical results into highly actionable insights coupled with meaningful action plans to promote improvements in workplace culture while accelerating business performance and revenue growth.

Before joining Gallagher, David served as vice president of Research for a leading human capital consulting and survey firm, where he led survey design, new product development and research services. Most recently, David served as director (Research Division) for a global market and consumer insights research firm, where he led the research division, contributed to thought leadership, and guided numerous initiatives such as new survey content and design, and methodological innovations.

During David's career, he has delivered hundreds of presentations including keynote, plenary and leadership team speeches to national and international academic and professional conferences and expositions. In addition, David has contributed numerous articles on topics covering workforce engagement. David holds master's and doctoral degrees in social psychology from the University of South Carolina. He also holds a professional certificate of Demography from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.