Murat Philippe

Mr. Philippe is a Principal Consultant who has worked in the social sciences for nearly 15 years. At HR Solutions, he is responsible for reporting survey results with qualitative employee feedback data for senior leaders. In addition to facilitating over 2,000 focus groups, Mr. Philippe guides leadership teams through presentations and the action-planning process and provides online training for ActionPro® users.

Prior to joining HR Solutions, Mr. Philippe worked for four years at International Survey Research, coordinating multi-national, multi-lingual surveys for Fortune 500 companies such as American Airlines, Citibank, General Motors, Royal Bank Financial Group, Lucent Technologies, and Pharmacia & Upjohn.

After receiving his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University, Mr. Philippe worked for two years as a laboratory manager in the Northwestern University Psychology Department. Under Professor Sandra Waxman, he conducted and analyzed language acquisition studies.

Personal

Born in Spain, with roots in the Caribbean, Mr. Philippe is fluent in Spanish. He has volunteered through Chicago Cares to paint subsidized apartments for the elderly and often supports and attends charitable events such as the Multiple Sclerosis Walk and the Breast Cancer Race for the Cure. Mr. Philippe also participated for three years in Northwestern University's 30-hour Dance Marathon, which has raised over $9 million to benefit various Chicago-area charities. In addition to his love for photography, live music and professional football, Mr. Philippe is an admitted adrenaline seeker that enjoys skydiving, bungee jumping, snowboarding, and mountain biking. Mr. Philippe has gone SCUBA diving at the Great Barrier Reef and whitewater rafting on the Gauley and New River in West Virginia as well as the Flathead River at Glacier National Park in Montana.