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August 19, 2008 |
Volume
16, Number 8
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Javelin Strategy & Research Thriving
in Demanding Financial Market

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James Van Dyke
and Mary Monahan outside Javelin’s Hacienda offices.
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By Nicole Zaro Stahl
NETWORK Editor
While many companies face challenges during the current economy,
Javelin Strategy & Research thrives. Since its inception on July 4,
2002, Javelin has enjoyed consistent year-over-year growth. The
company’s founder, James Van Dyke, attributes the success to two
important factors: serving a real business need and listening carefully
to customers in order to deliver value. Coming from within the
financial industry with years of experience, managing partner Mary
Monahan leads the firm’s syndicated research practice and collaborates
with Van Dyke on the challenges of managing growth and a long-term
vision.
“Currently, Javelin is maintaining steady growth and expanding
resources as it makes sense to do so,” said Van Dyke. “We continuously
assess the value our work brings to clients because I believe that if
we keep an intellectually honest account of our business, we make sound
decisions and can achieve our goals predictably.”
As a primary research firm, Javelin focuses on delivering quantitative
and qualitative research to the financial services industry. The
company pinpoints dynamic risks and opportunities for its clients
through leading-edge reports, custom research, and consulting services.
Timely, in-depth coverage of consumer behaviors, industry trends, and
emerging technologies has helped establish its research as among the
most highly regarded in the industry. Javelin clients include
some of the most influential banks, credit unions, card issuers, and
financial services technology vendors.
Due to Javelin’s timely delivery of relevant, industry-specific
findings about financial services, the company receives considerable
media attention. Its highly anticipated annual Identity Fraud Survey
Report generates thousands of media touch points and reaches an
audience in excess of 27.5 million in circulation. During the
recent coverage of the Department of Justice’s indictment of an
international fraud ring, Javelin found itself at the center of it all,
providing insightful guidance, facts, and figures to major media
outlets—print, radio, and broadcast.
Javelin publishes and sells several studies a month on topics such as
alternative payments, green banking, mobile banking, payment provider
security, online banking, contactless payments, peer-to-peer services,
social lending, identity fraud, account security, and a variety of
other reports surrounding emerging financial trends and topics.
Access to Javelin’s suite of services includes subscriptions to
syndicated reports, custom research projects, and strategic consulting.
Company president James Van Dyke has been a thought leader in
electronic commerce since 1984. He has held a variety of key management
positions in strategic planning, market research, product management,
market analysis, product and service launches, communications,
technology evaluation, alliance and partner management, and
distribution channel development with organizations ranging from
start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. His knowledge and industry
experience have been sought after at numerous industry events and even
the U.S. House of Representatives.
In addition, Mary Monahan brings over 10 years of successful direct
financial services industry experience to the business. Her banking
background includes extensive managerial expertise in growth businesses
and strategizing and implementing cross-sectional financial plans.
Since the move into offices at 4309 Hacienda Drive in 2006, the
company’s employee population has risen to 20 and is still expanding.
For more information, visit www.javelinstrategy.com.
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