Ridge Research

Respondent profiles

Know who is answering before they answer.

Every respondent we field carries a verified business profile: company, role, authority, technology and buying involvement. Here are anonymised examples of the detail we hold and use.

Profile depth

Five layers of detail on every profile

Attribute counts per area on a typical verified profile. Illustrative.

Firmographics

14 attributes

Role and authority

11 attributes

Technology stack

38 attributes

Buying involvement

16 attributes

Verification signals

12 attributes

Attributes held per area

Anonymised examples

Example respondent profiles

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RESPONDENT RR 0412

VP Infrastructure

Manufacturing · 5,000+ employees · Midwest

Owns infrastructure strategy for a multi plant manufacturer moving workloads to hybrid cloud.

VPBudget $10M+14/14 checks

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RESPONDENT RR 1087

Head of Data Science

Financial services · 1,000 to 4,999 employees · Northeast

Leads model development for a regional bank and controls the AI platform budget.

DirectorBudget $1M to $5M13/14 checks

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RESPONDENT RR 2290

CISO

Healthcare · 5,000+ employees · South

Board reporting security leader for a hospital network with final say on security spend.

C suiteBudget $10M+14/14 checks

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RESPONDENT RR 3315

Director of Enterprise Applications

Retail · 1,000 to 4,999 employees · West

Runs the ERP estate for a national retailer midway through a cloud ERP evaluation.

DirectorBudget $5M to $10M14/14 checks

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RESPONDENT RR 4021

CFO

Professional services · 250 to 999 employees · Northeast

Signs off finance software for a mid market firm and is evaluating AI forecasting.

C suiteBudget $1M to $5M14/14 checks

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RESPONDENT RR 5177

IT Director

Education · 1,000 to 4,999 employees · Midwest

Generalist IT leader at a university system with broad purchase authority.

DirectorBudget $1M to $5M12/14 checks

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RESPONDENT RR 6034

Chief Data Officer

Insurance · 5,000+ employees · South

Enterprise data executive at a large insurer funding agentic AI pilots in claims.

C suiteBudget $10M+14/14 checks

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RESPONDENT RR 7208

Cloud Platform Manager

Software and SaaS · 250 to 999 employees · West

Hands on platform owner who shortlists cloud tooling for a growing SaaS company.

ManagerBudget $500K to $1M14/14 checks

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RESPONDENT RR 8146

Security Operations Director

Energy and utilities · 1,000 to 4,999 employees · South

Runs the security operations centre for a utility protecting plant and grid systems.

DirectorBudget $1M to $5M13/14 checks

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Coverage

Where our profiled respondents sit

Share of profiled US respondents. Illustrative.

Illustrative demo data

By industry (%)

By company size (%)

By seniority (%)

By US region (%)

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Frequently asked questions

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