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Thom Gonyeau

CPSI Co-Host

Thom Gonyeau

CPSI Co-Host

Biography

Thom Gonyeau is co-owner of Mountain View Group, a creative services agency and media production company, where he has worked for more than 25 years.
Thom began his career as a producer and has held many positions at Mountain View from business development to Chief Operating Officer. In 2008, he and his business partner purchased the company from the original owner and his role as entrepreneur took off. Mountain View celebrated its 30th anniversary this past year.

Account management and customer delight have always been at the heart of Thom’s passions. He has partnered with customers on communication projects at GE, The Coca-Cola Company, Raytheon Company, various government agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and educational institutions. Over the years, the resulting work has garnered hundreds of regional, national, and international awards.

Thom was introduced to Creative Problem Solving and CPSI about a dozen years ago and has attended ever since. He has been a leader for the Springboard and Building Teams curricula. Currently, he is on the Board of Trustees for the Creative Education Foundation, which sponsors the international CPSI conference. He has served on the executive board of Capital District Community Gardens and is past president of two different Advertising Clubs (in Albany, NY and Atlanta, GA). He has been honored as a notable alum by the College of Saint Rose, was named one of the 40 Under Forty to watch by The Business Review, and designated a Top 100 producer.

For fun, Thom enjoys traveling with his wife and hanging out with their new son. He enjoys music, theatre, creative writing, & photography and is an avid runner and tennis player. Thom resides and works in Atlanta, but has an office in Schenectady, NY, and, therefore, bounces up and down the East Coast.

Susan Newhouse

CPSI Co-Host

Susan Newhouse is Vice President of Innovation for TNS, the world’s largest custom market research firm.

She heads up the TNS Qualitative Innovation team and serves on the North America Board of Innovation and Product Development Experts. In her role, she is responsible...

Susan Newhouse

CPSI Co-Host

Biography

Susan Newhouse is Vice President of Innovation for TNS, the world’s largest custom market research firm.

She heads up the TNS Qualitative Innovation team and serves on the North America Board of Innovation and Product Development Experts. In her role, she is responsible for enhancing the overall strategic innovation offer, as well as developing new methodologies and techniques.

For over 12 years, Susan has led cutting-edge innovation sessions for Fortune 500 companies such as Bank of America, Coca-Cola, Darden Restaurants, Hershey’s, Kellogg’s, Kraft Foods, Colgate-Palmolive, MillerCoors and Walmart. A dynamic facilitator who engages and inspires individuals to action, she is an expert in translating strategic consumer insights into winning ideas and concepts. She has also led numerous global creativity and innovation training programs for colleagues and clients alike.

Susan has been a regular CPSI attendee since 2002 and has served as leader for the Springboard, Tools & Techniques and YouthWise curricula. She has also served on the CPSI Program Team and was an Innovation Instigator at last year’s conference. CPSI is also at the heart of the entire Newhouse family – her husband Rob has been a YouthWise leader and her son Roman began attending YouthWise as soon as they would let him in!

Susan’s fascinations include the thrill of live music from the front row, exotic new food adventures, and all things Italian. She also enjoys photographing the small moments of life shared with family and friends, and hosts a party of fun characters in her creative soul.

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