About
us

Our core values make us who we are.

RSI Research, Inc. is a full-service Consumer, Public Opinion & Business-to-Business Market Research Company. Our in-house team of twenty-two (22) in-house Analysts, Telephone Researchers and In-Field Researchers has conducted a variety of qualitative and quantitative research projects ranging from:
  • Business-to-Business Focus Groups
  • Business-to-Business Intercepts Surveys
  • Community/Municipality Surveys
  • Consumer/Customer Focus Groups
  • Consumer/Customer Attitude Studies
  • Direct Mail Surveys
  • Legal Change of Venue Analysis
  • Legal Community Attitude Studies (CAS)
  • Legal Focus Groups/Mock Trials Recruiting
  • Mystery Shopper Programs
  • Post Trial Jury Analysis
  • Public Opinion Studies
  • On-Line Surveys
  • On-Site/In-Store Intercepts
  • Shadow Jury Recruiting
  • Telephone Surveys

RSI Research, Inc. is headquartered in Mobile in a 10,000 square foot, state of the art facility. We maintain field offices in New Orleans and Charlotte. We also have in-field researchers stationed in Atlanta, Birmingham, Denver, Fresno, Huntsville, Marksville, Memphis, Mobile, New Orleans, Palm Springs, Pensacola, San Diego and Yuma.

Eugene “Gene” Talbott is the President of RSI Research, Inc.  His brand management business started with Marstellar – New York where he specialized in International Media and later in Brand Development.  While at Marstellar his account assignments included: Associated Spring, FMC, Ingersol Rand, United Technologies, Monsanto, etc.  BBDO – New York hired Gene away from Marstellar to take on brand management duties for I.E. DuPont and other accounts.  Gene later went on to other agencies, where he was responsible for brand development and new product introductions for Bryan Foods, Sara Lee Foods, Cal-Maine Foods, Lykes Meats, First Mississippi Bank, Deposit Guarantee Bank, etc.  He also had the opportunity to free-lance one year for the North Carolina National Bank in Tampa, Florida on the acquisition of Exchange National Bank and Gulf Stream National Bank.

Gene founded RSI Research, Inc. in 1986. RSI Research, Inc. has grown to be national in scope with the support of Patricia Rhinehart. RSI Research, Inc. has a national  reputation based upon the accuracy of the research and the value it delivers! These aspects are best demonstrated by the 81% repeat business received from RSI Research, Inc.’s clients. Today RSI Research, Inc. works throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Patricia Rhinehart is the Vice President of RSI Research, Inc. She started with the company in 1996 after living in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Her previous experience was being one of four (4) regional training coordinators over twenty-six (26) Reservation Call Centers for Delta Air Lines.  This background provides Patricia with the essential protocol and training that has made RSI Research, Inc. one of the nation’s most noted random digit dialing recruiters for Legal Focus Groups, Mock Trials, Community Attitude Surveys, Change of Venue, Shadow Jury Recruits  and other forms of research.

Judy Creal is RSI Research, Inc.’s Senior Data Analyst. Judy has been with RSI Research, Inc. for over twenty-six (26) years. She has gone through extensive training and proficient with Access, Excel, SPSS and RSI Research, Inc.’s “Research Express” program. She has been involved with well over 2,700 qualitative and quantitative research projects throughout her career.

Abby Wank has been the IT/Database Supervisor/Analyst for RSI Research, Inc. since 2007. She has a degree in Computer & Information Sciences at the University of South Alabama and has overall thirty (30+) years of programming and analysis experience in the private sector.  Abby wrote “Research Express,” the proprietary software RSI Research, Inc. has been using for the past twenty (20) years for all of our computer-assisted surveys.