Dave Hora
Founder, Dave's Research Company
Dave Hora is a 6x first-research-hire, establishing the practice at companies including Instacart, PlanGrid, and ResearchGate. He's a former board member of the ResearchOps community, designing and co-leading the Research Skills Framework project.
In 2020, Dave moved to Portugal and became the founder and perpetual Employee of the Month at Dave's Research Company, consulting with teams throughout the US and Europe on strategic product initiatives.
Dave also writes a newsletter on the process of building good things, is a practicing brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and looks forward to spending all of January, 2025 as an unpaid sake brewing intern in Japan.
Rosenverse talks by Dave:
" Putting scaffolding in place helps self-organization in complexity—like training wires in vineyards or using shared maps in teams. "
Research in the Face of Complexity: New Sensibility for New Situations
August 27, 2025
" Building relationships with stakeholders influences research impact far more than just presenting data or methods. "
Reimagining research: What does the field need to grow? [Advancing Research Community Workshop Series]
October 16, 2024
" Shared understanding is the first layer of driving impact, not just completing studies or putting personas on walls. "
Advice for Establishing Research
December 8, 2022
" This research skills framework could become a living language of practice that evolves with community contributions. "
A Research Skills Evolution
March 10, 2021
