Since 1986, RSG has grown from a small shop in Vermont to a company of over 100 employee-owners with a national reputation and footprint. All the while, staying true to the commitment to applying scientifically rigorous methods and fostering an engaging workplace to make a positive impact on the world. Take a spin through our milestones from the last three+ decades.
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2018mid
2018 - rMove Collects Over 2 Million Trips
RSG’s proprietary location-aware market research application, rMove™, has recorded over 200,000 days of data, been used in over 20 projects, and has collected over 2 million trips (and counting)…
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2018mid
2018 - RSG Refines Company Vision
To more clearly define why we exist and guide our future work, RSG refines the company vision. The new statement serves to direct, empower, and inspire our team. At RSG, we strive to shape a successful future through unmatched research and analytics.
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2017late
2017 - Named ‘Great Place to Work’ for Fourth Consecutive Year
For the third consecutive year, the Great Place to Work® Institute recognized RSG as a 'Great Place to Work.' The process includes confidential surveying of employees to rate their employers on benefits and culture—ranging from professional development to overall company atmosphere. Companies are then reviewed based on six criteria assessed through the Great Place to Work® Trust Index Survey©.
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2017mid
2017 - Receives ‘When Work Works’ Award for Third Consecutive Year
RSG receives 'When Work Works' workplace award for third consecutive year, honoring our use of effective workplace strategies to increase business and employee success.
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2016late
2016 - John Deere Names RSG “Partner-Level Supplier”
RSG earned recognition as a Partner-Level supplier in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. The Partner-Level status is Deere & Company’s highest supplier rating. RSG was selected for the honor in recognition of its dedication to providing products and service of outstanding quality as well as its commitment to continuous improvement.
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2016late
2016 - Celebrates 30 Years!
RSG celebrates 30 years from offices across the US, including toasts from founder Tom Adler and first employee Ken Kaliski!
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2016mid
2016 - Named FORTUNE’s 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials
RSG receives a coveted spot in FORTUNE Magazine's list of '100 Best Workplaces for Millennials,' which surveyed over 88,000 millennials.
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2016
2016 - RSG Core Values Are Introduced
Nearing it's 30th birthday, RSG introduces four core values to help guide the company into the next era: (1) honor commitments, (2) embrace the challenge, (3) play as a team, and (4) think like an owner.
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2015late
2015 - RSGHB Hits 10K Downloads
RSGHB, an open source Hierarchical Bayes software package written by two RSGers, hits 10,000 downloads, across 113 countries, since its release in 2013 and averages 450 downloads a month. Top downloading countries include: the US (31% of downloads), Japan (10%), China (9%), Germany (4%), Spain (4%), India (4%).
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2015late
2015 - Portland, OR Office Opens
RSG establishes a Pacific Northwest presence in the Beaver State.
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2015
2015 - First rMove Application for a Household Diary
rMove, RSG's location aware market research application, is applied to the first household travel survey.
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2014
2014 - Receives 5x5x5 Growth Award from Vermont Business Magazine for Second Time
For the second time in three years, RSG receives the 5x5x5 award. The recognition, from Vermont Business Magazine, celebrates the top 5 fastest growing Vermont businesses in each of 5 categories: Technology, Contracting, Retail, Wholesale, and Manufacturing.
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2014late
2014 - Wins $20M National Parks Contract
RSG is selected to serve as the nation’s lead contractor for visitor use and social science research in the national parks through a five-year, up to $20 million contract. This provides RSG with a unique opportunity to help the NPS with the stewardship of America’s national treasures, the national parks.
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2013late
2013 - New Brand and Website Are Launched
RSG welcomes a new look and feel!
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2013mid
2013 - San Diego, CA and Evansville, IN Offices Open
RSG opens two new offices in San Diego, CA and Evansville, IN.
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2012late
2012 - New CEO Is Appointed
Already a well-known face around the halls, RSG is thrilled to welcome Stephen Lawe as the new CEO.
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2009mid
2009 - FHWA’s SHRP 2 c10
RSG is selected to lead one of the United States' most advanced travel modeling research efforts to date using new approaches in activity-based modeling.
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2009mid
2009 - Automated Vehicle Locator (AVL) Project
RSG's workgroups join forces to build a bus arrival time algorithm using real-time GPS information from the Advance Transit fleet.
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2006mid
2006 - NIH Research
Teamed with Boston University, RSG participates in one of the nation's largest research efforts ever to measure the built environment's impact on the health of 22,000 women.
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2005early
2005 - Railroad Row Opens
After countless rural sites were considered, RSG decides to be part of White River's re-awakening. Close to food and trains? Perfect.
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2004late
2004 - RSG ESOP Hits 70% Ownership
Almost there!
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2003late
2003 - Burlington Office Opens at Dorset Street
RSG's strong presence in Chittenden County warrants our first corporate expansion within Vermont.
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2001mid
2001 - First Signal Timing Project
RSG completes its first signal timing project on Susie Wilson road, initiating the company's 'Design' practice.
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2000late
2000 - EPIndex
Colin High and Kevin Hathaway build the Environmental Performance Index model and database - creating RSG's capability in avoided emissions modeling.
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1999early
1999 - TollSim
The firm builds a toll lane simulation tool to help forecast toll plaza throughput and queuing.
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1998
1998 - First rsginc.com Site
First rsginc.com site launches RSG's web presence.
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1997early
1997 - First Online Survey System
Stephen Lawe writes ASP code to launch IVIS into cyberland.
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1996early
1996 - Stephen Lawe Writes Formaker
RSG's first automated survey design platform, Formaker, changed everything for the survey research practice. Subsequent versions were still in use in 2011.
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1995mid
1995 - First Commercial Market Research
RSG conducts first commercial market research work through collaboration with John Morton Co.
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1994mid
1994 - RSG ESOP Begins
Inspired by the idea of employee ownership, the RSG ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) is launched for 15 people.
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1994mid
1994 - First GIS Project
The SUN Workstation - RSG's first substantial dive into large-scale GIS applications through the Georgia Statewide Modeling project. The high-powered Sun Microsystems workstation was the only way to run ESRI's early ArcInfo platform.
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1994mid
1994 - The “Stay Small” Goal
A corporate goal established to limit the firm to 20 people or less.
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1994early
1994 - Olcott Drive Office Opens
RSG outgrows its first home and moves into a larger space on Olcott Drive in White River Junction, Vermont.
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1993early
1993 - Nterrain 7.0
Ken Kaliski writes RSG's own noise modeling software. Stephen Lawe advanced Nterrain 8.0 in '94 for the Searsberg Wind Farm project.
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1992early
1992 - Chittenden County RPC
RSG was retained for its second largest project to date with Chittenden County RPC.
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1991early
1991 - IVIS Surveys
IVIS = Interactive Video Interview Station. Originally written in SuperCard by Stephen Lawe, RSG advanced the Mac-driven survey application. RSG fielded the first IVIS Survey in Toronto.
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1989mid
1989 - First Project >$100,000
The Forecasts Project with the US Department of Defense was contracted - RSG's largest to date.
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1989early
1989 - First Noise Project
Truck noise modeling in Hookset for Dubois & King launched RSG's capabilities in environmental acoustics.
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1988early
1988 - First Travel Model
With work for Chittenden County RPC, RSG builds its first travel forecasting model.
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1987late
1987 - Roadrunner Software
Originally developed by Tom Adler in Excel, Ken Kaliski adopted and maintained subsequent versions of this home-grown highway capacity modeling tool. The software system was eventually sold.
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1986late
1986 - First Air Project
A task within a traffic study for Rutland Mall, RSG's first air modeling project kicked off the firm's environmental work.
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1986late
1986 - RSG Is Founded
A spin-off of Dartmouth's Resource Policy Center, RSG founders Tom Adler, Colin High, and Dennis Meadows pioneered a new consultancy model: combine academic rigor with high-impact government and business projects. Their vision was to foster sound decision-making rooted in serious data analysis. Ken Kaliski was hired as the first associate.
