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February 20, 2026Welcome back to Intellicast! On today’s episode, Brian Peterson is joined by a friend of the podcast and the newly named Executive Vice President of Products for Rep Data, Vignesh Krishnan. He joins the podcast to discuss Rep Data’s recent acquisition of ReDem, as well as data quality and fraud.
Kicking off the episode, Vignesh gives Brian the inside details on how ReDem will integrate into the Rep Data/Research Defender ecosystem and how it will expand their fraud detection capabilities beyond the pre-survey phase.
As the episode progresses, Brian and Vignesh touch on a variety of topics, including:
- The fraud detection ecosystem
- The layered approach to fraud detection
- How fraud and data quality are not the same thing
- Insights from each’s research-on-research
- Gen AI’s increased usage by fraudsters and respondents
- And much more!
If you wanted to know more about Rep Data’s acquisition of ReDem, this is the episode for you.
You can learn more about the acquisition here.
You can connect with Vignesh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vignesh-krishnan-08846aa/
Thanks for tuning in!
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