Marc Maynard

Marc Maynard is Director of Technical Services at the Roper Center, as well as the Assistant Secretary on their Board of Directors. The Roper Center is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion. The data held by the Roper Center range from the 1930s, when survey research was in its infancy, to the present. Most of the data are from the United States, but over 50 nations are represented. With experience in user services and archives management, Maynard has most recently directed efforts to further develop the Roper Center's data access services. He has been primarily responsible for the development of iPOLL, the Center's question retrieval system, and RoperExpress, its data download service. He received a BS in business from the University of Connecticut and an MS in information technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.