Erik joined NEI in June 2025. His key responsibility is supporting the management and fulfillment of research requests for internal and external stakeholders. He assists the research team with data procurement and provides insights for Business Development and Regional Initiatives projects.
Erik grew up in Northwest Indiana and attended Indiana University Bloomington with majors in Finance and Accounting. He is now pursuing a master’s in business analytics at IU.
Erik’s top five strengths in CliftonStrengths are:
- Individualization
- Developer
- Empathy
- Relator
- Adaptability
Did You Know?
- Erik is a nerd for electronic music history and hardware.
- He enjoys watching TV, especially bad reality shows, with his partner and cats, Po and Bug.
- He believes eating octopus is evil.