Who We Are

The Firm Behind This Assessment

For 14 years, Spotlight has helped enterprise companies control how they appear in the conversations that shape buying decisions — from analyst reports to AI-generated answers.

What We Do

Visibility Is Our Only Job

We help companies appear accurately and favorably wherever buyers are doing research — whether that's an analyst report, a trade publication, or an AI-generated answer.

Founded in 2012

Spotlight started with a simple premise: if you can map the ecosystem of people and systems that influence buying decisions, you can engineer better outcomes. We've spent fourteen years refining that premise into a repeatable methodology — running hundreds of engagements for companies whose revenue depends on being findable.

The AI-mediated buying shift didn't catch us off guard. We've been tracking how information flows from source material into AI training data since the beginning — and building the tools to measure and improve it.

Why That Matters Here

This assessment isn't a marketing exercise. It's the output of the same simulation methodology we deploy for enterprise technology companies whose pipeline depends on being visible when buyers research options.

The 700-question LLM buying simulation, the stakeholder persona modeling, the competitive gap scoring — these are production-grade tools refined across hundreds of engagements. The findings in this report are what that system produces when applied to JE Dunn's semiconductor construction market position.

Track Record

The Evidence Behind the Firm

Operational metrics that matter — from the companies that trust us with their market visibility.

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Enterprise Clients
Including Adobe, Google, IBM, Intel, SAP, ServiceNow, Salesforce, and Visa
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Operating History
Continuously refining methodology since 2012
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Net Revenue Retention
Clients expand — they don't leave
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Net Promoter Score
Top-decile across professional services
101% NRR means clients grow with us. Our engagements don't end after a single assessment — they expand as clients see the impact on their pipeline, win rates, and market positioning. Recognized by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations as Agency of the Year.
How We Work

Three Ways We Solve This

Diagnosis, execution, and measurement — integrated into a single engagement so nothing falls between the cracks.

Core
Strategy & Execution

We build and run the programs that reshape how analysts, trade media, and AI systems perceive and recommend our clients. This is where JE Dunn's engagement would begin.

Includes: Analyst Relations, Client Reference Programs, AI Visibility Optimization, Competitive Positioning, Content Strategy, Trade Media Placement
Intelligence
Research & Diagnostics

The diagnostic engine behind this assessment. Proprietary simulations, competitive benchmarking, and market intelligence that tell you exactly where you stand — and what to do about it.

Includes: LLM Buying Simulations, Competitive Gap Scoring, Stakeholder Persona Modeling, Market Landscape Analysis
Technology
Measurement Platform

Purpose-built software that tracks program effectiveness in real time — so you can see exactly what's moving and hold us accountable for results.

Includes: AI Visibility Tracking, Competitive Intelligence Dashboard, Relationship Management, Program Analytics, Quarterly Reporting
Accountability

How We Measure Results

Two proprietary systems ensure every dollar invested is traceable to measurable movement.

Visibility Scoring
The methodology behind this assessment

A composite scoring system that quantifies a company's visibility across the channels that shape buying decisions — analyst reports, media coverage, peer recommendations, and AI-generated answers. This assessment is the output of that system applied to JE Dunn.

Repeatable and comparable. The same simulation runs quarterly, creating a directly comparable dataset showing exactly how your AI visibility is changing over time.
Real-Time AI Monitoring
Continuous visibility tracking

We track how LLMs are representing JE Dunn across prompts, models, and time — not quarterly snapshots, but continuous instrumented measurement. When the fix is working, you'll see it in the data before you feel it in pipeline.

No guesswork. After an engagement begins, ongoing tracking shows JE Dunn's LLM visibility trajectory in near-real-time — so you know the investment is working.
Market Validation

Why This Matters Now

The shift from human-mediated to AI-mediated buying isn't coming — it's here. And the companies investing in AI visibility now are building a compounding advantage.

94%
of B2B buyers now use LLMs during the purchasing process
77%
report depending more on AI recommendations than a year ago
~3,000
addressable B2B technology vendors in Spotlight's core market

The Influence Evolution

Enterprise buying research has evolved through three eras: traditional (analyst calls, peer referrals, conferences), digital (search engines, review sites, social proof), and now AI-mediated (LLM responses, AI summaries, algorithmic recommendations). Each era added a layer without eliminating the previous ones. Spotlight operates across all three — and we recognized the AI layer's importance years before most companies acknowledged it existed.

What This Means for JE Dunn

When 94% of B2B buyers are consulting AI before engaging vendors, a company's LLM visibility isn't a nice-to-have — it's market access. JE Dunn's #3 ENR ranking gives it the substance. Spotlight's role is to ensure that substance translates into signal — across every AI-mediated touchpoint in the semiconductor fab procurement process.

The Assessment Is the Beginning

The same team that diagnosed JE Dunn's visibility deficit — with 14 years of experience, 190+ enterprise clients, and production-grade tooling — is ready to close it. Let's find 90 minutes to walk through the strategy.

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Rick Nash, CEO  ·  rick.nash@spotlightar.com