Chicago-based Information Resources, Inc., has named Robert Blattberg chief analytics officer.

U.K.-based research firm ESA has named Ana Carolina systems developer.

Veronica Newman has joined Indianapolis research firm Market Voice Consulting as quantitative program manager.

Jim Salter has joined the Cherry Hill, N.J., office of Abt Associates Business Research and Consulting Group as principal consultant.

Cincinnati research firm Blue Bear has named Wendy Kincaid sales administration manager.

Decipher, Inc., Fresno, Calif., has named Jens Schlueter national sales director.

M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, has announced a number of staff additions. Frank Wyman has been named director - advanced analytics; Kristy Hoover has been named marketing assistant; and Jeremy Brandt, Cardiss Johnson and Robert Lavarn have joined the firm as data analyst interns.

StructureTec, a Kalamazoo, Mich.-based building consulting firm, has named Matthew Polick marketing research and sales representative.

Lewis Oberlander has been promoted to senior vice president, domestic marketing research, Warner Bros. Pictures, Burbank, Calif.

William Vidrine has joined Bellomy Research, Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., as a CATI programmer. In addition Kimberly Cameron has been promoted to senior research manager and Lynn Dube has been promoted to vice president - client service.

New York research firm Ipsos has named Maria Philips to its advertising research division in Parsippany, N.J., as vice president of tracking and equity.

Burt Leiman has been appointed managing director of Greenfield Consulting Group, Westport, Conn.

Keith Peterson has been named chief operating officer of San Diego marketing information firm Claritas and president of Integras, a division of Claritas, Inc.

Orem, Utah-based research firm PGM, Inc., has named Michael Nader client development representative.

Research International has announced a number of appointments: Miriam Rustam as general manager to lead the agency’s office in Indonesia; Sunando Das as regional director, consumer understanding and branding in Asia-Pacific; Gillem Lawson to regional director of innovation in Asia-Pacific; Catherine Connolly to group human resources director and member of the group board; Douwe Rademaker to CEO of Research International Japan; Guy de Seveaux to CEO in the Netherlands; Alissa Algarin to client service director/ tracking division in the Stamford, Conn., office; Tom McCay to technical director – tracking role. In addition, Rosalynn Tang has been promoted to deputy managing director of Singapore.

Foundation Energy Sales, Inc., Linthicum Heights, Md., has named Betsy S. Vaninetti director, market research.

Stephen Anspach, chief technology officer of Encino, Calif., research firm E-Poll, has added the title of senior vice president operations to his responsibilities. In addition, Mary Ann Farrell has been promoted to senior vice president research.

Karey Stiefer has joined Chicago Focus as managing director.

Holly Blankstein has joined Chicago idea generation firm Energy Infuser as director of insight and ideas. Rita Winters has been named creative strategist.

Warwick Nash has been appointed managing director, consultancy services, Millward Brown UK. Khalid Khan has been appointed director, Millward Brown UK. And Jim Fulco has been promoted to vice president, client service, at the Naperville, Ill., office.

ACNielsen, Syosset, N.Y., has named Todd R. Kaiser to its Homescan marketing team as director - custom survey research.

Gary Tucker has been appointed senior vice president at J.D. Power and Associates, Westlake Village, Calif., and will lead client services within the firm’s financial services and insurance division. In addition, Frank Forkin has been named senior vice president responsible for managing several practice areas.

Ingather research-denver has named Raul Cervantes bilingual operations manager and Mike Cowgill call center supervisor. In addition, Shaun Olson has been named call center manager and Michael Robinson has been named onsite manager.

Boston-based AMR Research has named Guy Dunkerley research director.

Howard Shimmel has joined Nielsen Media Research as senior vice president, client insights. Shimmel will be based in New York.

Invoke Solutions, a Wellesley, Mass., research firm has named Richard Scott CFO and general counsel. The company has also named Jon Elvekrog senior vice president of product marketing and strategy, Dolly Hightower vice president of channel sales, and named Ben Cesare senior vice president of sales.

The NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y., has named Chris Swenson director of software industry analysis for NPD Techworld. Separately, Kaileen Millard has been named director of fashion for NPD Canada.

Arbitron Inc., New York, has promoted Bob Michaels to vice president, PPM programming services.

International Communications Research, Media, Pa., has named Gilbert “Gil” Barrish president and CEO.

ARC Research, Cranford, N.J., has announced several staff additions. Angela Vila has been named director of business development. Patrick Gallagher has joined ARC as an account executive. And Daria Friedman has been promoted to vice president - sales. Adriane Jackel Keene has been named project director. She is based in Phoenix.