John “Jack” Jones, founder of the Market Research Bureau of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, died in February at age 91.
Twitter, Palo Alto, Calif., has hired Jeffrey Graham as director, advertising research.
Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc., the Canton, Mass., parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, has promoted Rebecca Zogbi to vice president, global consumer and business insights.
AOL Inc., New York, has promoted Denise Brien to senior director and Vicki Draper to director, both within the consumer analytics and research group.
Beth Thompson has joined Atlanta research company CMI as vice president, qualitative research.
New York research company GfK has hired Eric Villain as managing director, U.S. brand and customer experience. Additionally, the company has promoted Audrey Rosen to managing director, market opportunities and innovation; Gary Schanzer to managing director, shopper and retail strategy; and Don Simons to managing director, consumer goods and consumer health care.
Separately, Tom Zwolan has joined the company as vice president, GfK Automotive. Zwolan will be based out of the GfK’s Southfield, Mich., office.
Finally, Hetty Fore and Robert Hernandez have joined the GfK Consumer Experiences North America team as senior vice president, market opportunity and innovation, and senior vice president, qualitative and ethnographic research, respectively.
ThinkNow Research, Burbank, Calif., has hired David Milam as director, client services.
The Access Partnership, a London research company, has hired Pascal King as global director and Kevin Mayo as executive vice president. Mayo will be based out of the company’s Philadelphia office. Thalia Nikoglou and Ahmed Edathodu have also joined the company as consultants.
Mary McDougall has been appointed president and CEO of CfMC Solutions for Research, a San Francisco research software company.
The Research Partnership, London, has appointed Sue Rees and Duncan Munro as director, Iole Beattie as associate director and Jordan Thomas as senior research executive.
New York research company Insight Strategy Group has promoted Karen (Stasiak) Van Vleet to associate director and Annie Orenstein to manager.
Nuremberg, Germany, research company The GfK Group has made four appointments to its regional management in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Turkey and Africa and Asia-Pacific. Caroline Henne has been named director, regional business development, digital market intelligence. Sujata Mehta has been named managing director, GfK consumer experiences, Malaysia. Stephen Potts has been named regional lead health care, Asia. Sara van der Wildt has been named head of GfK consumer experiences, Middle East.
Federica Sacchi has joined SIS International Research, New York, as director, business development, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Sacchi will be based in London.
Elkins Park, Pa., language services company CETRA Language Solutions has hired Robin Smith as project manager, interpretation, and William Gao as project manager, translation. Additionally, CETRA Ireland Ltd. has hired Gabriela Luta as project manager and Hans Breuer as manager, business development, Europe.
Fresno, Calif., research company Decipher Inc. has hired Michelle Andre as marketing director. Andre will be based in Bend, Ore.
Peter Mimnaugh has joined M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, as executive vice president, new business development. Mimnaugh will be based out of the company’s New York office.
Barna Group, a Ventura, Calif., research firm, has named Clint Jenkin vice president, research. Jenkin will be based in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Market Decisions Corporation, a Portland, Ore., research company, has promoted Alice Blackwell, Jakob Lahmers and Dima Sokolov to partner.
Paris research company Ipsos has named Pierre Le Manh CEO of Ipsos in North America. Le Manh replaces Jim Smith, who has been appointed special advisor to the co-presidents.
Richard H. Groom has been promoted to president of Sparks Research, Clemson, S.C.
Hall & Partners Health, a division of New York research company Hall & Partners, has promoted Soumya Roy to managing partner, U.S.
Steve Ennen has been named president of Centris Marketing Science, a Horsham, Pa., research company. Additionally, Centris has hired Steve Lanning as senior vice president, analytics and modeling; Jennifer Broussard-Mabee as senior product manager; and Jennifer Schmidt as manager, survey operations.
C+R Research, Chicago, has promoted Todd Eviston to senior vice president, operations.
Donna Wallace has joined Cincinnati research company Burke, Inc. as vice president, senior account executive, client services.
Phoenix research company Blueocean Market Intelligence has hired Mark Mallardi as senior vice president, client development.
Patrizia Elli has joined Research Now, Plano, Texas, as director, client development, Italy. Elli will be based in Italy at the Research Now Milan location.
Vancouver, B.C., research company Vision Critical has named Donna de Winter CFO.
New York research company Ipsos MediaCT has hired Paul Wallace as vice president.
The Marketing Research Association, Washington, D.C., has named Amy Shields research director. Shields will be based near Dallas.
Informa Research Services Inc., Calabasas, Calif., has hired Brian Garlock as director, business development, media partnership.
The Brand Activation Association, New York, has hired Mike Kaufman as vice president, marketing.
Vienna, Va., research company D3 Systems has made the following appointments: Alex Brezinski, Michael Caughey, Leslie Dishman, Elizabeth Hood, Nicholas Malouta and Nina Sabarre, assistant research analyst; Kelley Milligan, controller; and David Rae, statistician.
Effective Measure, a Melbourne, Australia, research company, has appointed Sammy Elazab as country managing director, Singapore.
Ari Paparo has joined Austin, Texas, research company Bazaarvoice as senior vice president, media products.
The Relevancy Group, a Spring Lake, N.J., research company, has hired Chis Marriott as vice president, services, and principal consultant.
Mark Turim has been named managing director and COO of InsightsNow, a Corvallis, Ore., research company.
London research company Added Value has hired Sandrine McClure as director, Added Value France. McClure will be based in Paris.
JRA Research, Nottingham, U.K., has promoted Isla Cullingworth to research manager.
Clockwork Solutions, an Austin, Texas, research company, has named Joseph Berti CEO.