In Memoriam...

Rich Johnson, Sawtooth Software’s founder and chairman emeritus, died on April 7 after a long illness. 

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Digital insights company Cint has appointed Vanessa Adams as VP, measurement and data solutions in the APAC region. 

Customer experience management company Merkle has appointed Steve Yurisich as CEO, New Zealand and Australia.

Market research firm Delineate has appointed Founder James Turner as CEO as Ben Leet steps down from the role. 

Data collection company Norstat Netherlands has appointed Kjell Massen as head, quantitative and business development. 

Research-based consultancy REC C Group has appointed Ciara Reilly and Bryan Cox to its group management team. 

Ipsos has named Àngels Martín Muñoz and Florence Parly as members of its board of directors, subject to a favorable vote at its annual meeting. 

B2B marketing research agency Adience has promoted Elyse Ludwig to research consultant. 

Consumer insights company dunnhumby has appointed Ben Burdsall as chief technology officer and Prithvesh Katoch as head, India. 

Market research recruiting firm Focus Insite has promoted Stephanie Tatum to director of the consumer division, Elisa Garcia and Ruth Lasley to project managers and Sarah Smith and Haley McInturff to assistant project managers.

Branding agency The BaaS Company has appointed Sonja Keerl as its go-to-market director and associate partner.   

Marketing services firm MERGE has appointed Stacey Hawes as chief performance and data officer. 

Ad intelligence company Vivvix has appointed Matt Young as chief commercial officer. 

Economic, financial and management consulting firm Charles River Associates has promoted Sean Sheridan to VP, intellectual property practice; Eddie Li, Erika Sloan and Griff Vinton to VPs of the life sciences practice; and Uğur Akgün and Vicki Mertzanidou to VPs of the antitrust and competition economics practice.  

Research and insights agency Opinium has appointed Mark Petrone as VP, research.

Research & Marketing Strategies has promoted Patrick Fiorenza to director, research analytics. 

B2B panel provider Internet Research Bureau has hired Charlotte Watkins as sales director, U.K.

Market research and consulting firm Smarty Pants has appointed Fey Adebiyi as insights whiz, an analyst-level position.   

Insights consulting firm M/A/R/C Research has hired Michelle Sugent, Sarah Eaton and Sara Cerra as directors of its insights and strategies team, Sherry Mohanty as client support manager, Matt Ruppe as client support director and Tyler Konan as director, development. 

Health care data and insights provider Apollo Intelligence has appointed Kelley Schudy as chief global commercial officer and Chris Mars as EVP, Sales, InCrowd.

Insights consultancy Shapiro+Raj has appointed Jaspal Singh as director, people, Samantha DuBois as director, strategy, Carrie McDowell as director, quantitative operations, Adam Weil as director, life sciences and has promoted Carol Tobler to senior director, marketing and communications.   

Market research consultancy Factworks has appointed Anchal Chhabra as co-CEO of its Silicon Valley office. 

GfK has appointed Jeremy Coen to its U.S. commercial team as commercial account director.

Marketing and research-based consultancy RED C has appointed Robin McGhee as a director with a focus on qualitative research and strategic planning. 

Ipsos has promoted Pedr Howard to EVP and head of its U.S. creative excellence team.

Market research and analytics company Leger has appointed Cameron Mills to its Alberta research team as research analyst and Mary Marji to its sales team as a business development representative.

Consumer insights platform Prodege has appointed Stuart Gullock as VP, sales, U.K. and Rajdeep Chana as director, new sales, U.K. 

Insights and research company MarketCast has appointed Debra Meyer as chief revenue officer. 

Research and data analytics group YouGov has appointed Steve Hatch as CEO. He will begin the position on August 1, succeeding Stephan Shakespeare, who will transition to a non-executive chair role.   

Kantar has appointed Ndeye Diagne as managing director, west, east and central Africa, Daniel Oseman as chief growth officer, west, east and central Africa and Astrid Ricketts as sustainable transformation practice lead, Middle East and Africa. 

Missouri University of Science and Technology has appointed Cheryl Cain as vice chancellor of marketing and communications and chief marketing and communications officer, starting on July 3. Marketing research will be among her responsibilities.

Market researcher Buzzback has appointed Sandy Intraversato as head of its global technology practice.

Blue Marble Research has promoted Oscar Maclagan to research manager. 

Research consultancy Human8 has expanded its services to the MENA region. It has appointed Senior Business Director Kurt Thompson to lead the expansion from Dubai.

Market research and consulting firm The Martec Group has promoted Ken Donaven to senior director. 

Market research and recruiting agency Field Scope International has appointed Faraz Dalvi as key accounts manager, PPE, Sinikiwe Munthali as marketing assistant, Tracizio Matengo as costing assistant, Ruth Malunga as project manager and Desire Mtosa as junior graphic designer. 

MarketVision Research has appointed Wayne Lashua to its health care insights team as VP. 

Marketing research firm Breakthrough Research Inc. has hired Tim Shoemaker as VP.

Online sample supplier and data collection provider Paradigm Sample has promoted Adam Jolley to president and Steve Danziger to SVP, Paradigm Innovation Labs.

Behaviorally has appointed Michael Huchler as consumer insights manager, Andrew Ribner as director, PackFlash Center of Excellence and has promoted Grant Montague to SVP and Brian Wheeler, Erica Hickey and Alexander Paul to insights analysts.    

AI and consumer brand software developer Insite AI has appointed Capri Brixley as EVP, strategy consulting. 

Digital marketing and technology consulting company Altudo has appointed Neil Gissler as COO.   

Custom market research firm AMC Global has appointed Brad Martinez as programming and data visualization specialist, Rachel Lenz as project director and has promoted Emily Trentacosta to VP, strategy and insights.

Insights firm Delineate has appointed Tony Pelham as commercial director. 

Market research company MetrixLab has appointed Jennifer Engel as VP, client director. 

Market research company The Big Window has appointed Santosh Makhani as research director. 

B2B marketing consultancy Gravity Global has appointed Stephen Cheliotis as global brand insights director.  

Market research agency Kadence has appointed Harriet Jowett as insight director and head, people and culture. 

Digital analytics platform Amplitude has appointed Nathaniel Crook as chief revenue officer. 

B2B research company NewtonX has appointed Tim Bruno as chief revenue officer. 

Data and analytics platform DoubleVerify has appointed Daniel Slotwiner to SVP, attention.   

The National Centre for Social Research has appointed Kris Hicks as executive director, diversification and development. 

Market researcher Quest Mindshare has promoted Tamal Krishna Sarna to senior project manager. 

Behavioral market researcher Behaviorally has promoted Joe Corace to SVP. 

Thinks Insight & Strategy has appointed Jon Edwards and Isabelle Evans as associate directors, Elsie Lauchlan as research director, Kunmi Shonubi as project coordinator, Jess Ivankovic as research lead, Daisy Kay and Katie Spittle as senior research executives and Aleena Numaan, Harry Rodgers and Cate Standing-Tattersall as research executives.   

Recommendation platform Outbrain has appointed Yonatan Maman as chief technology officer and Andraz Tori as chief product officer.

Marketing measurement company Objective Platform has appointed Roy Patel as U.K. managing director and Marc Lücke as DACH account executive.

Kantar Public has appointed David Miliband and Matthew Postgate to its global management board as non-executive directors. 

Research and data company Sago has appointed Steve Mast as chief product officer and Carlo Marcelino as chief technology officer.   

Ipsos has appointed Tasneem Ali as head, Ipsos Synthesio, U.K.Â