GfK Custom Research North America, New York, has promoted Angelo Pierro and Joseph Schiappa to managing director, Canada.
Mitch Danklef has joined Fresno, Calif., research company Decipher Inc. as senior vice president, client development.
Karl Feld has been named vice president, international research, at Abt Associates, a Bethesda, Md., research company.
Paul Conner has joined Sentient Decision Science Inc., a Portsmouth, N.H., research company, as vice president, behavioral science.
Portland, Ore., research consulting firm Zanthus has promoted Amanda Durkee, Sarah Marin, Doug Wicks, Carole Wiedmeyer and Sarah Kyle to partner.
London research company BrainJuicer Group PLC has appointed Matte Wicklin as vice president, North America, South and Southeast.
Leslie Wood has been named chief research officer of Nielsen Catalina Solutions, a Cincinnati research company.
Merrill Dubrow, president and CEO of M/A/R/C Research, Dallas, has been named chairman of the executive committee of the A.C. Nielsen Center for Marketing Research at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Additionally, M/A/R/C has hired Eric Swayne as director, social analytics and insights.
Research Now, Plano, Texas, has appointed James Burrows as senior vice president, client development. Burrows will be based in New York. Research Now has also promoted Sadia Corey to director, client development. Additionally, Research Now has expanded its team in Munich, Germany, to include Markus Lochner and Patrycja Reinhart as client development executive. Separately, Research Now’s parent company e-Rewards Inc. has added Braxton Carter to its board of directors.
ICM Direct, a Richmond, Va., research company, has appointed Pat McCarthy to lead its online research offering.
Menlo Park, Calif., research company Knowledge Networks has appointed Christopher J. Moessner as vice president, public affairs, to lead the company’s Washington, D.C., practice. Separately, Knowledge Networks has hired David Brown as vice president, consumer packaged goods and retail.
Chicago research company Synovate has hired Shreya Baksi Sen to lead its specialist customer experience practice in India. The company has also hired Gary Martin as managing director for Synovate in Australia. Martin will be based in Sydney. Finally, Synovate has expanded its business consulting team in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Karthik Ramamurthy will lead the team in MENA and India and Rashid Al Banna will lead operations in the United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Framingham, Mass., research company Kadence International has hired Jeremiah Rodriguez as insight analyst and Kate Shafir and Benjamin Daigle as insight executive.
London research company Added Value has made the following appointments: Cauri Jaye, group senior vice president, technology, Added Value Global; Stephen Palacios, executive director, business development, and executive director, intercultural practice, Added Value North America; and Tommy Stinson, director, qualitative insights, Added Value North America.
Terence McCarron has been promoted to managing director, North America, of Cint, a Stockholm, Sweden, research company. McCarron will be based out of Princeton, N.J.
QSR International, a Doncaster, Australia, research software company, has appointed Rob Calcagni as general manager, Americas; and Chris Astle as general manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Paris research company Ipsos has made the following appointments to its qualitative team in Asia-Pacific: Tony Wai, Greater China; Omnia Holland, Australia; Fumito Furukawa, Japan; MC Lai, Southeast Asia; and Rinku Patnaik, India.
Shelton, Conn., research company Survey Sampling International has named Marina Repina director, business development, Russia.
James M. Caltrider has been appointed president and CEO of San Diego research company TrendSource.
New York research company Ipsos Health has hired David Scowcroft as senior vice president and Susan Baxter as vice president. Additionally, Jane Wilson has rejoined the company as manager and Brittany Bare, Gina Maggi, Katherine Sharga and Andrew Zoller have been named research associates.
G & S Research, Indianapolis, has promoted Wendy Ruiz to director, client services; Chad Moore and Elizabeth Woerly to manager, analytics; Sara Melchi to analyst; Mary Ellen Wheeler to senior project manager; and Ashley Miller and Wyndy Smelser to manager, client services. The company has also hired Amy Heady as coder and Elena Montgomery as associate analyst.
Redwood Shores, Calif., research company Cheskin Added Value has hired Martin Cerda to its intercultural team as strategic director, quantitative/business consulting. Cerda will be based in Miami. Cheskin Added Value has also appointed Lee Shupp as executive vice president.
Fort Washington, Pa., research company Focus Forward has promoted Anushya Singh to director, qualitative field services, and hired Andrea Palys as project manager, qualitative.
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, a Parsippany, N.J., advertising company, has promoted Brad Davidson to general manager, Ogilvy CommonHealth Insights and Analytics.
John Farrar has been promoted to vice president, media measurement, at InsightExpress, a Stamford, Conn., research company.
New York research company Kantar Health has promoted Jade Cusick to president, U.S. marketing insights.
Invoke Solutions, a Boston research company, has named Iqbal Mutabanna CTO.
GfK HealthCare, a Blue Bell, Pa., research company, has appointed David Mackenzie as global head of country strategic development. Mackenzie will be based in the U.K.
Jeffrey Henning has been named CMO of Affinova, a Waltham, Mass., research software company.
London research company Kantar Media has promoted Allister Nixon to COO.
Perry James has been promoted to president, home and office supplies, of Port Washington, N.Y., research company The NPD Group. Separately, the company has named Amy Hyland head of fashion apparel. Diane Nicholson, head of the beauty business, will add the fashion footwear and accessories business to her responsibilities. Juli Lennett has been named head of toys.
InSites Consulting, a Ghent, Belgium, research company, has made several appointments to its London office: Aaron Rattue and Simon McDonald as business director and Laxmi Chhaya and Antonno Versteeg as community research consultant.
Watertown, Mass., research company Communispace has named Sally O’Rourke managing director, Europe.
Los Angeles research company MarketShare has appointed Steve Simpson as executive vice president, global accounts and strategic growth.
Richard Lawrence has been named leader, business strategy and strategic services, of Mindshare North America, a New York research company.
Patty Currie has been appointed global brand director, tracking, of New York research company Millward Brown. Currie will be based in Lisle, Ill.
Dallas research company Toluna has appointed Stephan Soine as country manager, Germany
Insight Research Group, New York, has hired Cassandra Rowe as senior manager and Ally Aleman as manager. Additionally, Betsy Grimes has been promoted to senior manager and Alisha Alleyne, Jamie Betesh and Karen Stasiak have been promoted to manager.
Lightspeed Research, Warren, N.J., has hired Paul Wong as senior vice president, business development. Wong will be based in Hong Kong.