Los Angeles research company MarketShare has promoted Dirk Beyer to executive vice president, chief science and innovation officer.
Atlanta research company CMI has hired Bill Douglas as account manager, consumer and shopper strategy; and Valerie Deaton as qualitative manager.
Jennifer Romano Bergstrom of Fors Marsh Group, an Arlington, Va., research company, has been elected president of the 2013 Washington-Baltimore Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research Council, Deerfield, Ill.
The Research Partnership, London, has hired Darren Kottler as associate director.
Andy Ellis has joined New Orleans research company Federated Sample as senior vice president, corporate development.
The Pert Group, a Farmington, Conn., research company, has hired Curt Stenger as vice president, market analytics; Jim Lee as group director, consumer packaged goods; Ted Clark as vice president, operations; and Allison Polanis as senior analyst, market analytics. Polanis will be based in Kansas City, Mo.
Management Science Associates Inc., a Pittsburgh research company, has hired Armeen Gould as director, business development, business analysis.
Kimberly White has been named director of sales at MarketSight LLC, a Cambridge, Mass., research company.
Zurich, Switzerland, research network WIN/Gallup International Association has promoted Sarah Weil to director, international research.
The Research Intelligence Group, Fort Washington, Pa., has promoted Ron Cosgrove to president, U.S.; Robert Kaplan-Sherman to corporate chief researcher; and Bruce Shandler to board member and strategic advisor to the CEO.
Jessica Lambert has joined Prince Market Research, Nashville, Tenn., as research associate. The company has also promoted Robyn Burns to marketing manager.
Howard “Bud” Sanders has joined Norcross, Ga., research company The Marketing Workshop Inc. as director, marketing sciences.
Cincinnati research company Burke, Inc. has hired Andrew Ma as vice president, senior account executive, client services; and promoted Mike Webster to senior vice president, research solutions.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, research company itracks has hired Robert Burron, Dale Watts and Steve Valigosky to its account management team.
Cincinnati research company ThinkVine has named Elan Long vice president, product management; and Gregg Ambach vice president, analytical services.
Larry A. Walker has joined Market Strategies International, Livonia, Mich., as chief people officer.
Andrew Appel has been named president and CEO of Chicago research company SymphonyIRI Group Inc.
Insight Strategy Group, a New York research company, has hired Stephen Lenzen as vice president, quantitative strategy.
Portsmouth, N.H., research company Opinions For Good Inc. has named Frank Nappo president and CEO; Frank Hayden COO; Chris Stearns CTO; and Archie Ignacio vice president, client services, North America.
Rick Reilly has been named vice president, account strategy, at Horsham, Pa., research company LRA Worldwide Inc.
Gasia Kazanian has joined Los Angeles research company DB5 as senior brand strategist, quantitative.
Hall & Partners Health, a London division of New York research company Hall & Partners, has promoted Lee Gazey to managing partner. Additionally, the company has promoted Emily Helm to research director, U.K.; Sian Lewis to account manager; and Chris Gibson and Kat Gridley to account executive.
M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, has hired Rick Johnston as vice president, business development. Johnston will be based in Flemington, N.J.
Rotterdam, Netherlands, research company SKIM has appointed Joris Huisman and Eline van der Gaast as new venture directors for the company’s San Francisco office.
Auckland, New Zealand, research company Information Tools Ltd. has hired Heather Griffiths as group client director for Coca-Cola and Microsoft.
Delve Marketing Research, St. Louis, has hired Wally Balden as managing director, leading Delve’s online division.
Research Reporter, Melbourne, Australia, has promoted Leslie Crist to global director, client services.
Radius Global Market Research, New York, has appointed Darren George as research director, Radius EMEA. George will be based in the company’s London office.
Paul Kirnos has joined Norwalk, Conn., research company Bell, Falla and Associates as senior statistician.
New York research company Ipsos Healthcare has named David Twinberrow head of syndicated services, Asia-Pacific. Twinberrow will be based in Shanghai, China.
Nuremberg, Germany, research company The GfK Group has made two appointments in the U.S.: Ellen Veccia as chief marketing science officer and Mike Conklin as executive vice president, marketing science. Veccia will be based in the company’s Palo Alto, Calif., office and Conklin in Minneapolis.
London research company TNS has appointed Radhecka Roy as regional qualitative client leader, Asia-Pacific. Roy will be based in Singapore.
Mirjana Mihaljcic has been named vice president, North American market panel sales, at Vancouver, B.C., research company Vision Critical.
London research company Ipsos MORI has appointed Rob Myers as managing director for Ipsos Marketing in the U.K.
Lalit Sangtani has been hired as vice president, technology services, at Milwaukee research company Market Probe.