Television production firm Shine America, Los Angeles, has named Rob Hughes vice president, marketing and Kevin Ivey executive director, research.
Rajan Sambandam, chief research officer at TRC Market Research, Fort Washington, Pa., has accepted a position as adjunct associate professor of marketing at Columbia University, where he will teach a marketing research course.
Atlanta research firm CMI has added Brian Lunde as vice president, client solutions, customer experience practice leader; Joe Retzer as vice president, advanced analytics; Danielle Porreca as senior qualitative manager; and Holly Teresi as senior project manager.
The Association of Magazine Media, New York, has tapped Anthony Sarcone as its senior vice president of marketing initiatives and insight.
Communications for Research Inc., Steelville, Mo., has added Sarah Dunham as project manager and Seth Green as programmer.
Newton, Mass., research firm On The Spot Systems Inc. has named Chip Matthes as its new chief technology officer.
Patrick Cassady has been named senior vice president of worldwide sales at Cincinnati research firm Ascribe.
Research firm Insight Health US has appointed Angela Wheeler as CEO of its new Chicago office. Wheeler is joined in the Chicago office by newly-named account manager Becky Jungbauer.
SIS International Research has named Mandy Pan as manager of business development in the Asia-Pacific region. She will be based in the company’s APAC regional headquarters in Shanghai.
NASCAR Director of Consumer Research Robert Graff was appointed president of the Great Lakes Chapter of the Marketing Research Association for a one-year term.
Mumbai research firm MRSS India has added Kalyan Karmakar as advisor, consumer insights.
Scottsdale, Ariz., research firm Blueocean Market Intelligence has named LeeAnn Hickey, Ellen Guggenheim and Phil Horan vice president, client development. Hickey will be based in Dallas while Guggenheim and Horan will be based in Chicago.
Heather Briggs has been promoted to vice president of consumer insights and market research at Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Chicago.
Encino, Calif., research firm uSamp has named Matt Fratturelli assistant vice president of research solutions, Carl Nielson director of research solutions, Richard Merrick new business director in the U.K. and Franck Pernez sales director for uSamp France.
Tom Krause has joined Gongos Research, Auburn Hills, Mich., in the newly-formed position of vice president, client service. The company has also appointed Andrea Hicks as research director.
Mathias Giloth has assumed operating and personnel responsibility for media control at GfK International GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany, succeeding Ulrike Altig, who left the company in July at her own request.
New York researcher Ipsos has added two to its strategy partner group, naming Stephane Goldsand and Jasper Snyder to the post of vice president, global strategy partner.