In Memoriam...
Madeline McMahon, director of strategic market research at the San Francisco office of Double Helix US, died suddenly on June 7th after a cerebral hemorrhage. She was 35 years old.
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Jean-Marc Leger, president of the Research Intelligence Group, Montreal, was elected head of the Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research at its annual conference held in Montreal.
Port Washington, N.Y., research company NPD Group has hired George Terhanian as group president and chief of analytics and research.
Horsham, Pa.-based Symphony Health Solutions has named Robert Gabruk senior vice president, customer success and insights.
Relish Research, London, has hired Kajel Patel as account director, Rachel Cox as research manager and Sunjeet Sandhu as qualitative field manager.
Research Now, Plano, Texas, has hired Ed Russo as senior vice president of marketing for the Americas.
Shelton, Conn., research company SSI has hired Marlies Kerklaan in its Rotterdam office as managing director for the Benelux region.
Pembroke Pines, Fla., marketing company DAS Group has appointed Emma Sergeant as president of DAS Europe.
Brian Lamar has joined EMI Research Solutions, Cincinnati, as director of insights.
Bryony Pearce has joined DJS Research Ltd., Cheshire, U.K., as a marketing assistant.
Michael O’Hanlon has joined RTi Research, Stamford, Conn., as vice president, survey programming.
Directions Research Inc., Cincinnati, has hired Ben Frost as vice president of client service and Traci Frommer as multimedia specialist. Also, Heather Hutzel has been promoted to research analyst.
Lon Zimmerman, president of Zimmerman Marketing Research, St. Louis, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Marketing Association-St. Louis Chapter.
Lombard, Ill., marketing company the Carlson Group has hired Erico Hara as senior industrial designer.
Matt Inman has joined Maritz Research, St. Louis, as senior director, strategic consulting.
Hampshire, U.K., firm eDigitalResearch has hired Lukasz Suleja as senior software engineer and Ben Fullick as software engineer. Also, Angelos Devletoglou was promoted to director of technical operations. Nada Gillard, the firm's research director, has been appointed to lead its new panels and communities insight team. And Lucy Russell has joined the team as panel project manager.
MMR Research Worldwide, Oxfordshire, U.K., has appointed Suzanne Hernandez as U.S. head of business, based in New York.
Voodoo Research, London, has appointed Alex Duckett as a junior partner.
Edelman Berland, the Washington, D.C., research division of public relations firm Edelman, has hired Maurice Selg as vice president and CŽcile Nathan-Tilloy as senior vice president Europe. Both will be based in the London office.
Paris research company Toluna has promoted John Bremer to group chief research and strategy officer.
London research firm BDRC Group has appointed Richard Sheldrake to the newly-created position of chief operating officer.
New York research firm Open Mind Strategy has hired Caitlin Korn as business development director.
David Cooperstein has joined Simulmedia, a New York media company, as chief marketing officer.
Ted Donnelly, managing director of Baltimore Research, has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of the Marketing Research Association.
Kansas City, Mo., research firm Insights Meta has hired Michael Klotz as the senior vice president of ninja services.
Nashville software firm Consensus Point has hired John Barrett as vice president of business development; Brad Bratcher, director of services for HealthStream clients; Keith Johnson, senior software engineer; and Todd Rode, director of client services for market research companies.
AskingCanadians, the research branch of Toronto marketing firm Delvinia, has promoted Raj Manocha to senior vice president and Angela Lau to director of operations. Also, Roy Gonsalves joined the firm as vice president of sales.
London marketing company MEC has appointed Jonathan Edwards as regional director, analytics, data and technology lead for Asia Pacific.
Research Rockstar, Southborough, Mass., has hired Lisa Huang as director of training operations and promoted Nancy McAndrews to director of consulting services.
TVB, the nonprofit trade association of the U.S. commercial broadcast television industry, New York, has named Hadassa Gerber as senior vice president, chief research officer.
London research firm Cello Health Insight has hired Dan Brilot as digital director.
Harley Augustine has joined Melbourne marketing firm FutureBrand Australia as executive director of strategy.
London market research company YouGov has promoted Paul Marshall to director in the media and technology team and Simon Mottram to lead consulting director. In addition, James Starkie has rejoined the firm as business development consultant in the reputation team.
Wayne, Pa., recruitment and transcription firm Focus Forward has appointed Ali Dervin to the position of director, qualitative services.
Los Angeles software company MarketShare has hired Lucien van der Hoeven as executive vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Steven Maskell has joined London research firm Illuminas as senior vice president in the New York office.
Fox International Channels, Paris, has promoted Christian Brent to senior vice president of global research and audience strategy. He will head all audience research for Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
Austin, Texas, research firm TrendKite has named Erik Huddleston as CEO.
Adelphi Research UK, Cheshire, U.K., has promoted Caroline Coe and Jo Thompson to research director and Emma Tweats to research manager. Also, Kris Barker has joined as a research manager and Steve Loasby as a research executive.
NPD Group Inc., a Port Washington, N.Y., research firm, has promoted Steve Coffey to its new position of chief innovation officer.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has hired Melissa Janssen as a research assistant in the Philadelphia office and Tony Petrosino as vice president, business development, in the Dallas/Ft. Worth office.
Impact Research, London, has appointed Mina Odavic as business development manager.
On Device Research, London, has hired Nader Kobeissi as managing director for the MENA region, launching the company’s new Dubai office. The firm has also tapped Jen Nee Chew as client service director, based out of Singapore.
Marketing Workshop, a Norcross, Ga., research company, has hired Leah Hunt as marketing research associate.
Amanda Boote has joined Data Liberation, a London technology company, in the new position of sales and marketing director.
Kent, U.K., research company Facts International has hired Emma Rose as associate director and has promoted Lynsey Clayton to research executive.
Winchester, U.K., research firm Marketing Sciences has appointed Deborah Hall as an associate director in its retail division.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has promoted Kara Dorbecker and Heidi Mueller to research director.
IDC Retail Insights, a Framingham, Mass., research firm, has appointed Miya Knights as senior research analyst.
Susan Ganeshan has joined Clarabridge Inc., a Reston, Va., software company, as chief marketing officer.
Chicago software company Centro has hired Gunnard Johnson as senior vice president of data and analytics.
In the Philadelphia office of research firm MRops, Tim McCarthy has been named vice president, project management. In the London office, Matthew Brown has joined as executive director. And in Hong Kong, Mami Anzai has been named senior project manager.
W5 Inc., a Durham, N.C., research firm, has named Anna Lawton practice consultant.