In Auckland, New Zealand, Mark Lloyd has joined SSI as client and business development manager for New Zealand as the company continues to expand its presence and panel in the Asia-Pacific region.
Irvine, Calif., inbound marketing agency SmartBug Media has hired Austin Shepard as a senior inbound marketing consultant.
Media, Pa., survey and research firm SSRS has appointed Chuck McCormick as its COO.
Canada-based customer intelligence platform provider Vision Critical has appointed Divesh Sisodraker as executive vice president of product, a newly-created role.
Finland-based audience measurement company Verto Analytics has appointed Laura Grover as vice president of client solutions. She will be based out of the firm’s New York City office.
Illumination Research, Mason, Ohio, has hired Maggie Paulus as director of client services.
Warren, N.J., data collection firm Lightspeed GMI has appointed Darren Magot as west region sales vice president and Neha Jindal as regional operations lead for the Asia-Pacific region. She is currently based out of the firm’s Singapore office. Mauricio Vasquez and Abbey Banegas have also been appointed as account executives. In their respective roles, Vasquez and Banegas will be responsible for client development and management for Lightspeed GMI and Lightspeed All Global.
Gregg Lindner has been appointed as managing director of GfK MRI, New York.
U.K. not-for-profit organization NatCen Social Research has appointed Gillian Prior as head of health and biomedical surveys and Fay Sullivan has been appointed as head of health policy research. Prior replaces Rachel Craig, who retired earlier this year and Sullivan replaces Sally McManus, who continues to work for NatCen as research associate.
Stratasys Ltd., a 3-D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company based in Minneapolis and Rehovot, Israel, has named Tim Bohling as its CMO.
Cincinnati-based business solutions firm RDI Corporation has hired Bridgette Chambers as CMO.
Bryan Hesse has joined Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Findlay, Ohio, as vice president of marketing for North America tire operations.
Canada-based grain marketing services firm FarmLink Marketing Solutions has added Neil Townsend as a senior market analyst.
In Fresno, Calif., research firm FocusVision has added research consultant and cognitive neuroscience expert Ryan Baum to its team.
Data management and analytics solutions firm Annik, Bellevue, Wash., has engaged Kristin Luck as chief marketing consultant.
Will Krieger has been promoted to senior vice president for client engagement for Cincinnati-based REPASS Research and Strategic Consulting.
New York-based mobile marketing firm Verve has appointed Melanie Kalemba to the newly-created post of senior vice president and general manager, Verve Enterprise, effective immediately.
Piscataway, N.J., research solutions firm Azure Knowledge Corporation has appointed Ricardo Senra as vice president of international research services and Lise C. Dellazizzo as senior vice president for business development and sales.
In Toronto, research technologies and consumer analytics firm RealityMine has named Paul Street as director, global research and analytics.
Netherlands-based Global Data Collection Company (GDCC) has appointed Simon Glanville as managing director for its newly-established GDCC U.K. organization.
Westport, Conn.-based research company Critical Mix has appointed Jami Pulley as senior vice president, customer development. She will be located in the newly-opened Dallas office.
In New York, researcher GfK has appointed Stacy Bereck as its new managing director of market opportunities and innovation in North America.
New York-based marketing services company News America Marketing has named Angelique Bellmer Krembs as CMO, effective immediately.
L’Oreal USA, New York, has appointed Marc-Alexandre Risch as chief retail officer, a newly-created position.
Warner Bros. Pictures, Burbank, Calif., has promoted Lynne Frank to president, international marketing and worldwide planning and operations and Blair Rich to president, worldwide marketing.
MFour Mobile Research, Irvine, Calif., has hired Aaron Siefker as a solutions executive and Lily Ingrassia as an account executive.
Media company Time Inc., New York, has named Leslie Dukker Doty as executive vice president, consumer marketing and revenue.
Jack MacKenzie has joined research-based consultancy Penn Schoen Berland as executive vice president and will lead its Global Media and Entertainment practice based in Los Angeles.
Dean Schlader has joined Lisle, Ill., firm RPG Card Services as vice president of retail services.
Steve Wagner, group president of Experian Marketing Services, has been appointed to the board of directors for DMA, a New York-based data-driven marketing trade association.
In-store digital marketing technology firm Swirl Networks Inc., Boston, has appointed Dan Dmochowski as chief revenue officer, Mark Marinacci as vice president, audience development and Niall Fitzpatrick as vice president, account management.
Oak Park, Ill., researcher Halverson Group has added Andy Knudsen, Marc Salzano and Lisa Petitte as directors of strategic research.
MFour Mobile Research, Irvine, Calif., has hired Brandon Davis and Dennis Nguyen as software engineers for its Labs & Engineering department.
Columbia, Md., performance marketing agency Merkle has appointed Azlan Raj as vice president, digital analytics.
Consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark, Dallas, has named Scott Usitalo as CMO.
Merrill Corporation, a St. Paul, Minn., content sharing, regulated communications and disclosure services firm, has named Axel Kirstetter as vice president, product marketing.
Christine Overby has joined insights company Shift*Base Research, London, as CEO.
Atlanta-based firm Jackson Associates Research Inc. has promoted Aza Galfayan to research director for its Jackson Adept group in Los Angeles.
Columbia, Md., performance marketing agency Merkle has appointed Michael Hemsey as president of loyalty marketing solutions firm 500friends, a Merkle company.