In Memoriam…
Allan Orman, who founded Minneapolis-based firm Orman Guidance Research Inc. in 1975, died on May 25 at the age of 85.
Dot Nelems, who helped launch and establish Norcross, Ga., research firm Marketing Workshop, died in June following a long period of illness.
In Cherry Hill, N.J., TD Bank has named Barry Baird as head of customer experience.
In Burbank, Calif., JP Richards has been promoted to executive vice president, worldwide marketing and chief data strategist, Warner Bros. Pictures.
INGATHER Research & Sensory, Denver, has appointed Bob Chapin as CEO and Carissa Deutscher as general manager.
Sweden-based researcher Nepa has appointed Ken Peterson as managing director of Nepa USA.
Burke, Inc., Cincinnati, has promoted Joelle Gwinner and Thomas Mills to senior vice president, senior consultant, decision sciences.
Columbia, Md., marketing agency Merkle has appointed Alex Yoder as executive vice president, analytics.
Madison, Wis., researcher Digsite has appointed Patty Sigler as consumer insights director.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has appointed Rebecca Frey as a research associate for the field services team and Kyle Crockett-Smith as a research assistant for the information services team.
Health care research firm inVibe Labs, Costa Mesa, Calif., has appointed Sunny Shah as vice president of insights.
Discovery Communications, Silver Spring, Md., has named Christopher McGrath as senior vice president, data and analytics. McGrath will be based in the New York office.
Charlie Wilton, partner at Toronto-based research and marketing consultancy Sklar Wilton & Associates, has been named a fellow of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association.
Health care research and consulting firm Research Partnership, London, has made new appointments: Anne Cunningham has joined the firm’s European division as a director; Morten Anderson has joined the specialist quantitative team as an associate director; and Director Sue Rees has joined the specialist emerging markets team.
Forrester Research Inc., Cambridge, Mass., has appointed three new members to its board of directors: Dave Boyce, senior vice president, product and strategy, InsideSales.com; Tony Friscia, independent business consultant; and Yvonne Wassenaar, chief operating officer, Airware.
Toronto-based innovation company Delvinia has promoted the following within its AskingCanadians team: Patrick Prunskus to director of sales; Theresa Chow to director of operations; Bosco Morais to operations manager; and Michael Theophile to senior project manager. Jaclyn Coker, Delvinia’s finance and administrative coordinator, has also been promoted to manager, finance and administration.
Cadence Research & Consulting, Thousand Oaks, Calif., has added Allison Robbins to its strategy consulting practice as senior director.
Russell Research, East Rutherford, N.J., has appointed Eric Hunter as vice president of corporate strategy.
Research services firm Fieldwork has promoted Abby Goodell to vice president of Fieldwork Network International. Goodell is based out of New York City.
MFour Mobile Research, Irvine, Calif., has hired Julie Huang as tech lead for the labs and engineering team, while Ana Truong and Julian Ramirez have joined the operations team as research manager and fielding expert, respectively. Also, the firm has hired Joseph Romano as a quality assurance engineer, Jefren Inocando as a software engineer, Thomas Lowerre as quality assurance analyst and Brian Lee as software engineer.
In London, researcher Lightspeed has promoted Leon De Koning to vice president, client sales EMEA. Additionally, the following have been appointed to lead the firm’s new EMEA client verticals: Matt Shepherd will transition his responsibilities to lead the Media Client vertical; Claudia Doeland will lead the Enterprise vertical; and Andreas Wittenberg will focus on supporting the Market Research Agency vertical.
Stockholm-based software company Cint has expanded its global leadership team and has opened a new office in Hong Kong. The new hires include: Leandro Margulis, vice president of strategic partnerships and alliances in San Francisco; Ronald Leung, APAC regional vice president of supply; Heather Hughes, APAC regional vice president of partnerships and alliances in Hong Kong; and Diana Dalsgaard-Johansen, EMEA vice president of partnerships and alliances in London.
Ipsos Marketing, New York, has appointed Lakshmi Madabhushi as chief innovation officer, a newly-created role.
Prosper Insights & Analytics, Worthington, Ohio, has hired John Sydnor as executive vice president and chief operating officer.
New York-based company SIS International Research has promoted Mano Keopraseuth to director of operations, SIS EMEA. The firm has also added Melanie Neu as senior project manager, market research, and Luca Facoetti as business development director. They will all work out of the London office.
Kara Liebeskind has joined youth and family research firm Smarty Pants, New York, as a manager.
Reston, Va., firm comScore has appointed five new members to its board of directors: Lisa Gersh, co-founder of Oxygen Media; Mark Harris, CFO of Hercules Capital Inc.; Jacques Kerrest, CFO of Intelsat; Joshua Peirez, president of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation; and Susan Riley, former CFO of several apparel and CPG companies.
Research consultancy Kelton Global, Los Angeles, has hired Kurt Munger as vice president of brand and design.
Irvine, Calif., retail technology solutions firm PriceSpider has hired Aaron Weissberger as vice president of client success and operations.
Chicago-based researcher IRI has appointed Nishat Mehta as president of the IRI Media Center of Excellence.
Complete Research Connection, Columbus, Ohio, has hired Lauren Barnett as a project assistant to support its client services/project management team.
Health care communications company Michael J. Hennessy Associates, Cranbury, N.J., has hired 26 recent college graduates across multiple departments, including market research and marketing.
Research firm InsightsNow, Corvallis, Ore., has hired Karen Lynch to lead its qualitative and hybrid research program.
Research Now has hired Fergus Clarke as regional director of Southeast Asia. He will be based in the firm’s Singapore office.
In Prague, social media management platform Socialbakers has appointed Yuval Ben-Itzhak as its new CEO and Martin Huml as its president and COO.
Toronto-based researcher Hotspex has appointed Michael Dorr as managing director of its U.K. business. Dorr is spearheading the firm’s U.K. expansion, responsible for building the U.K. business, establishing an office and further building the company’s brand in the U.K. and Europe.
Illumination Research, Cincinnati, has hired Jim Miller as VP of quantitative insights and client services.
In the U.K., researcher IRI has launched a new Growth Solutions team to support the company’s clients across five focus areas: media strategy and optimization, shopper marketing effectiveness, price and promotions, in-store activation and range optimization. Daniel Hunt has joined IRI to lead the price and promotions practice, while two team members have been appointed from within the business: Carl Carter will lead the media practice; and Matthew Webster will lead on in-store activation and range optimization.
New York marketing technology firm Tapad has appointed Varun Gudiseva as VP of market development and analytics.
Boston-based research and branding consultancy Protobrand has appointed Ryan Baum as vice president of research design and innovation. Baum will be based in New York City.
The Marketing Research Education Foundation has appointed two new members to its board of directors: Carl Rossow, co-founder and COO of Benenson Strategy Group; and Charles Dodson, director marketing and customer experience, A.M. Todd, WFSI, ADM.
Ivan Pollard has been named global CMO for Minneapolis-based food company General Mills.
Data and analytics company Samba TV, San Francisco, has appointed Jen Whalen as vice president of marketing.
U.K. research agency Join the Dots has appointed Leslie Butterfield as non-executive chair of the board.
U.K. research agency Habit5 has appointed Hannah Green as head of insight.
San Diego-based polling firm Competitive Edge Research has hired Jenny Holland as a research analyst.
Julia Mair has joined insights and analytics firm Clarivate Analytics, Philadelphia, as its CMO.
Complete Research Connection, Columbus, Ohio, has added Courtney Stewart and Hannah Baker as interns for the summer. The internships are part of the Project Lead the Way STEM Program, which is sponsored by Columbus City Schools.
Research firm Marketing Workshop, Atlanta, has added Julia M. Platt as an intern for the summer.
Westport, Conn.-based researcher Critical Mix has hired the following: Courtney Alexander as customer development associate, Dallas; Tacie Avedikian as director, customer development, Clovis, Calif.; Joe Trapani as enterprise data architect, Wellington, Fla.; Kelly Alessandrini as customer development associate, Perrysburg, Ohio; Carl Nielson as director, customer development, Daniel Island, S.C.; and Mellissa Hill as director, customer development, Toronto.
Omnichannel data company V12 Data, Red Bank, N.J., has appointed Todd Dziedzic as VP of analytics.
Denver-based researcher GutCheck has added three new members to its team: Keith Johnson as chief product officer; Shawn Vaughn as executive vice president of sales and client services; and Josh Ashton as vice president of people operations.
Boca Raton, Fla., firm Connected Research & Consulting has added two new hires: Sari Kaplan as director of patient engagement and Shawn Monroe as panel and programming manager.
Emeryville, Calif., health care analytics firm MedeAnalytics has appointed Paul Kaiser as CEO.
Research & Marketing Strategies Inc., Baldwinsville, N.Y., has appointed Shannon Beebe as health care transformation specialist and Josh Elander as research associate.