The Arbittron Company has named Janice M. Giannini executive vice president and chief information officer. She willbe based at Arbitron’s Research and Technology Center in Columbia, Md.
San Jose, Calif.-based Infonetics Research, Inc. has named three new analysts: Peter Judge, directing analyst, Europe; John Lawler, directing analyst, e-business infrastructure; and Jon Cordova, analyst, access, security, and application hosting.
A new ESOMAR Council has been elected, taking office on January 1, 2000, for a two-year term ending December 31, 2002. The new president will be John Kelly, chairman of U.K.-based Magenta (the research division of MRSL Group). The new vice president will be Fredrik Nauckhoff, head of market intelligence and consumer insight at Nestlé, Switzerland. The council members will be: Jaequeline Aglietta, chief executive officer of Médiamétrie France; Wlodek Daab, research director Central Europe of Taylor Nelson Sofres; Cecilia Gobbi, managing director and president of the board of A.S.M. - Analisi e Strategic di Mercato S.r.l., Italy; Siegfried Högl, general manager of GfK Marktforschung GmbH, Germany; Eugênia Sarah Paesani, director president of EP - Escritório de Pesquisa Eugênia Paesani, Brazil; Adam Phillips, managing director of advanced television research, U.K.; Jose Ignacio Weft, president and CEO of Demoscopia S.A and chairman of the board of directors Sofres Audiencia de Medios, Spain. Daniel Leconte, project director of automobile retail for Renault, France, remains president of the society until the end of 2000 and continues on the ESOMAR council in an ex-officio capacity for two years.
The Qualitative Research Consultants Association has elected its new officers for the 2000-2001 year. Each of the officers were elected for a second consecutive term. Jim Bryson, president of Research Concepts in Nashville, Tenn., has been elected president. Ricardo Lopez, president of Hispanic Research, Inc. of Edison, N.J., has been re-elected vice president. Elaine Gingold, owner of Gingold Research, Bethesda, Md., was also re-elected treasurer. Lloyd Harris, principal with JRH Marketing Services, N.Y., will serve a second term as secretary. Other members of the 2000-2001 board of directors are: Lynn Greenberg (Lynn Greenberg Associates, New York), Judy Langer (Roper Starch Worldwide, New York), Hy Mariampolski (QualiData, Inc., New York), Dorrie Paynter (Leapfrog Marketing Research, San Francisco), and Gillian Tuffin (Gillian Tuffin Research, Ltd., Toronto).
Jennifer Hirt-Marchand has been promoted to research director at Marcus Thomas LLC, a Cleveland advertising and public relations agency. In addition, Susanne Wahl has been named research associate and Beth Kaiser has been named research assistant.
Informa Research Services, Inc., Calabasas, Calif., has named James Royal director of marketing.
Angel M. Straub has joined Market Trends Research, Seattle, as sensory science research manager.
Jane Horstman has been named new business development manager for the Polk Company’s Automotive Information Services Division in Southfield, Mich.
Digital Research, Inc., Kennebunk, Maine, has named Jane Mount research director to manage the company’s Intemet Reader Response program and its omnibus research studies.
Gayle Beikengren has been promoted to vice president, marketing at CJ Olson Market Research, Minneapolis.
Sharon Harap has been named senior research director at Modalis Research Technologies, Austin, Texas.
Steve McGavk has been named vice president, division manager for Delve (formerly Quality Controlled Services), a St. Louis research firm.
J.D. Power III, chairman of Agoura Hills. Calif., research firm J.D. Power and Associates, has been elected to the board of directors of IMPCO, a Cerritos, Calif., maker of fuel storage, fuel delivery and electronic control systems.
Menlo Park, Calif., marketing information firm Knowledge Networks has named Krishnakumar S. Davey vice president of product management.
J. Walker Smith, president of Norwalk. Conn.-based research firm Yankelovich Partners, has been named to the board of directors of Screen4me Corporation, a provider of privacy and permission tools to help consumers control the marketing they receive.
Gang & Gang, Inc., a Salem, Mass., research firm, has named Tim Guen senior vice president and Roger Graves chief technology officer.
Richard Chase has been named data processing manager at The Matrix Group, a Lexington, Ky., research firm.
NFO Worldwide, Inc., has named Michael Tsavaris vice president, chief financial officer - North American operations. In addition, James Wagner has been named senior vice president, chief financial officer; and Patrick Mealy has been named vice chairman.
Rick Ramos has been named vice president finance at Maritz Marketing Research, St. Louis.
RKS Research & Consulting, North Salem, N. Y, is now offering online panels of energy customers Managing the new initiative is Kathi Disch.
San Mateo, Calif.-based Vividence Corporation, a Web experience evaluation firm, has named Diane Savage vice president of corporate development.
Minneapolis-based Custom Research has added three new staff members. Barry Feinberg has been named senior vice president at the firm's New York office. In Minneapolis, Joanne Kaplan has been named manager, qualitative services, and Amy Sherek has been named account manager, database marketing.
ACNielsen Corporation. Stamford, Conn., has appointed Steven M. Schmidt president. North America.
Rochester. N.Y.-based Harris Interactive has announced that Greg Smith, vice president, international development, will lead its entrance into the European markets. Based in the U.K., Smith will work to build the Harris Interactive brand and business across Europe.
Cozint Interactive, Inc., an Andover, Mass., research firm, has named Cindy Blodgett vice president marketing and sales; Laurie Gelb director, product planning; and Dave Gustafson director, business development. They will be based in the firm's Princeton, N.J., sales and marketing office.