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Carmine Grastataro has been named president of RKS Research & Consulting, Clearwater, Fla. David J. Reichman, founder and current president of RKS, assumes the position of chairman of the board and chief executive officer.

Research Data Design, Inc., Portland, Ore., has named Arturo Coto vice president of sales and marketing.

Robert Philpott has been named CEO of Market Facts Inc., Chicago.

Elaine Shepherd has been promoted to vice president - field director at Groups Plus, a Wilton, Conn., research firm.

Germany-based agricultural market research has named Manfred Röttele managing partner.

Silvia Cazoll has been named head of LatinoEyes, the U.S. new Hispanic and Latin American research division of Chicago-based C&R Research.

Aaron Grossman has joined Wirthlin Worldwide as vice president in the firm’s New York office.

Richard Hermon-Taylor will lead RoperNOP Consulting, a Waltham, Mass., research consulting firm formed as a new venture by New York-based NOP World.

Walker Information, Indianapolis, has promoted Andy Clark to senior director of product management in the new Walker Mid-market Solutions division. The firm has also named David Iafrato vice president of business development.

NFO WorldGroup has announced that John M. Jessen has joined NFO InCom, its telecommunications sector research company, as vice president. Separately, NFO WorldGroup named Tom Van Aman vice president of marketing for NFO USA’s Chicago office.

David Reiss will head the new health care research group of Wilton, Conn.-based Greenfield Online as managing director, healthcare. Separately, the firm named Drew Seath vice president and general manager, international operations. Seath will develop Greenfield Online’s international research offering, which will formally launch in the first quarter of 2003.

Cincinnati-based MarketVision Research has named Juraj Kavecansky managing director of MarketVision Research Seminars.

Maritz Research, St. Louis, has named Jim Stone to the newly created position of chief research officer (CRO).

Q Research Solutions, Inc., Old Bridge, N.J., has announced a number of appointments, naming Jennifer Gerstenberg marketing and sales associate; Denise Henry account executive for telephone research; Brendan Sammon senior account executive for telephone, IVR and Web products; and Beth Prevost senior account executive to the consumer product research division.

Strategic Marketing Corporation, a Bala Cynwyd, Pa., research firm, has promoted Christine Corner to vice president of business development for its London office.

Hong Kong-based Asia Market Intelligence has named Ping Lam chief financial officer for the Asia Pacific region. The firm has also named Brendan Shair director, qualitative - Greater China, and Barry Tse has joined AMI China as head of the qualitative team based in Shanghai.