Flemington, N.J.-based HCD Research has added Peter Smith as senior research manager.
NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y., has named Rupert Walters president of entertainment and communications; promoted Peter Greene to vice president and general manager of NPD’s consumer technology sector; and named Peter Goldman president of the home sector.
Jon Mandel has joined VNU as chief executive officer of New York-based NielsenConnect , a newly-formed business unit.
Julia Rushing has joined Bellomy Research Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., as senior marketing sciences analyst. In addition, Jim Harper has been promoted to senior manager - marketing sciences and Matthew Norman has joined the company as a CATI programmer.
NYTimes.com has hired Murray Gaylord as vice president of marketing. Marketing research will be among his new responsibilities.
Akron, Ohio, communications agency Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc. has promoted Shirley Shriver to vice president of research and marketing services.
Ellie Sykes has been named vice president, qualitative and online communities in the Vancouver office of Angus Reid Strategies. Bryan Mavrow has been named senior vice president, services. In Toronto, Janet Lazaris has been named senior vice president retail and Dara St. Louis has been named vice president.
James Briggs has joined Milwaukee-based Market Probe as director of research and consulting in the U.K.
Synovate has added Franck Sarrazit as the new senior vice president and director of Synovate Censydiam in North America. He will be based in Synovate’s Miami office.
As part of a new organizational strategy, VNU will combine product innovation, research and development, and marketing into a single organization under the leadership of Susan D. Whiting, who will serve as executive vice president of VNU. John Lewis, currently president and CEO of ACNielsen U.S., will take on an expanded role as head of ACNielsen North America. Pat Dodd has been named president of ACNielsen Europe, succeeding, Frank Martell, ACNielsen’s chief operating officer, who previously ran the European business in addition to his global responsibilities and who has elected to leave the company. VNU is phasing out its group organizational structure, including marketing information, which was led by Steve Schmidt , president and CEO of the group, who announced his intention to leave the company.
Customer loyalty software firm Satmetrix Systems, Foster City, Calif., has named Harvard Professor and Co-Chair of the University’s Program for Leadership Development Das Narayandas to its board of directors.
Meredith Gilfeather has joined Digital Research Inc. (DRI), Kennebunk, Maine, as an associate director. Allison Fetters has joined DRI as a research assistant.
George Wishart has been named global managing director of New York-based Nielsen In-Store .
Jeff Histand has been promoted to vice president of the global healthcare research services division of Montgomeryville, Pa., research firm J. Reckner Associates Inc.
Gongos Research, Auburn Hills, Mich., has named Lynn Siluk research director, analytics and Brent Gruber senior project director, automotive/powersports.
New York research firm TNS has named Enzo Micali chief information officer of its North America custom research business. In addition, Michael O’Keeffe has been appointed executive vice president, operations and MCP; and Larry Levin has been named executive vice president, U.S. consumer goods and services.
Washington, D.C., research firm Zogby International has named Sharon Jachim executive vice president of its new strategic solutions division.
Lightspeed Research, Basking Ridge, N.J., has named John Tanzola vice president, business development for North America and Greg Stevens business development representative for North America. In addition, the firm named Nancy Kienzler vice president of research operations and Francesco Colbertaldo senior vice president of business development.
Research firm D3 Systems, Vienna, Va., has named Karl Feld research manager and John Richardson assistant project manager for its worldwide research portfolio.
Researcher Synovate Healthcare has named Kris Weinberg vice president of longitudinal oncology services.
Package design firm Product Ventures Ltd. has named Gail Ritacco vice president market insights at its Fairfield, Conn., headquarters.
Parker Marketing Research, Cincinnati, has named Kurt Palmquist vice president, consumer research consultant.
Paul Field has joined the Sutter Group , a Lanham, Md., marketing and design agency, as strategic planning director. Marketing research will be among his new responsibilities.
Bret W. Wise, president and chief operating officer of Dentsply International Inc., has been elected to the board of directors of research firm IMS Health , Fairfield, Conn.
New York research firm ROI2 has named Peter J. Ruckdeschel business development manager.
At Greenfield Online, Wilton, Conn., Keith Price has been promoted to executive vice president, North American sales and operations. David St. Pierre has been promoted to global technology officer for both the North American and the Ciao Survey Solutions businesses. John Tan will head up the company’s India operations as vice president of survey programming. Doug Guion has been tapped to lead the company’s Toronto sales and operations hub.
Stamford, Conn.-based InsightExpress has named Jamie Huffman senior account manager, technology. Peter Zsamboky has been named director, custom panels.
M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, has named Betsy Sutherland senior vice president in its Greensboro, N.C., office. Sherri Neuwirth has joined M/A/R/C as senior vice president.
New York research firm Advanced Focus has named Alison McAndrew project director.
Ciao has named Ross Broadbent as new product development and product management director for its Ciao Internet survey solutions business. He is based in Ciao’s London office.
New York-based Ziment Custom, the primary research division of the Ziment Group, has promoted John Tapper to chief operating officer of the division. This is in addition to his current title as chief methodologist.