Dale Kulp, founder of Fort Washington, Pa., research company Marketing Systems Group, died of pancreatic cancer at age 60 in December 2009.

Matthew Caucci has joined Quester, a Des Moines, Iowa, research company, as sales manager. Caucci will be based in Chicago.

Jason Inderhees has joined EMI - Online Research Solutions, Cincinnati, as sales executive.

InsightsNow, a Corvallis, Ore., research company, has named Mark Houston CMO.

Gazelle Global Research Services, New York, has hired Donna Krasner as director, business development.

Vancouver, B.C., research company Vision Critical has hired Peter Harris as managing director, Australia and New Zealand. Harris will be based in Sydney.

GfK Custom Research North America, New York, has named Toni Shields and June Wallach senior vice president.

IFF Research, London, has promoted Jane Barlow to associate director, brand marketing and communications.

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement, New York, named Jane Clarke managing director.

London research company Kadence International has appointed Marie Laver and Susan Crohan as insight director. Crohan will be based in Boston.

Stephen Genco has joined Berkeley, Calif., research company NeuroFocus as chief innovation officer. Additionally, NeuroFocus has added Hans-Jochen Heinze and Anna Christina Nobre to its advisory board.

The Modellers, a Salt Lake City research company, has named Laura Kippen senior vice president, client services. Kippen will be based in Chicago.

Nielsen Online, a New York research company, has promoted Matt Bruce to managing director, Australia.

Michael Davern has joined the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago as vice president and director, public health research.

Bellevue, Wash., research company GMI has named Sasha Shirangi senior account executive. Shirangi will be based in Hamburg, Germany.

Boston research company Chadwick Martin Bailey has named Don Ryan managing director, technology. 

KeyQuest Health, a Surrey, U.K., research firm, has hired Leticia Del Gaudio as project director.

Scott Ramsay has been named research director of Opinion Leader, a London research company.

Ipsos South Africa, a Johannesburg, South Africa, research company, has appointed Wendy Shepherd as head of loyalty. Shepherd will be based in Randburg, South Africa.

London research company Illuminas has hired Kitzy Kumari as senior research executive, child and youth team.

London research company E-Tabs has hired Sandra Wright as a client trainer in the U.S.

The Receivables Exchange, a New Orleans trading company, has named Elaine O’Gorman CMO. Research will be among her responsibilities.

FRANdata, an Arlington, Va., research company, has hired Kevin O’Briant as list database analyst.

Don Aicklen has been named COO of Cincinnati research company ThinkVine.

Burke, Inc., a Cincinnati research company, has promoted Debi Wyrick and Bill Barnes to senior vice president and John Seal to senior vice president, decision sciences. Burke has also hired Michael Laux as senior account executive, client services; and John Thomas as vice president, senior account executive, client services.

Lindsay Veling has been named managing director of Cint USA, an Alpharetta, Ga., division of Stockholm, Sweden, research company Cint. Veling will be based in Toronto.

Chicago research company Synovate has appointed Neil Davy as commercial director, U.K.

MTV, a New York television network, has named Nick Shore senior vice president, strategic insights and research.

Daren Poole has been promoted to managing director of Australia-based research company Millward Brown Sydney.

(Editor’s note: The following is a corrected version of an entry from the January 2010 issue.)

ActusMR, a Lewisville, Texas, research company, has appointed Jay C. Gordon, Jr. as executive vice president and chief financial strategist.