Pamela Ann Wegmann, founder of Information Matters, a New Orleans research firm, died on December 11 at age 59.

Ipsos Understanding UnLtd., a Cincinnati research company, has promoted Kristin Sharp to CEO, qualitative, U.S.

Lloyd Burdett has been named head of consulting for Chapel Hill, N.C., research firm The Futures Company.

New York researcher The Nielsen Company has appointed Bill Moult as president, media analytics.

Cincinnati research company Burke, Inc. has promoted Tim George to vice president, human resources. Additionally, the company has hired Jane Thurston and Thania Farrar as senior account executive, client services.

Bruce Paul has joined Chicago research company Synovate as senior vice president. He will be based in New York.

Evolution Marketing Research, Blue Bell, Pa., has named Michael Heasley partner and director, quantitative research.
 
Vancouver, B.C., research company Vision Critical has made two appointments to its U.K. team: Gina Lagos, senior research director; and Mike Stevens, senior vice president, research. Both will be based in the company’s London office. Separately, Ad Voogt has been named to Vision Critical’s board of directors.

Insight Research Group, London, has made several appointments to its New York operation Insight Health US: Andrea Bartzen, director, strategic business; Gary Fernandez, account manager; Trevor Jenkins, research assistant; and Jennyfer Parra, office manager.

New York social media consultancy Converseon has hired Mark Kovscek as senior vice president, enterprise analytics. Research will be among his responsibilities.

Research Now, Plano, Texas, has promoted Craig Stevens to executive vice president, global client development. The company has also named John Tan senior vice president, global operations.

Alex Batchelor has been elected to London research company BrainJuicer Group PLC’s board of directors as an executive director.

Tom Drouillard has been named president and CEO of Scarborough Research, New York.

London research company YouGov has hired Jane Ormiston as executive vice president, marketing insights, North America. 

Framingham, Mass., research company Kadence International has appointed Patrick Young as insight manager. Additionally, the company has hired Heather Baker as graduate insight executive. Both will be based at the company’s U.K. office. 

Redwood Shores, Calif., research consultancy Added Value has named Jonathan Hall executive vice president, managing director of Cheskin Added Value, effective March 2011.
 
Jackie Polyakov has been named vice president of Cincinnati research company MarketVision.

Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C., has named Michael Latta associate dean of the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration.

GfK Custom Research North America, New York, has promoted Thomas Finkle and David Krajicek to co-president.

Premier Retail Networks Inc., a San Francisco media services company, has hired Raymond Pettit as vice president, market research.

Directions Research Inc., Cincinnati, has promoted Tiffany Bailey to account manager.

CustomerLink Systems, a Roseville, Calif., marketing automation technology company, has promoted Jim Bonfield to senior vice president, business planning and development. Research will be among his responsibilities.

Joseph Cesaria has joined Los Angeles research company Ipsos OTX MediaCT as senior vice president, business development.

Sal Brucculeri has been promoted to sales specialist, 3Q research solutions, at Quick Test/Heakin, a Jupiter, Fla., research company.

Stamford, Conn., research company InsightExpress has appointed Matt Butner as vice president, director, media and brand research.

Daniel Tottle has been named marketing coordinator for Cint EU, a division of Stockholm, Sweden, research company Cint.

Corvallis, Ore., research company InsightsNow has hired Kimberley A. Greenwood, Lauren Landesman Wagner and Marianne Swaney-Stueve as principal consultant, consumer marketing sciences division.

Carolyn Carrara has been hired as a sales associate for dtw Marketing Research Group Inc., Flanders, N.J.

Yorba Linda, Calif., research company Productive Access Inc. has hired Daren Jackson and Tony Moses as research associate.

Rob Mooth has been promoted to lead Norwalk, Conn., research company Ipsos ASI’s relationship with Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati.

New York research company Universal Survey has appointed Greg Kotovos as chief sales and marketing officer.

Australian television ratings provider OzTAM has named Doug Peiffer CEO.

London research company Double Helix has hired four executives to its U.S. team in Fort Washington, Pa.: Karin Galloway, director, strategic market research; Nicole Alunni, senior project manager; Kristi Strembicki, senior field manager; and Gabriella Palumbo, project manager.

Ann Arbor, Mich., research company ForeSee Results has appointed Mansoor Malik as managing director for the U.K.

Infonetics Research, Campbell, Calif., has hired Teresa Mastrangelo as a video analyst.

Rochester, N.Y., research company Harris Interactive has appointed Marty Beard to its board of directors.

London research company Opinion Leader has hired Lynne Tinsley as senior research executive.

Westport, Conn., research company Firefly Millward Brown has appointed Jelena Tierney as senior account manager in Sydney, Australia.

Dushy De Silva has been named regional manager, Asia-Pacific, of Montreal research company Voxco.

Louisville, Ky., digital agency LeapFrog Interactive has named Scott Million director, research and analytics.

Port Washington, N.Y., research company The NPD Group has named John Deputato senior vice president, Advanced Analytics.