George Gallup Jr., former co-chairman of Gallup Poll, Washington, D.C., died in November 2011 at age 81.
Alex Gofman, vice president and CTO of White Plains, N.Y., research firm Moskowitz Jacobs Inc., died in December 2011 at age 54.
Joseph Farrell, founder, chairman and CEO of National Research Group Inc., Los Angeles, died in December 2011 at age 76. Farrell is credited with introducing market testing to Hollywood.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, research company Pulse Group PLC, has appointed Carmen Endrina to lead its West Coast client development division in the U.S. Additionally, the company has appointed Wiryadi Hamidon to serve as head of client development and government liaisons from Pulse’s Singapore office.
TRC Market Research, Fort Washington, Pa., has hired Patricia Camp as research director.
New York research company TNS has named James May executive vice president, Southeast. May will be based in Atlanta. TNS has also hired Rebecca Wynberg as CEO of the company’s qualitative business in the U.K.
Matthias Hartmann has been named CEO of Nuremberg, Germany, research company GfK SE.
Bell Falla and Associates, a Norwalk, Conn., research company, has hired Gwen Santer as senior vice president, pharmaceutical marketing research.
Brian Gantt has joined Norcross, Ga., research company The Marketing Workshop Inc. as senior research manager.
Encino, Calif., research company uSamp has appointed Joshua Pink as senior vice president, corporate sales strategy and global development; and Justin Wheeler as vice president and general manager to lead global operations for SurveyBuilder.
Radius Global Market Research, New York, has promoted Shira Horn to vice president, business development. The company has also hired Glenn Staada as vice president, business development.
Annabel Kelly has joined Reston, Va., research company Heart+Mind Strategies as senior solutions consultant.
Framingham, Mass., research company Kadence International has appointed Lelia Leong as associate insight director at its Malaysia office.
Dallas research company Toluna has named Jim Fredrickson group COO of its Wilton, Conn., office.
New York researcher The Nielsen Company has appointed Rick Kash vice chairman and Mitchell Habib COO.
Liz Granahan has been promoted to president of Fort Washington, Pa., research company Focus Forward LLC.
Gongos Research, Auburn Hills, Mich., has promoted Curtis Kaisner to director, qualitative research. The company has also hired Sarah Conder and Michelle Ellis as moderators.
Phoenix Marketing International, a Rhinebeck, N.Y., research company, has hired Ellen Sills-Levy as senior vice president. Sills-Levy will be based in New York.
Jeff Kerr has been promoted to senior vice president, consumer research, at Peryam & Kroll Research, Chicago.
ICM Research, London, has hired Tom Bailey as head of analytics; Ruth Moyer as research director, technology; and Matt Draper as research director, financial services.
Joel Schindler has joined the executive team of MarketVision Research, Cincinnati. Schindler will be based in New Jersey.
Henry Gazay, CEO of Miami research company Medimix International, has been named to the board of directors of University of Georgia Marketing Research Institute International, Athens, Ga.
Reston, Va., research company comScore Inc. has named Bert Miklosi vice president, marketing solutions, consumer packaged goods.
Doug Schorr has been named head of consumer research for Beachbody LLC, a Beverly Hills, Calif., fitness company.
Burlington, Mass., research company iKnowtion has hired Niren Sirohi as vice president, predictive analytics.
Paris research company Ipsos has appointed Grant Bertoli as CEO, Southeast Asia; and Miranda Cheung as managing director, Ipsos in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
Separately, Ipsos MORI, London, has made the following appointments: Ben Page, chief executive; Simon Atkinson, assistant chief executive; Susan Malcolm, managing director, marketing; Dave Hannay, head of market understanding and measurement; Susan Malcolm, head of innovation and forecasting; Hilary Worton, head of health; Paul Stamper, head of qualitative; Deborah McCrudden, managing director, advertising; Bobby Duffy, managing director, public affairs; Liz Landy, managing director, MediaCT; Niall Rae, managing director, Loyalty; Yusuf Ramada, managing director, operations.
John Stermer has been named executive vice president, business development, of Cincinnati research company Nielsen Catalina Solutions.
Northumberland, U.K., research company Panelbase has appointed Andrew Pringle as manager, client development, at the company’s London office.
Lee Gazey has joined New York research company Hall & Partners as a partner in the health business.