Amtrak, Washington, D.C., has named Matt Hardison chief marketing and sales officer. Research will be among his responsibilities.
Roy Luebke has joined Genedge Alliance, a Martinsville, Va., government agency, as growth consultant. Research will be among his responsibilities.
OraSure Technologies, a Bethlehem, Pa., oral fluid diagnostics company, has appointed Kathleen G. Weber as senior vice president and general manager, consumer products.
Robert Barocci, president and CEO of the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), New York, has announced his retirement. Barocci will continue with the ARF through 2013 as an executive transition specialist.
Austin, Texas, research company Illuminas has hired Mark Driscoll as research manager.
Horizon Media, New York, has hired Kirk Olson as director, TrendSights.
Lisa Pearson has been named executive vice president, marketing, at Bazaarvoice Inc., an Austin, Texas, research company.
Salt Lake City research company Allegiance has named Carine Clark president and CEO.
Washington, D.C., research company Heart+Mind Strategies has hired Don Hawk as senior solutions consultant.
Eric Simon has joined FRANdata, an Arlington, Va., research company, as senior client solutions executive, business intelligence services.
Healthcare Research and Analytics, Parsippany, N.J., has appointed Oleh Denysyk as president.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has hired Nate Delinger as custom software developer; Courtney Shannon as research assistant; Anna Waitas as senior research associate; and Scott Hanson as vice president, client services.
John J. O’Connor has joined Bethesda, Md., research company Abt Associates’ board of directors. Separately, Abt Associates has named John Ruyter vice president, human resources.
New York advertising media company Telmar has named Mark W. Kostelec vice president, group director, data insights.
Research Now, Plano, Texas, has promoted Jason Bowen to vice president, client development, Canada. Bowen will be based in the company’s Toronto office.
Dialsmith, a Portland, Ore., research technology company, has promoted Eric Alzuhn to vice president, client services, and Dan Welch to vice president, products and support. Dialsmith has also hired Brian Izenson as marketing manager.
Paris research company Ipsos has appointed Harald Hasselmann as country manager, South Africa. Hasselmann will be based in Johannesburg.
Sean R. Creamer has been appointed president and CEO of Columbia, Md., research company Arbitron Inc.
Emily Kettle has been promoted to managing director of Facts International, an Ashford, U.K., research company.
Jo Winning has joined London research company Verve as business development consultant.
Thoroughbred Research Group, Louisville, Ky., has named David A. Bryant vice president, health policy research. Bryant will be based in Washington, D.C.
New York research company TNS has hired Mike Everett as global head of stakeholder management. Everett will be based in London.
Steven Kaiser has been named director of research, Southeast Asia, at Effective Measure, a Melbourne, Australia, research company. Kaiser will be based in Singapore.
Perception Research Services, Teaneck, N.J., has promoted Jenic Mantashian to vice president, qualitative research.