Dave Rebstein has been named executive director of the Marketing Science Institute, Cambridge, Mass.
An executive team from Hackensack, N.J.-based research firm Treistman & Stark Marketing, Inc., led by the firm’s president Joan Treistman, has joined New York-based Roper Starch Worldwide. Treistman has been named a senior vice president of Roper Starch.
Mazda North American Operations, Irvine, Calif., has named Kristen Simmons group manager for brand strategy and communications. Her responsibilities will include advertising creative, media spendingl relationship marketing and marketing research.
Media Metrix, a New York Internet and digital media measurement firm, has named Lindsey Draves vice president, client information.
Mark E. Berry has been named president of NFO Interactive, a Greenwich, Conn., research firm. He replaces Charles B. Hamlin, who has assumed the role of president and chief operating officer of the newly formed InsightExpress, an NFO affiliate focused on fully automated market research.
Needham, Mass.-based Stratford Associates Marketing Research, Inc., has appointed Marco Vriens vice president and general manager of its San Francisco office.
Patti Sullivan and Krista Browning have been promoted to codirectors of the focus group facility and recruiting operations of Opinions Unlimited, Inc., Houston.
Burke, Inc., Cincinnati has announced the following promotions: Diane Salmon to senior vice president; Jamie Baker-Prewitt to vice president and director of consulting and analytical services; Mary Beth Mapstone to vice president of finance. In addition, Burke Marketing Research, a division of Burke, Inc., has named Tara Perigo Marotti and Jodi Lynn Steller as account executives, client services.
Peggy Gantz and Naomi Owens have joined NETWORK, a Covington, Ky., research firm, as marketing research project nanager. In addition, Steve Goetz has been named account director, Beverley Reber has been named marketing research project associate, and Carolyn Marsh has been named technical specialist.
Bill Schlegel, CEO of MarketTools, a Sausalito, Calif., research firm, has been named Marketing Research Executive of the Year by Research Business Report (RBR). RBR recognized Schlegel for his outstanding contributions to the market research industry and his role in delivering innovative technologies for on-line market research. The award was presented at the opening ceremony of the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO) conference in Charleston, S.C., in November. The Marketing Research Executive of the Year is awarded annually to the market research professional who has achieved the most formidable technological and methodological advancements in the field.
SPAR Group, Inc., Tarrytown, N.Y., has appointed Charles Cimitile as its new chief financial officer, replacing Cathy L. Wood.
Boise, Idaho-based Clearwater Research has announced the following additions in its Boise office: Corey Boehning and Cathy McDougall have joined the staff as research analysts. Promotions at the Boise office include: Selina Carver to director of data collection; Marlin Roberts to director of operations; Kenny Shumard, Erin Iverson, Wanda Nesser, Stephen Boyer, and Jana Pattis to data collections helper. At the firm's Boise Human Factors office Gretchen Hawes has been named usability specialist and Kim Bales and Riquel Carley have joined the staff as recruiters. Laurie Kuntz has been promoted to Usability Specialist. Karen Ruby has moved from the Boise home office to the Human Factors division as a recruiter.
In other company news, Doug Lincoln and Mike Exinger presented a discussion on Internet research entitled "The Real Costs and Benefits of Internet Surveys - How to Avoid or Minimize the Operational Challenges," at the Marketing Research Association's (MRA) Annual Fall Education Conference in November in San Antonio, Texas. Exinger also serves on the Technology Council for the MRA.
NFO Prognostics, Palo Alto, Calif., has named Tina Weinfurther president and CEO.
Mark Natarus has joined MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, as vice president, client services. In addition, Christine Guillory has been named an analyst in the firm's marketing sciences group.
Northwest Research Group, Seattle, has named Sissie Boatman-Guillan project manager. At the firm's Boise, Idaho, office, Katheryn Simplot has been named associate project manager and Lori Sullivan has been named communications manager.
The FutureBrand Company, a New York brand consulting firm, has named Christopher Nurko client services director.
Jeff Palish has been named vice president of sales at the Bala Cynwyd, Pa., office of Research Data Design, Portland, Ore.
Marketing Horizons, a St. Louis research firm, has named Jim Kramer vice president-account management.
Maritz Marketing Research, St. Louis, has named Wally Balden director of Internet research.
Tim Sauer has been named national marketing manager of Quality Controlled Services, a St. Louis research firm.