In Memoriam...
Richard Chilton, cinema research expert and company secretary for the Alliance of International Market Research Institutes, passed away on November 4 in London.
Tony Twyman, a pioneer in TV and radio measurement in the U.K., died on October 31 in Stratford on Avon, U.K.
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David Pattison has joined London-based language analysis startup Relative Insight as an advisor.
Pittsburgh researcher CivicScience has hired Kelly Benish as vice president of publisher development.
Sydney, Australia-based custom research firm the Leading Edge has appointed Katharine Milner as director of qualitative insights and Florencia Tarelli as director of strategy.
Boston researcher Communispace has named Franco Bonadio as its chief creative officer.
Chris Spence has been promoted to director of sales and marketing at Infotools, an Auckland, New Zealand, research firm.
RTi, Stamford, Conn., has promoted Mike Springer, Liz Antenucci and Candice Ni to senior project director.
Pat Molloy, consulting chief information officer at Salience Insight, Dubai, has joined the international survey interchange standard Triple-S Group.
Directions Research, Cincinnati, has hired Kacie Liederbach and Mike McCormick as account managers.
Research firm the Marketing Workshop, Norcross, Ga., has promoted Randy Kosloski to director of account management.
Engagement Labs, a Toronto technology firm, has hired Chris Greenfield to its strategic partnerships and client acquisitions division.
San Antonio researcher Compass Intelligence has promoted Kate Pearce to head of mobility and wireless research and consulting.
Ipsos Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a division of Paris research company Ipsos, has appointed Hagop Harmandarian as the new managing director of Ipsos Saudi Arabia (KSA).
The National Food Lab, a Livermore, Calif., research firm, has promoted Wilfredo Ocasio to chief science officer of food safety and Julie Hill to senior vice president of lab services. Also, Debbie Lohmeyer was named senior vice president of consulting services.
HfS Research, Cambridge, Mass., has appointed Barbra Sheridan McGann as senior vice president, research in the U.S., and Khalda De Souza as principal analyst, services strategies in the U.K.
Angela Holloway has joined Boston researcher Applied Marketing Science Inc., as manager of field operations, working in both the Insights for Innovation and Litigation Support practices.
Emily Hunt has been appointed head of strategic insights and innovation at Simpson Carpenter, London. The firm has also hired Katja Vukcevic as account director and Marios Nicolaou as senior research executive.
Doug Schorr has re-joined the Schorr Creative Solutions research firm, Los Angeles, as chief insight officer.
Nashville researcher Consensus Point has hired Brad Marsh as president and CEO.
San Francisco based Clorox has promoted Nick Vlahos to executive vice president and chief operating officer – household, lifestyle and core global functions and Dawn Willoughby to executive vice president and chief operating officer – cleaning and international.
New York marketing firm JWT has appointed Lucie Greene as worldwide director of JWTIntelligence.
AccentHealth, a New-York based patient education media company, has promoted Erin Fitzgerald to vice president, marketing.
John Thomas was promoted to managing director, healthcare, at Burke, Inc., Cincinnati.
The Healthcare Division of Morpace, a research firm in Farmington Hills, Mich., has three new hires: Patsy Clark, vice president and Debra Nicol Fin and Kathy Lester, both vice president, business development. Allison Bush was promoted to vice president. Separately, Erica Ruyle has joined the firm as vice president on the qualitative team.
London research firm Kantar Media has appointed Alex Kuhnel as chief operating officer of its Target Group Index global consumer behavior and media consumption study.
Joe Cardador has been named vice president, decision sciences, by Gongos, an Auburn Hills, Mich., research company.
Encino, Calif., research firm uSamp has promoted Scott Stein to vice president, research solutions, and hired Alan Mavretish as senior director, research solutions, and Scott Jones as senior director, retail solutions.
London researcher Opinium has hired Andrew Littlewood and Adam Wilson at its central London-based offices.
San Antonio researcher Compass Intelligence has promoted Kate Pearce to head of mobility and wireless research and consulting.
The Port Washington, N.Y., research firm NPD Group appointed Matt Powell as vice president, industry analysis for sports and leisure trends.
Clear Seas Research in Troy, Mich., has promoted Brian Beaudette to director of insight innovation, Rebecca Merrell to project manager, myCLEARopinion, and Mitch Uyeda to research manager.
Little Rock, Ark., researcher Acxiom has hired Peter Davis as group vice president, global consulting and analytics; Chris Polishuk as group vice president, West Coast and David Bonalle as head of digital impact.
TNS, a London research firm, has promoted Will Galgey to CEO for TNS UK and Michelle Harrison to global head of political and social. Both are scheduled to begin their new responsibilities in January.
Scott Timmons has joined RTi Research, Stamford, Conn.
Steve Levine has joined Zeldis Research Associates, Pennington, N.J., as vice president of client services.
New York technology firm Digital Clarity Group has hired Connie Moore as senior vice president of research.
Allyson Kuper has joined Bug Insights, a marketing research company in The Woodlands, Texas, as a consultant.
Mountain View, Calif., travel data firm ADARA has hired Jie Cheng as chief analytics officer.
Decision Quest, a Los Angeles legal services firm, has expanded its consultant staff in five offices with the following hires: in Chicago, Daniel Wolfe, John D. Gilleland, Edward P. Schwartz, Joan Jackson, Gail Kalnajs, Scott Horwitz, Andrea Krebel, Amanda Hulsey and Jessica Porco; in Miami, Donna Browning, Marjorie Tinney, David Fried, Carlos I. Gonzales and Karl Reed; in Washington, D.C., Leslie Ellis, Samantha Schwartz and Lindsay Poutier; In Los Angeles, Laura Clementi and Chris Gibbs, and in San Francisco, Ronald Beaton.
London research firm Firefish has appointed Lyn McGregor as qualitative managing director for its U.K. office and added her to its management board.
Jyoti Malladi has been appointed executive director and head of Ipsos ASI, the advertising and communications research arm of Paris-based Ipsos Group. She will be based in Ipsos’ Mumbai office.
Resonate, a Reston, Va., research company, has appointed Pat LaPointe as executive vice president, a newly created position.
Peter Scott, chairman and CEO of Engine, a New York marketing firm, is leaving the company. It had recently been acquired by Lake Capital.
Karen Lustig has joined New York research company Ipsos MarketQuest in the U.S. as a senior vice president. She will be based in the Norwalk, Conn., office.
The Indonesia team of Millward Brown has been expanded with the hiring of Anggra Tidayoh as associate director of media and digital solutions; Kelvin Gin as group account director; Richard McLeod and Aparajita Roy as account director and Emma Mussell as associate account director. Also, Chris Thomas has joined as director of Millward Brown Vermeer and Lara Burn as group account director in the Firefly division.
Nils Stangnes has assumed the role of acting CEO of operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for Bridgeport, Conn., software firm QuestBack with the departure of former CEO Hilarius Dressen.
Kim Dedeker has joined research firm Mizzouri as principal and chief research officer. She will divide her time between the firm’s Nashville headquarters and its Cincinnati office.
HackerAgency, a Seattle direct marketing agency, has named Jay Levinger as director of strategic planning and Chris Bennett as account director, acquisition and retention.
Denver-based restaurant chain Smashburger has named Josh Kern its first chief marketing officer. Kern was previously CMO at parent company Consumer Capital Partners.
Pierre Le Manh, CEO North America of Ipsos, has been appointed to the 2015 board of directors of CASRO. He took the Class 2 (larger-sized businesses) position for a three-year term beginning January 1.
Roshni Nambiar has joined Peak Performance, a Calabasas, Calif., CRM firm specializing in the automotive industry, as director of analytics.
Olson Research Group Inc., Yardley, Pa., has appointed Tim Oczkowski as chief operating officer.
Schibsted Media Group, Oslo, Norway, has hired Adam Kinney as head of data science.
In London, Double Helix Global Market Research has accepted trainees into its executive training program: Adam Pierozynski, Jesse Monney, and Rebecca Kingston. They will graduate from the program in 2015.
The Market Research Society, London, has appointed Edwina Dunn, co-founder of London marketing firm dunnhumby, as its newest patron.
Hetta Bramley has joined ruby cha cha, a research firm with offices in London and Darlington, Australia, as director of insight and planning.
Manchester, U.K., research firm Mustard has promoted Gareth Hodgson to a director and has hired Laura Holloway as senior research executive and Amy Harrod as research executive.
Vicky Griffin has joined Chicago research firm the Blackstone Group as a senior project/account manager.
Jeff Hallock, the CMO of wireless carrier Sprint, Kansas City, Mo., will leave the company by the end of the first quarter of 2015.
ORC International has hired Jon Harding as head of business development and Patricia Hughes and Joe Mann as vice president, client solutions.
SIS International has appointed Chirag Vyas as director of global operations and Damir Gilyazov as manager of market intelligence.
Maureen Duffy, formerly U.K. CEO for London market research firm TNS, has left the agency.
Catherine Eddy assumes the role of managing director of Australia and New Zealand for GfK in January.
In Anaheim, Calif., Pacific Sunwear has hired Amber Fredman-Tarshis as senior vice president and CMO.
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, a Washington, D.C., research company, has promoted Jessica Reis to vice president.
Toronto marketing firm Pearl Strategy and Innovation Design has hired Donya Germain as senior director of insights.
Andrea Schrager, founder and CEO of Meadowlands Consumer Center, Secaucus, N.J., a research firm and focus group facility, was named a Leading Woman Entrepreneur by the Leading Women Entrepreneurs, a media and events company that recognizes outstanding women business owners.
Jaideep Mehta, managing director at International Data Corporation – India and South Asia, New Delhi, received the Leadership Award for Contribution to Market Research at the World Marketing Congress 2014 in Mumbai, India, in November.
Nick Downes has joined BritainThinks, a London research firm, as a senior research executive.
London researcher Tonic Insight has hired Judy Taylor in a non-executive consultancy role. At the firm’s New York office, Rosa Levitan, Matt Bock and Erica Bond have been appointed account executives.
Chirag Vyas has joined the New York office of research firm SIS International as director of global operations and quantitative research, along with Damir Gilyazov as manager of market intelligence.