Leo Shapiro, who in 1955 founded Chicago research firm Leo J. Shapiro and Associates, which became Shapiro+Raj in 2014 after an acquisition by ad industry veteran Zain Raj, died on Nov. 9 at age 94 of natural causes. n U.K. research consultancy McCallum Layton has promoted Alex Culshaw to head of qualitative research.
Detroit-based research and consulting firm Morpace Inc. has appointed Alan Czarnomski as vice president on the brand strategy team.
Greg Ellis, an executive vice president and existing member of the executive team for Plano, Texas-based Research Now, has assumed additional responsibilities for the North American sales organization. The responsibilities assumed by Ellis were previously managed by Tom Markert, who has left Research Now to pursue other business interests.
Experian Marketing Services has hired Bridget Bidlack as vice president of global product management in the New York office.
In New York, research consultancy TNS has appointed Howard Lax as head of customer strategies for the Americas region.
Westlake Village, Calif., research firm J.D. Power has appointed Greg Hoeg as vice president of U.S. insurance operations.
Jim Daxner has joined Shelton, Conn., research firm SSI as senior vice president of sales for the Americas.
Lieberman Research Worldwide, Los Angeles, has named Joan M. Lewis to its board of directors.
Bob Macdonald, president and CEO of Canada-based brand loyalty agency Bond Brand Loyalty, is joining the board of advisors for Loyalty360, a professional association for loyalty marketers.
Auckland, New Zealand, research software company Infotools has appointed Dugald MacDonald as software development director.
Milwaukee research and consulting firm Market Probe has appointed Michael Brereton as a business consultant.
Back to Nature Foods Company, Naples, Fla., has appointed Daniel Anglemyer as CMO.
Waltham, Mass., life sciences consulting firm Trinity Partners has named Nason Russ as a senior consultant in its Primary Market Research Group.
Baldwinsville, N.Y., firm Research & Marketing Strategies Inc. has hired Andrew Clark as the QualiSight team leader and named Christopher Caver as survey operations supervisor, a new position within the RMS Healthcare division.
Irvine, Calif., firm MFour Mobile Research has recently hired Roger Nolasco as senior systems administrator.
In London, research technology firm FocusVision has promoted Managing Director Richard Collins, who is now EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Asia) managing director for the company’s quantitative and qualitative solutions.
Montreal-based research company iPerceptions has named Lane Cochrane as chief analytics officer and Derek Zakaib as CMO.
U.K. research agency Future Thinking has appointed Alex Lomizov as head of analytics for its Analytics Hub brand.
Honeoye Falls, N.Y., research firm KJT Group has hired Johan Mohd Sani as research manager.
Imperium, a Westport, Conn., provider of data quality and anti-fraud solutions for the marketing research industry, has appointed Jennifer Weitz as vice president, business development.
In Dallas, Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants Inc. has appointed Diana LaRocca as CMO.
New York location-based mobile advertising firm Verve has appointed Tim Gough as vice president of insights and analytics and Bryan Throckmorton as vice president of enterprise data.
Colliers International | Chicago, part of commercial real estate services firm Colliers International, has added Craig Hurvitz as vice president of market research. He will be based in the company’s Rosemont, Ill., office.
In New York, researcher GfK has appointed Laura E. Wendt as executive vice president, media, for the Consumer Experiences and Consumer Choices organizations in North America.
U.K. airline easyJet has appointed Alberto Rey-Villaverde as its first head of data science to accelerate its use of artificial intelligence.
In Irvine, Calif., frozen yogurt franchise Yogurtland has appointed Tim Fuhrman as director of marketing.
Nashville, Tenn., tire and rubber company Bridgestone Americas has promoted Amber Holm to vice president of brand marketing, U.S. and Canada, consumer replacement tire for Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations.
Dapresy, a Sweden-based research software firm, has named Alexander Skorka as COO. He also retains his position as managing director for Dapresy’s DACH Region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland).
Walter L. Good has been named president and member of the board of directors of Emeryville, Calif., PinPoint Research.
In New York, research consultancy Smarty Pants has hired Julie Katz as insights Jedi.
U.K. digital research agency ResearchBods has appointed Robert Webster as client services director.
Minneapolis-based product lifecycle company Logic PD has hired Shawn Oreschnick as director of analytics and research services.
San Francisco market intelligence firm Ask Your Target Market has appointed Sandy Janzen as its director of client engagement, a newly created role.
Copal Amba, a London-based research and analytics firm, has named Damian Burleigh as managing director-head of sales and marketing.
Lowe’s Companies Inc., Mooresville, N.C., has promoted Marci P. Grebstein to CMO and Erin K. Sellman to senior vice president of strategy, insights and planning.
The Mobile Marketing Association, New York, has added the following new members to its global board of directors: Pete Blackshaw, global head of digital marketing and social media, Nestle; Susan Canavari, chief brand officer, JP Morgan Chase; Sanjay Gupta, executive vice president – marketing, innovation and corporate relations, Allstate Insurance Company; Peter McGuinness, chief marketing and brand officer, Chobani; and Andrew Sherrard, CMO, T-Mobile. Stephen McCarthy, CFO, xAd has also been appointed as new treasurer.