Denver-based data and communications firm StickyDocs has appointed the following to its advisory board: Sharon Harris, principal product manager, mobile, at AOL; Cavel Khan, who serves in a lead CPG sales capacity for Twitter; and Daniel Cherry, chief marketing and innovation officer for the New Jersey Devils and the Prudential Center entertainment complex.
San Mateo, Calif., marketing software and solutions firm Marketo Inc. has named Steve Lucas as its new CEO.
Columbia, Md., marketing agency Merkle has appointed Michael McLaren as executive global director for its high-tech and business-to-business practices. The firm also named Charlie Weiss to its leadership team as general manager, media and publisher solutions. Weiss will be based in the firm’s New York office.
Marketing Applications Inc. (MApps) CEO Ikuo Hagino has been named CEO of Japan-based sample and survey software firm dataSpring. MApps had acquired dataSpring in a stock swap and Hagino’s assumption as CEO is the next step in the merger process. Hagino will serve as CEO of both firms moving forward.
Research Now, Plano, Texas, has named Mayer Danzig as senior vice president of product management.
Indianapolis customer experience consulting firm Walker Information has named Jennifer Batley as senior vice president.
Julia Stahl has been promoted to call center manager for Columbus, Ohio, firm Complete Research Connection.
U.K. researcher Join the Dots has appointed Anjul Sharma as senior client director, a newly-created role, to lead the Unilever account team. The firm has also recently appointed Stacey Kohalny as a research director in Manchester.
Warren, N.J., researcher Lightspeed has appointed Wiepke van der Wal, its marketing director of Europe, Middle East and Africa, as national representative Netherlands for ESOMAR. She was appointed alongside Kjell Massen, senior researcher and partner of Ruigrok NetPanel.
In London, Tanja de Vries Robles has joined panel and survey software firm dataSpring as senior account manager. The hiring coincides with the firm moving into new offices in London’s West End.
Marie Patenio, VP research and consulting for researcher Verve, has been appointed to lead the firm’s Chicago office as Tim Martin, who was seconded to the U.S. to open the office, returns to London. The company has also hired Jon Allison as senior director and Donny Spano as research manager for the Chicago office. The team has moved to larger offices in the Chicago Loop. Additionally, Shruti Shah has been hired as an analyst and Melanie Ackland and Natasha David have been hired as community managers for Verve’s Toronto office.
Atlanta-based restaurant consulting services firm Goliath Consulting Group has hired Cheryl Wilson as CMO and tapped Robert Marshall as vice president of strategy and consumer insight.
Tom Dailey, former GfK president, has joined San Jose, Calif., mobile data collection and analytics company bnocular as an advisory board member.
Directions Research, Cincinnati, has promoted Liz Sparks to associate research analyst.
Analytics and insights firm Blueocean Market Intelligence, Seattle, has made the following executive leadership appointments: Anish Nanavaty as head of Americas; Joseph Sursock as senior vice president – Europe; Muneer Ahmad as vice president – life sciences; and Dan Foreman as non-executive director and member of its advisory board.
Kearney, Neb., health science marketing and communications firm SCORR Marketing has appointed Kelly DeBoer as director of health care.
Cars.com, Chicago, has appointed Brooke Skinner Ricketts as CMO.
Sarah Longacre has joined Iselin, N.J., researcher Schlesinger Associates as vice president, client development. She is based in San Francisco.
Brand communications and marketing services firm Partners & Simons, Boston, has promoted EVP and general manager Andrew Pelosi to president.
GfK, New York, has appointed Gary Schanzer to lead its Point-of-Sale teams in North America – including pet, optics and tire retail panels – and GfK’s Value-Added Services in e-commerce content, discount ad tracking and technology research for investment firms.
St. Petersburg, Fla., digital media company Catalina has appointed Andy Heyman as CEO. Heyman replaces interim CEO Greg Delaney, who will resume his responsibilities as a member of the firm’s board of directors.
Nashville, Tenn., prediction research and analytics firm Consensus Point has appointed Megan Rome as vice president, client service and marketing.
Customer loyalty association Loyalty360 has appointed Jeff Sopko, president and co-founder of Columbus, Ohio, agency Baesman Insights & Marketing, to its board of advisors, effective immediately.
Research company Verve has added two new hires to its London office: Nick Baker as MD research and consulting, and Emma Beech as VP operations Europe.
MFour Mobile Research, Irvine, Calif., has hired Elliot Seid as a research associate for its operations team. In addition, Arian Ashraghi has been tapped as a software engineer and Alex Oakley has been added as a quality assurance engineer.
Salt Lake City data-driven strategy firm Cicero Group has named Trent Kaufman as CEO. Kaufman succeeds the company’s founder, Randy Shumway.
Quincy, Mass., digital marketing products and services firm Propel Marketing has appointed Max Faingezicht as chief technology officer.