David Poltrack, chief research officer and president of CBS Vision, has announced that he will retire from the company effective June 30, 2019 following a 50-year career in research at CBS. During the remaining months of his tenure, Poltrack will focus on certain strategic projects for the company. Moving forward, Radha Subramanyam, who was named executive vice president, chief research and analytics officer of CBS Television Network in Nov. 2017, will be responsible for overseeing all research operations for the company.
MFour Mobile Research, Irvine, Calif., has hired Mureed Ibrahim as project manager and Scott Demers as solutions development representative.
Trusted Talent, an Indio, Calif., executive recruiting firm for the market research industry, has announced additional team members: Andy Drake as partner, based in England; Roland Klassen as partner, based in Toronto; and Danette Ferro as partner, director of marketing.
Stockholm-based technology provider Cint has appointed Karine Parsy as executive vice president of APAC, based out of the company’s Hong Kong office.
Toronto-based research firm The Logit Group has promoted Steve Male to VP of business development and strategy.
Measure Protocol, a London-based blockchain-powered marketplace for person-based data, has engaged Kristin Luck as an advisor. Luck will work with the firm’s founders and executive team to create strategies for educating and raising adoption of blockchain technology in the market research space.
Belgium-based research agency Kynetec b2 has appointed Pieter Goossens as senior research director. Simone Cornelsen has joined Kynetec b2 as senior director, based in the company’s Fürth, Germany, office.
Westport, Conn., firm Imperium, which provides anti-fraud solutions for the market research and e-commerce industries, has appointed Charlie Allieri as CEO. He succeeds Founder and CEO Marshall Harrison, who will move on as chairman of the board of directors.
New York-based company GBH Insights has appointed Jeremy Korst as president and Brian Zeug as a member of the company’s advisory board.
London-based technology company DigitalMR has appointed Steve Alexander as interim chief technology officer.
Joaquim Bretcha has been elected as the new president of research organization ESOMAR for the 2019-20 term, while Kristin Luck has been elected as vice president. The following council members have also been elected to the ESOMAR Council: Anne-Sophie Damelincourt; Lucy Davison; Umesh Kumar; Nikki Lavoie; Alain Mizrahi; Nijat Mammadbayli; BV Pradeep; and Ray Poynter. Niels Schillewaert will remain on the council in an ex-officio capacity as past president. Outgoing council members include Laurent Flores (ex officio), Luisa Ravelo Contreras, Marcello Sasso, Pervin Olgun and Pieter Paul Verheggen.
Kerry Poulson has joined London-based online research company Further as senior project and operations manager. Poulson will support the company’s senior research team in executing domestic and global qualitative research projects and communities for brand and agency clients.
SITO Mobile, a Jersey City, N.J., mobile data technology company, has appointed Alex Cherones as head of product development.
Port Washington, N.Y., information company The NPD Group has named Shay Krafft to lead its U.S. home improvement business.
Syracuse, N.Y., research and consulting firm KS&R Inc. has elected Jay Scott as chairman of the board and Michael Nash as president. These appointments follow the retirement of Founder Rita L. Reicher, who held both roles.
New York-based researcher SurveyHealthcare has appointed John Turner as senior vice president, growth and new business development. He will be based out of Dallas.
Francesco D’Orazio has been named CEO of London-based social intelligence platform Pulsar. The company has also opened a new office in Marina del Rey, Calif.
New Orleans-based audience platform Lucid has made two new hires in the EMEA region. Julie Tebeka has been appointed as business development director, Southern Europe, responsible for leading the company’s expansion into Spain, France and Italy. Additionally, Ren Kainth has been appointed as business development director Audience, EMEA, responsible for overseeing the European release of Lucid Audience. Separately, Carl Sparks has joined the Lucid board of directors of and Gabrielle Toledano has been appointed to spearhead the company’s newly created board of advisors.
Danielle Place has joined market research firm Smarty Pants as insights guru, responsible for designing, executing and analyzing custom qualitative research for several of the company’s retail and health care clients.
London-based research company Future Thinking has appointed Jim Stevenson as group CEO. Stevenson takes over for Jon Priest, who stepped down in July to join the main investor board as a non-executive director.
Doylestown, Pa., company Adelphi Research has promoted Kara Delaney and Michelle Lambert to director and Shawn McKenna to director, advanced quantitative methods.
Content analytics company Diesel Labs has named Ron Grant and Marshall Cohen to its board of advisors.
Stockholm-based technology provider Cint has promoted Stefan Hök to chief product officer and has appointed Daniel Hecker as senior vice president of products.
Chandler, Ariz., research company Ironwood Insights Group has promoted Cyrus Heck to project manager.
Gary King, director of Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, has joined the board of directors for Salt Lake City-based customer experience intelligence platform InMoment.
U.K.-based cross-media measurement firm RealityMine has appointed Joe Mason as senior vice president of client development, based in New York.
Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, has named Megan Latham as vice president, customer experience.
Singapore-based audience technology platform Eyeota has hired Chris Emme as managing director, Americas.
Ipsos New Zealand has appointed Amrutha Murthy as a director, responsible for leading customer experience strategy.
Research firm Survey Healthcare has appointed Fabio Musumeci as project director, global qualitative services for the company’s European division.
Nielsen, New York, has named David Kenny as chief executive officer. He will also join the company’s board of directors. Kenny succeeds Mitch Barns, who retired from the company on Dec. 31.
Alex Sunnerstam has joined U.K.-based cross-media measurement firm RealityMine as senior vice president of data partnerships, based in London.
Toronto-based data collection firm Delvinia has appointed Raj Manocha as president of its Methodify business unit and chief revenue officer of Delvinia. Additionally, Suzanne Costa will take on the roles of chief operations officer and chief privacy officer of Delvinia.
Port Washington, N.Y., research company The NPD Group has named Lori Monaco as president of its U.S. beauty practice.
Pakistan-based company The Dynamics Research Consultants has announced that Huma Abdul Sattar, manager insights, and Syed Maaz Ali Qadri, industry segment lead, will lead the company’s international bureau, as Rashid Mehmood and Farhan Zaidi have decided to move on from the company.
New York-based analytics company Analytic Partners has appointed Jennifer Leire as vice president, client engagement.
Research company Kadence International has appointed Lizzy Pottinger as associate director.
B2B agency gyro UK, London, has appointed Emma Rush as president. The appointment follows the recent promotion of CEO Kate Howe to the role of chair at gyro UK and chief growth officer at parent company Dentsu Aegis Network.