Marketing research and consulting firm Issues & Answers announced that Carla Lindemann has retired as COO. Separately, Mohit Gour has been promoted to executive vice president.
Market Logic Software, a provider of market insights platforms, has completed a finance round led by existing investors Summit Partners, GENUI and Sycamore. Additionally, the company has expanded its executive leadership team with the appointment of Stefan Ropers as chief executive officer and Dirk Wolf as chief financial officer, while Kay Iversen will transition from the role of CEO to join Market Logic's board of directors.
Medical aesthetics company Cynosure has appointed Katie Cheng as chief marketing officer.
Research consultancy Basis Research has launched Basis Social, a social research practice based in the U.K. The new practice is led by Darren Bhattachary and Dan Clay, who join as CEO and managing partner, respectively.
Health care market research consultancy Research Partnership has appointed Hannah Osborn as a medtech director for the London office.
Financial technology company SRAX Inc. has appointed Lou Kerner as chief executive officer of BIGtoken, a consumer data management system that is a subsidiary of SRAX.
Targeting company Semasio has added Miguel Araujo as director of data science.
The Insights Association (IA) has approved Lauren Demar of Ipsos and Bianca Pryor of BET to serve two-year terms on IA’s board of directors, beginning January 1, 2021. Additionally, Reed Cundiff of Kantar North America and Terrae Schroeder of Kellogg's begin official two-year terms after taking over vacated seats in 2020. Past Chair David Rothstein of RTi Research moves to a new ex officio role established to retain continuity and provide history to the board.
Insight localization agency EMPOWER Translate has hired Eleanor Timson as commercial director.
GBK Collective, a marketing strategy, consumer behavior and analytics consultancy, has appointed Randall Lewis, chief scientist at Nanigans, and Justin Rao, senior director of performance marketing at Booking.com, to its advisory board.
Marketing research firm W5 Inc. has named Martin Molloy as senior partner. Molloy succeeds founder Tom Daly, who will transition to a consultative role within the firm.
Media measurement company Nielsen has appointed Caroline Clarke as senior vice president of editorial content strategy.
Advertising and brand research firm Phoenix Marketing International has added Katy Palmer and Brad Perkins as managing director, health and SVP, health, respectively.
Research company Ipsos has appointed Vicky Abad as country manager for the Philippines.
The board of the Market Research Institute International (MRII) has elected Stephanie C. Harris of Management Consulting Group as board president for 2021. Harris succeeds Michael Mermelstein of Nichols Research, who becomes immediate past president. Finally, Marjette Stark of Stark Solutions is the new MRII president-elect and Shelly Ray of MMR Research becomes MRII treasurer.
Data quality and anti-fraud software platform SampleChain has appointed Matt Gershner as chief strategy and revenue officer, based in New York.
Research company Ipsos has appointed Annie Chan as managing director for Hong Kong.
Customer, product and employee experience company Confirmit has appointed Noel Hamill as chief marketing officer.
Customer experience management company Merkle has appointed Erin Hutchinson as global chief marketing and communications officer.
Marketing research and consulting firm Smarty Pants has added Jordan Powers to its team as research prodigy.
The Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA) has announced the recipients of the 2021 QRCA Awards. These will be presented at the virtual Awards Gala on January 22. The winners of the 2021 QRCA Awards are:
Jennifer Dale and Jeff Walkowski – Impact Award
Marc Engel – Maryanne Pflug Award
Chris Kann – President’s Award
Brittney Hopgood – Rising Star Award
Ad and innovation testing platform Zappi has made a number of new hires and internal promotions to its leadership team, including Patricia Montesdeoca as senior vice president, customer transformation lead; Allison Scott as senior director, customer transformation; Michelle Wu as director, customer transformation specialist; Zontziry Johnson as vice president, consulting solutions; and Mary Lou Barney as vice president, strategic accounts, Americas.
San Francisco-based consumer insights and strategy firm Ignite 360 has added Sara Wight as insights director.
Marketing research and analytics agency DVJ Insights has appointed Jori van de Spijker as managing consultant, Netherlands, and Judith Lieftink as research director.
Advertising research company Communicus has added Judith Poon and Ryan Patera as senior account directors.
Customer experience management company Merkle has appointed Simon Esland as VP practice lead, marketing decisioning for Merkle’s partnership with software company Pegasystems Inc.
Digital experience consultancy Bounteous has appointed Jaspreet Singh as chief strategy and insights officer.
Aha!, an insights technology platform for online qualitative market research, has promoted Paula Kramer to vice president of project management and Sach Joshi to senior project manager. Additionally, the company has hired Lexi Lear and Adam Phillips as project managers.
Simporter, a SaaS startup that uses AI to predict consumer demand for new products, closed a $600,000 seed round led by Startup Wise Guys. Mitch Barns, former CEO of Nielsen, has joined Simporter's advisory board.
Consultative agency Gongos Inc. has promoted David Robbins to vice president, client consulting and has appointed Lisa Brink as senior director, client consulting.
Business decision insight firm Directions Research has launched Xcelerant, a suite of technology-driven omnibus survey solutions led by Ed Petrone, VP, client service.
Research, analytics and data science company MarketCast has appointed Martin Eichholz as corporate senior vice president and general manager of MarketCast technology and games.
Research and advisory firm Competitive Edge Research has hired Simone Aldern as research manager in its San Diego office.
Customer experience management and insights platform Alida has promoted Hermina Khara to senior vice president of people and culture.
Customer agency C Space has named Jessica DeVlieger as president for the company in the Americas. DeVlieger assumes the role from Howard Kogan, who has taken on the role of global chief operating officer.
Health innovation company W2O has made several senior appointments, including Jo Ann Saitta as global chief digital officer, Marcos Mendell as executive vice president, health platform innovation and Larry Mickelberg as group president, technology and engagement.
Marketing and customer analytics consultancy STRAT7 has bolstered its sales and marketing team with the appointment of Giles Darby as group commercial director, Richard Morland as group marketing director and Oliver Gwynne as content and digital marketing manager.
Sitecore, a provider of digital experience management software, has named Lee Miles as chief customer success officer. Additionally, the company has secured backing for a growth plan fueled by $1.2 billion in investment.
Aspen Finn has launched as a strategic insights consultancy grounded in cognitive psychology. The agency is led by SVP Julia Eisenberg.
Marketing research firm Drive Research has added Devan Grant as research analyst.
Research technology and data collection firm Delvinia has appointed Raj Manocha as CEO of Methodify. The appointment comes as Methodify reimagines its business from an automated research platform into an operating system of market research. To support this shift, Delvinia has made additional changes to personnel. For Methodify, Frank Schiraldi has been named VP, platform and product and Ryan Crawford has been named VP of client service. Additionally, Angela Lau has been appointed as chief of staff for Delvinia.
SurveyMonkey, a provider of software solutions for customer experience, market research and survey feedback, has added Helen D’Abreo and Dana Herstein in senior sales roles to lead cross-disciplinary market research sales teams.
Behavioral insights consultancy Behaviorally (formerly PRS) has appointed Stefan Barden as non-executive chair of the company’s board of directors.
New York-based Recruit and Field has added Jade Kimmeth as project manager.
Research firm Ironwood Insights Group has appointed Tim Alex as senior director of programming.
Insights Wizards, a provider of B2B market research solutions, has appointed Dirk Van Kemseke as managing director.
PRS IN VIVO (BVA Group), a consulting firm specializing in shopper and product experience, has appointed Karen Gombault and Olivier Blanchet as CEOs.