Austin, Texas, research company In-Stat has appointed Greg Heikes to director, primary research.
Research and Marketing Plus, Cardiff, U.K., has namedJohn Poole head of research.
Los Angeles research company MarketCast has hired Kevin Yoder as managing director.
TVG Marketing Research & Consulting, Dresher, Pa., has promoted Adam Porterfield to associate vice president and Lisa Sternadori to vice president.
Mark McCoy has joined Redlands, Calif., geographic mapping software company ESRI as insurance industry solutions manager.
Baltimore research company Observation Baltimore has named Judy Clarke operations manager.
Stamford, Conn., research company InsightExpress has appointed Jeff Gerken as account executive; promoted Ed Agvent to senior manager, client relationships; and promoted Ryan Grady to account executive.
Ziment, a New York research company, has named Nipa S. Clayton director of client service and Patricia M. Davis vice president and director of client service.
DJS Research, Macclesfield, U.K., has appointed Alasdair Gleed as research director. Leslie Hardie has also joined the firm to support its team of five research directors.
Gongos Research, Auburn Hills, Mich., has made 11 appointments: Mitch Sanders to research director, analytics; Duston Pope to senior project director, consumer products; Angel Muxlow to senior project director, retail/services; Amy Kendziorski to project director, retail/services; Megan Milczarski to senior project coordinator, retail/services; Joel Frost to senior project coordinator, retail/services; Matt Graton to project coordinator, automotive/powersports; Scottie Fisher to project coordinator, automotive/powersports; Jennifer Wroblewski to project coordinator, consumer products; Nichole Roose to project coordinator, consumer products; and Sandeep Nellutla to senior developer, information systems.
Research Inc., Nashville, Tenn., has hiredIsaac Rogers as technology product manager.
Karl Feld, a manager at Vienna, Va., research company D3 Systems, has been re-elected chair of the legal/government affairs committee of the Interactive Marketing Research Organization, a division of the Marketing Research Association.
New York research company TNS has appointedPamela Godfrey as senior vice president of the media and entertainment sector within the technology, media and telecom group.
The Research Intelligence Group (formerly Leger U.S.), Fort Washington, Pa., has added three senior research executives: Bruce Shandler, CEO; Steve Levine, president; and Ron Cosgrove, U.S. president of the health care division.
Menlo Park, Calif., research company Knowledge Networks has made four new hires: Katherine Anne Binns has joined the New York office as senior vice president, client service; Erica Wiegel Desroches has joined the New York office as vice president;Bittie Behl-Chada has joined the Needham, Mass., office as associate vice president; and Tristan Gaiser has joined the Chicago office as associate vice president.
Zussi Research, Sheffield, U.K., has hired Louise Suckley as senior research executive and Carl Hadi as data analyst.
New York researcher The Nielsen Company has named John Burbank CMO.
Cynthia Tubb has joined Knoxville, Tenn., marketing and advertising company Shelton Group as quantitative analyst.
U.K. research company Mintel has appointed Robert Santiago as director of thought leadership.
Audra Priluck has joined Los Angeles research company OTX as director, media and entertainment insights.
Donovan Batiste has been promoted to research director for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, Kansas City, Mo.
Research company Harris Interactive, Rochester, N.Y., has hiredAndrew Freeman as senior consultant for media research, Harris Interactive U.K.
In-Touch Survey Systems, Ottawa, has promotedLynda Partner to president and COO; Michael Kahn to vice president and CTO; and Pavla Selepova to vice president, client services.