Bernard “Bud” Sherak, former chairman of Market Facts Inc., a Chicago research company, died on May 9, 2010, at age 91.
Vancouver, B.C., research company Vision Critical has hired Sally Campbell as managing director of the company’s U.K. headquarters in London. It has also hired Steevan Glover as senior vice president, sales, and managing director, Europe. Glover will be based in London. Separately, Vision Critical has made two appointments to its Australian and New Zealand operations. Daniel Alexander-Head has been named director, engagement strategy, and Bala Rajan has joined the company as head of qualitative. Both will be based out of the company’s Australian headquarters in Sydney.
Bellomy Research Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., has hired Joe Cunningham as vice president, social research group.
New York researcher The Nielsen Company has promoted Amanda Wisniewski to commercial director of its New Zealand online division and Ivan Fuyala to vice president, global client services, portals. The company has also appointed Nick Whitehead as account director, New Zealand, and Andrew Bradford as vice president, client consulting, media, in Nielsen’s European online division.
Bruce Friend has been appointed president of Los Angeles research company Ipsos OTX MediaCT.
Blueocean Market Intelligence, a Phoenix research company, has hired Yumna Jawad and Kirsten Markson as account manager.
Chicago research company Synovate has appointed Ben Llewellyn as acting managing director of Synovate in Malaysia. Separately, Synovate has hired Milagros Freitas as country manager of Synovate in Peru.
Stockholm, Sweden, research company Cint has named Arjen van Duijvenbode managing director of its Netherlands branch. Additionally, Cint has promoted Stephen Hughes to managing director, U.K.
Synovate Healthcare, a Hamburg, Germany, research company, has hired Alexander Edte as senior research manager, custom health care. Edte will be based in Munich. The company has also promoted Manfred Eberlein to Synovate Healthcare leader, western Europe.
Joelle Schwartz has been promoted to vice president, manager and senior consultant, decision sciences, of Cincinnati research company Burke, Inc.
Interviewing Service of America, a Van Nuys, Calif., research company, has hired Mike Foust as vice president, account services. Foust will be based in southern California.
Basil Bennett has been hired as CEO of Waltham, Mass., research company Invoke Solutions.
J.D. Power and Associates, a Westlake Village, Calif., research company, has named Richard Millard senior director, health care.
Steven Sobolevsky has been appointed CTO of Encino, Calif., research company uSamp.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has appointed Bill Friedrich as vice president.
Boston research company Chadwick Martin Bailey has hired Kathy Ofsthun and Susan Lilly as senior project manager, retail and financial services.
Red Bank, N.J., research firm KL Communications has named John Huntsman director of operations. Separately, Lisa Fuchs will assume the role of online qualitative research specialist.
Gongos Research, Auburn Hills, Mich., has added Alfred Ishak as project director and Marisa Paruch as senior project coordinator to its financial and diversified team.
Marketing Management Analytics, a Wilton, Conn., research company, has named Mitch Weintraub vice president, account management, and Matthew Abrena associate director, client services analytics.
Surrey, U.K., research company Added Value has made three appointments to its North American team in Los Angeles: Steve Diller, senior vice president, brand development and innovation; Steve Rowe, vice president, brand development and innovation; and Aliza Pollack, vice president, qualitative.
Framingham, Mass., research company Kadence International has named Kate Rose Colantuono project manager. She will be based in Boston. The company has also hired Kevin Braun as research center supervisor.
InsightExpress, a Stamford, Conn., research company, has made several appointments to its custom marketing research team. The company named Meghan DeBerry senior account executive and Jesse Epstein account executive and promoted Keith Busch, Kevin Evers and Kristen Stonacek to account executives.
Kadee Fabyan-Dew has joined G & S Research, Indianapolis, as senior project manager and moderator. Additionally, Juston Miller has been promoted to programming supervisor.
Paul Richard “Dick” McCullough has joined AlphaDetail Inc., a San Mateo, Calif., research company, as director, research methodology and analytics.
San Francisco, Calif., research companySolarbuzz has hired Finlay Colville as senior analyst.
Timothy J. Tardiff has been named principal at Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, a Boston research company.
Michael Lowenstein has been hired as executive vice president of Milwaukee research company Market Probe Inc.
San Francisco research company MarketTools Inc. has named David Rusher senior vice president, enterprise feedback management sales. The company has also appointed Jaynie Studenmund to its board of directors.
Clear Channel Radio, San Antonio, has hired Bob Michaels as executive vice president, research.
Bill Hoffman has joined Best Buy Co. Inc., Richfield, Minn., as senior vice president, consumer insights.
Horsham, Pa., research company TNS has appointed Ian Stewart as regional director, youth, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa Region.
Kate Taplin has been named director, research, of Palo Alto, Calif., research company AnswerLab.
Reston, Va., research company comScore Inc. has made several additions to its Asia-Pacific operation: Victor Cheng, sales director, Hong Kong; Samantha Oh, account manager, Southeast Asia; Kedar Gavane, sales, India; and Kara Anglin, sales, Australia.
Katy Leng has been promoted to senior research executive of Ci Research, Cheshire, U.K.
The Pert Group, a Bloomfield, Conn., research consultancy, has made several appointments:Barb Murphy, senior vice president, market planning and development;Donna Patton, group director; Teresa Fryer, senior insights manager; Alex Camacho, consultant; Christopher Biviano, lead generation specialist; Christine Connolly, lead graphic specialist; and Lisa Fiducia, senior design specialist. The company has also made 10 promotions: Doug Guion to senior vice president, client service administration and operations; Regan Mik, senior account director; Heather Mitchell, qualitative director; Sandy Rubino, senior account manager; Megan Johnston, senior account director; Kyle Letendre, insights manager; Mike Marcoux, insights manager; Ola Ingram-Ford, research associate; Cathy Frank, senior data processing specialist; Sheila Minnifield, field director; and Jackie Spagnoletti, senior field specialist.