Tim Hoskins has been named president of Quester, a Windsor Heights, Iowa, research company.
Clothier Lands’ End, Dodgeville, Wis., has named Steven Rado as senior vice president, chief marketing officer. Marketing research and consumer insights will be among his responsibilities.
Joanna Fanuele has rejoined the U.S. team of London research firm Hall and Partners as global strategic partner.
The Advertising Research Foundation has added Brandon Cooke, global chief marketing officer of mcgarrybowen, and Magid Abraham, executive chairman of comScore, to its board of directors.
Allen, Texas-based network services firm Nexius has named Julia Pitlik vice president of marketing. Marketing research will be among her responsibilities.
IFF Research, London, has hired Pamela Bremner as director, employment/benefits and health/lifestyle, and Danny Millar as director, interviewing services.
Research Now, Plano, Texas, has appointed John Rothwell as managing director, Americas.
Los Angeles-based uSamp has added Joe Jordan as vice president, panel operations.
Austin, Texas, research firm icanmakeitbetter has added Kirk O’Connor as director of sales.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has promoted Brad Weiss to vice president and Stacey Beaty to research manager. In addition, Rebecca Schraffenberger has joined as a research director in the firm’s qualitative research group.
Sonic Corp., Oklahoma City, has promoted James O’Reilly to chief brand officer and Todd Smith to chief marketing officer.
Gayle Ireland, founding partner of Charlotte, N.C., research company Voccii, has received her Professional Researcher Certification.
London research company Kantar Media has named Anna Reeves global commercial director.
Pretoria, South Africa, research company Ask Africa has appointed Ken McArthur as executive chairman.
Atlanta research company Mystery Researchers has hired Andy Barre as vice president, operations.
Jupiter, Fla., research company Quick Test/Heakin has promoted Christy Crossan to director, account management and Heather Hyland to account representative.
London research company TNS has appointed Simon Oastler as digital development director.
Ipsos, Paris, has promoted Clifford Young to president of Ipsos Public Affairs in the U.S. and John Vidmar has been named chairman of Ipsos Public Affairs in the U.S. Also, Julia Clark was appointed vice president in the Chicago office.
Schlesinger Associates, an Iselin, N.J., research company, has appointed Jade Landfried as chief technology officer and named Matt Campion executive vice president.
The Market Research Society, London, has appointed Jane Bainbridge as editor of research-live.com and Impact magazine.
London technology company Face has hired James Hirst as global business development director. Also, Sofia Mavros joined as research director and will be based in Hong Kong.
Carol Abrahams has joined Metrix Consulting, a Perth, Australia, research company, as business director.
London research company the Pineapple Lounge has hired Dylan Brownsword as quantitative director, Ben Frost as qualitative research manager and Lucy Seager as quantitative research executive. Also, Gemma Martinez has joined as senior project manager and Dee Cahill as field manager.
New York marketing company Katz Media Group has hired Stacey Lynn Schulman as executive vice president of strategy, analytics and research.
London research company TNS has promoted Chaitanya Reddy to political and social director for the Mekong region, which includes Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar.
Zach Foster has joined St. Louis research company BrŠdo Creative Insight.
Atlanta research company CMI has hired Mary Campbell as director of business development in the Life Sciences practice.
Chapel Hill, N.C., research company the Futures Company has named Radha Patel as director of consulting and has hired Tara Hirebet as senior consultant. Both will be based in the Singapore office.
Phil Pringle has joined Philadelphia management consulting firm Hay Group as senior consultant in its employee opinion research division.
New York research company Millward Brown has named Jerome Simulin senior vice president, strategic client growth, Europe. He will be based in the Paris office.
QuestBack, a Bridgeport, Conn., enterprise feedback management firm, has appointed Paul Barnes as country manager for its U.K. operations.
Antwerp, Belgium, research company Helion Research has opened an African regional office in Johannesburg. Ian Jeffrey, as managing partner, and Ronelle Van Rensburg, as client director, will lead the operation.
Stockholm research company Cint has expanded its U.K. sales team with Jane Attale as U.K. sales director, Natalie Eaton and Lyubomir Siderov as sales representatives and Will Atkinson as customer support representative.
Westport, Conn., research company Critical Mix has hired Brett McCready as vice president, account development.
Tony Bonn has joined Atlanta research firm the Marketing Workshop as senior lead developer.
Palo Alto, Calif., research software company Attensity has hired Frank Brown as CFO and Tommy Hawkins as vice president of development. Also, Martin Onofrio has been named CRO.
Lindon, Utah, software company NUVI has named chairman and co-founder Keith Nellesen as CEO.
London research company SPA Future Thinking has hired Claudia Strauss as client development director.
Plano, Texas, firm Research Now has appointed Stephanie Marty as client development director for CSM, France. She will be based in their Paris office.
Grand View Research Inc., San Francisco, has named Shashi Kumar as CEO.
Principia Consulting Inc., a Malvern, Pa., firm, has hired Mark Daniel to oversee business development and growth initiatives.
GfK, Nuremburg, Germany, has hired Paul Campbell as research director for its London office. Based in New York, Paul Barnes and Cheryl Mulherin have joined GfK as senior vice presidents in its North American Health team.
Nicola Blythe has joined London research company BritainThinks as a senior research executive.
Shanghai research company Asia Market Development has appointed Genie Yip as digital strategy manager.
Espoo, Finland, research company Verto Analytics has hired Chris Modzelewski as chief research officer, based in New York. Also, Timo Smura has joined the firm as head of research and analytics, based in Finland.
Port Washington, N.Y., research company NPD Group has hired George Terhanian as group president and chief of analytics and research.
Brian Lamar has joined EMI Research Solutions, Cincinnati, as director of insights.