In Milford, Conn., Subway Restaurants has appointed Karlin Linhardt as senior vice president of marketing for North America.
Chicago-based food company Conagra Brands Inc. has named Barry Calpino as vice president of innovation.
In London, research agency Harris Interactive has appointed Taneem Salim as a research executive for its technology, media, telecoms and entertainment research practice.
Mazda North American Operations, Irvine, Calif., has appointed Dino Bernacchi as CMO for the company’s U.S. operations.
Toyota Motor North America, Plano, Texas, has appointed Vinay Shahani as vice president, integrated marketing operations.
Workforce management company iWorkGlobal, San Francisco, has promoted Andrea Norup to vice president of product and implementation.
Kate Sandman has joined MFour Mobile Research, Irvine, Calif., as a senior solutions executive, while David Jeong has joined as a solutions development representative. Separately, Rob Chrone has joined the firm as CFO.
Market intelligence firm InCrowd, Boston, has hired Janet Bays and Kathy Relias each as vice president of business development and Katie Ka as senior director of client success.
Des Moines, Iowa, agricultural research and consulting firm KG MarketSense has appointed Kevin Ryan as the key account manager serving animal health clients in Europe as well as animal health and other agricultural clients in Canada. Ryan will also assist in developing new information products for the animal health market. He will be located in Montreal.
Byrne Hobart has joined research and analytics firm M Science, New York, as a senior analyst.
Needham, Mass., marketing intelligence software firm Visual IQ has appointed Wayne St. Amand as CMO.
Researcher GfK’s global health practice has named Pankaj Thapar as health industry lead for North America. He will be based on the West Coast in GfK’s Bay Area offices in San Francisco and Sunnyvale, Calif. Jan Güse moves to a similar leadership role in the Germany/Switzerland region.
Jonathan Kateman has been appointed as general manager for Waltham, Mass., e-mail marketing firm Constant Contact.
Pittsburgh-based research firm Olson Zaltman has named Gayle Fuguitt, chief of customer insights and innovation at Foursquare, and Catharine Hays, executive director of the Future of Advertising program at The Wharton School, to its board of advisors.
Helen Parfitt has joined health care research and consulting firm Research Partnership as head of its Therapy Watch market-tracking tool at the company’s global head office in London.
Sales and marketing services company Maritz, St. Louis, has appointed Charlotte Blank as chief behavioral officer.
Omaha, Neb., researcher The MSR Group has hired three new employees to support business growth: Karl Petersen as director of research analytics; Joni Williams as senior project manager; and Brandie Allen-Rezac as marketing and public relations manager.
San Diego digital marketing agency BrightHaus has promoted Natacha Gaymer-Jones to vice president.
Columbia, Md., marketing agency Merkle has appointed Paul Walczyk as vice president, client service group leader.
Minneapolis-based food company General Mills has named Jeffrey Harmening as CEO. He has also been elected to the General Mills board of directors. Harmening succeeds Ken Powell, who has served as chairman and CEO since 2007. Powell will continue to serve as chairman for a transition period until his retirement, expected within the next year.
Shaun Hawley has joined Warren, N.J., researcher Lightspeed Health as director, global healthcare panels. In London, Lightspeed has appointed Hannah Soar as director, business transformation.
Seattle-based mobile marketing and advertising technology company Vehicle has hired Rich Davis as senior manager of insights and analytics.
Germany-based researcher Kleffmann Group has named Goran Jovcevski as managing director for the firm’s Australian operation, based in the Melbourne head office.
In London, data collection firm SHC Universal has hired Olga Mordovina as senior project manager in the EU.
India-based research firm MRSS India has appointed Indroneel Dutta as vice president (client servicing).
Market intelligence firm InCrowd, Boston, has named Rob Lubash as chief financial officer.
Dublin-based customer engagement solutions firm Openet has appointed Janne Ohtonen as director of customer experience management.
Digital market intelligence company SimilarWeb, San Francisco, has appointed Stephen Kraus as chief of insights.
Phoenix Marketing International has appointed Michael Arluck as a vice president in its converged technology and media practice. Arluck will be based in the firm’s New York City office.
Atlanta researcher CMI has added Matthew Colón-Diaz as research associate to its life sciences team, while Will Leopold has been promoted to account director.
Albuquerque, N.M., researcher Ameritest has appointed Emily Higgins as vice president in the firm’s Chicago office.
St. Louis-based research agency Brädo Creative Insight has promoted the following individuals to vice president: Kim Bowers, who will serve as head of the shopper insight business unit; Brad Fuller, who will serve as head of internal design and branding; Zach Foster, responsible for driving the firm’s new business efforts; and Sabina Ramic, who will lead the project management team.
Tim Sauer has joined Iselin, N.J.-based research firm Schlesinger Associates as senior vice president, client solutions. Sauer is based in St. Louis.
State College, Pa., in-store behavior analytics firm VideoMining has added Mike Burkenbine as SVP, retail solutions.
Marketing analytics firm Analytic Partners, New York, has appointed Marcia Awobuluyi as CFO.
Simon Hay, former CEO of U.K.-based customer science company dunnhumby, and Anne Roggeveen, professor of marketing at Babson College in Boston, have been nominated as board members for Sweden-based researcher Nepa.
The MSR Group, an Omaha, Neb., research company, has appointed Cherie Carlson as vice president research, Energy Division, a newly-created position.
In Washington, D.C., researcher Harris Insights & Analytics has appointed a new executive management team. John Gerzema and Will Johnson will become co-CEOs, while Mark Penn, managing partner of The Stagwell Group, will become chairman. Jonathan Gardner will serve as COO.
Framingham, Mass., firm IDC Health Insights has appointed Mutaz Shegewi as research director for its Provider IT Transformation Strategies service.
Ipsos Marketing, New York, has appointed Alison Chaltas as global president, path to purchase.
Des Moines, Iowa, agricultural research firm KG MarketSense has appointed Greg Roggenkamp as a key account manager for the company’s AMIS panels and Kyle Staley as key account manager for ad hoc research.
Research firm Opinions LTD, based in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has hired Tami Bergman and Trudy Fula both as client services/project manager.
Karim Belhadjali has joined Bethesda, Md., researcher Abt Associates as a principal associate of environment and natural resources.
Scott Popaditch, CEO of White Plains, N.Y., merchandising and marketing services company SPAR Group Inc., has resigned from the company. The firm’s board of directors has begun the search for a replacement. Current chief operating officer Kori G. Belzer will serve as interim-CEO.