Los Angeles-based holding company The Wonderful Co. has formed a marketing and insights team, part of Wonderful Agency, its in-house advertising and marketing agency. The department is led by Amy Snow, who serves as head of market research and consumer insights and reports to Wonderful Agency President Michael Perdigao. Team members include Kate Hartzell, director of research and consumer insights, Alec Bardzik, senior manager of strategic insights and Erin Harumi Lee, manager of consumer insights.
Intex Technologies, an Indian mobile and consumer electronics companies, has named Rajiv Bakshi as CMO. Marketing research will be among his responsibilities.
New York research firm maslansky + partners has opened a new office in Sydney and appointed David Baynham to the new role of managing director of APAC.
New York-based market research firm GBH Insights has launched its first international office, in London. In support of the London office opening, the firm appointed Mark Connolly as a non-executive director and member of the GBH advisory board.
Reston, Va., research firm comScore has appointed Bryan Wiener as CEO. Wiener is currently a member of the firm’s board of directors. In addition, Rob Norman, former chief digital officer of WPP’s GroupM, has been named to the comScore board of directors and current board member Brent Rosenthal has been named non-executive chair.
Directions Research, Cincinnati, has added Howard Lax as vice president, customer experience practice lead.
Australia-based digital retail out-of-home media business Shopper Media Group has appointed Emily Sak to the newly created position of head of data and insights.
Enterprise feedback management firm Questback has added Marc Oetzel as general counsel and Sara Habberstad as privacy counsel in support of the firm’s GDPR compliance.
Durham, N.C., research firm W5 has promoted John Capps to senior practice consultant.
MMR Research Worldwide has named Simon Williams head of agile to drive innovation in consumer and sensory research.
TV technology provider Amino has named Jamie Mackinlay as its new global VP of marketing.
Mobile data company Ogury has tapped Elie Kanaan to be its CMO.
Media agency Spark Foundry has appointed Shula Sinclair to the newly created role of global head of strategy to oversee product output and strategic thinking across EMEA, MENA and APAC.
St Petersburg, Fla., software firm Community Brands has named Rick Bradberry as CMO.
Dallas toy and juvenile products maker KidKraft Inc. has appointed Debra Berman to CMO.
New York research firm Lightspeed Health has named Rachel Bear new associate director, business development.
Tivity Health Inc., a Franklin, Tenn., provider of fitness and health improvement programs, has named Arra Yerganian to the newly created role of chief brand officer.
Research firm InnovateMR, Encino, Calif., has named Michael Anderson president.
Warren, N.J.-based research firm Lightspeed has named Jason Dodge to the newly created position of senior vice president, data solutions.
Gamida Cell, a cellular and immune therapeutics company, has named Paul Nee as vice president, marketing. Marketing research will be among his responsibilities.
Enterprise feedback management firm Questback has added Marc Oetzel as general counsel and Sara Habberstad as privacy counsel in support of the firm’s GDPR compliance.
McGraw-Hill Education has reached into the world of data analytics to tap its new president and CEO, naming Nana Banerjee to the post.
Research firm Smarty Pants has added Suzanne Snapp as insights genius. She is based in metro Indianapolis.
Seattle-based software firm Zipwhip has named Scott Heimes CMO.
Covenant Transport Services, Chattanooga, Tenn., has promoted Clara Min to director of advanced analytics.
Lieberman, Great Neck, N.Y., has named Ann Bracken as senior vice president of its quantitative practice.
Amit Shah has joined India-based media company Zee Entertainment Enterprises as cluster head – Regional Hindi Speaking Markets (RHSM). In his new role, he will manage the RHSM business along with programming, content, marketing and the research and insights team.
Zespri has hired Raul Murguia as head of marketing-Americas, a newly created position for the New Zealand kiwifruit marketer.
Sweden-based research firm Norstat Sverige AB has added Erik Tageson as a sales and marketing director in the Swedish market.
Media planning firm Initiative has appointed Michael Storms to U.S. chief analytics officer, a new position at the IPG Mediabrands agency. In his new role, Storms will head up the agency’s culture, insights and analytics business unit, which includes the agency’s accountability and business intelligence operations (segment creation, campaign oversight, audience measurement); marketing science (modeling and attribution) and audience research.
Alex Hunter has joined U.K. research agency DRG (Dipsticks Research Group) as research director.
Non-profit organization Women in Research (WIRe) has added three new members to its advisory board: BV Pradeep, VP CMI for country and customer development for Americas and Europe in the new C4G organization at Unilever in London; Joanna Derry, head of consumer insights and marketplace intelligence for Nestlé Oceania Limited, Sydney; and Pratiti Raychoudhury, a director of research for Facebook in Menlo Park, Calif. After completing a two-year service term, advisory board members Anthony Michelini, Eric Salama, Jane Frost and Marie-Agnes Mourot de Lathyle will transition to emeritus board members.
Sarah Bolger has been named head of New Zealand research firm Colmar Brunton, replacing Jason Shoebridge, CEO of Kantar New Zealand, Colmar Brunton’s parent company, who had been acting in the role since his appointment in February 2016. Bolger was formerly chief client officer.
Research firm Kadence International has launched its New York office and has tapped Lee Abbas as managing director in charge of building and developing the office.
Kari Peglar, previously senior consumer insights strategist, has been promoted to manager of consumer insights and analytics at ad agency Young & Laramore.
Martec Research Center, Green Bay, Wis., has hired Hillary Zank as its new call center manager, while Brenda Brown has been named the new marketing manager. Linda Segersin, director, and Mary Prisco, data processing manager and statistician, will celebrate 15 years with the firm in July.
Media sales organization Katz Media Group has appointed Stacey Lynn Schulman to CMO. In her new role, she will lead a team of marketing and insight professionals across both Katz Radio Group and Katz Television Group.
Atlanta management consulting company Ascension Growth and Innovation Strategies has added three staff members, naming Lynn Gutstadt marketing research director, David Kudon chief research officer and tapping Artie Ruderman for business development.
U.K. research firm Join the Dots has appointed Mallory Salerno as business development director to support its drive to promote and increase its business in the U.S.
New York research firm maslansky + partners has opened a new office in Sydney and appointed David Baynham to the new role of managing director of APAC.