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May Yick has joined Redwood Shores, Calif.-based research firm Cheskhz as strategic director.

Rudy Nadilo has resigned as chairman and CEO of Wilton, Conn.-based research firm Greenfield Online, Inc. Dean Wiltse has been named CEO and Peter Sobiloff has been named chairman.

Nancy Lucas has been promoted to senior vice president of research for Atlanta-based TBS Superstation and Turner South.

Carolyn J. Olson, owner and president of Minneapolis-based C.J. Olson Market Research, was honored by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) in April. The Minnesota chapter of NAWBO presented her with the Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions over the years to other women business owners.

Dan Coates has joined SPSS MR, Chicago, as sales and marketing director of the firm’s newly formed application service provider division.

New York-based CLTResearch has named David R. Kalmar senior vice president, client services, and Steven Marks has been appointed vice president, business development - business-to-business and Interact research. In addition, Deborah Campbell has been promoted to senior vice president, client services, and Andrea Brecker and Alka Gupta have been promoted to vice president.

Mike Sauerman has joined Menlo Park, Calif., research firm Knowledge Networks as vice president, custom research.

Basil Maniotes has joined Eagle Research as quantitative research supervisor in the Denver office.

Arbitron Inc., New York, has expanded its Portable People Meter (PPM) marketing team with a new addition to the team and two promotions. Kevin Patrick Smith has been appointed senior vice president, cable services and PPM business development. In addition, Les Tolehin has been promoted to senior vice president, pPM business development, and Jay Guyther has been promoted to senior vice president, international PPM marketing. Separately, Carol Hanley has been named vice president, sales, advertiser/agency services.

Stamford, Conn., research firm InsightExpress has named Lee Smith chief operating officer.

SPSS Inc., Chicago, has named Tom Maxfield vice president of information technologies and services.

Bonnie Breslauer has been named senior vice president in charge of sales and marketing at LightspeedResearch.com, Basking Ridge, N.J.

RDD Inc., a Portland, Ore., research firm, has added Raul Cordova, Samette Gilbert, Juli Ricken, and Danielle Schooley as field managers at its new call center in Las Cruces, N.M. The firm has also named Mark Ignowski as director of information  technology.

Heidi Zalduondo has been named senior qualitative research director of the Roper/Langer Qualitative division of Roper Starch Worldwide, New York.

Karen Flannery has been named account services manager in the Chicago sales office of Interviewing Service of America, Van Nuys, Calif. The firm has also named Mark Sullivan phone center manager at its Lancaster, Calif., location.

Mindy Guerin has joined the team of moderators at Doyle Research Associates, Chicago.