Craig Rumbaugh has been named vice president of Integrated Marketing Associates, a Bryn Mawr, Pa., research firm.
Menlo Park, Calif., research firm Knowledge Networks has hired Charles A. DiSogra as vice president, chief statistician.
Los Angeles research firm OTX announced the appointment of five executives: Bruce Grey Tedesco as chief research officer; Eric Villain as executive vice president, digital media group; Tom Greco as senior vice president, marketing insights; Mike Carlon as vice president, strategic insights; and Ajay Durani as vice president, marketing.
M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, named Lynn Dagar research director and also announced a number of promotions. In the Irving office, Erika Cinicolo has been promoted to research manager; Rich Eberlen to senior programmer/analyst; and Kristy Hoover to marketing manager. In the firm’s Nashville office Nancy Miller has been promoted to vice president. In Greensboro, N.C., Bill Priest has been promoted to account director and Carla Penel has been promoted to research director.
Research firm InsightExpress, Stamford, Conn., has named Kimberly Pagan senior account executive and Jon Evoy account manager, both within the company’s advertising media sector.
Global Market Insite, Seattle, has added several new employees. In the Seattle office Sunny Alder has been named legal administrative assistant; Jensen Gadley has been named public relations specialist; Crystal Ling has been named accounts payable manager; and Vera Rohlfing has been named accounts payable accountant. In San Ramon, Calif., Steven Hall has joined as business analyst. In the Sydney office, Junji Kubota has been named account manager. And in London, Erik Zwarteveen has been named associate director, sales. The firm also announced that Larry Schack has stepped down as interim chief revenue officer and president, Americas. Lowell Ricklefs, executive vice president sales, America, has taken over Schack’s former position.
Atlanta research firm CMI has added Ellen Cabacungan as a moderator in its qualitative research group.
Rob Myers has been named managing director of Synovate in Canada. Separately, Synovate announced the addition of Mark Berry as executive vice president of its consumer and business insights unit in the U.S. Laura Quinn has been promoted to senior vice president, Synovate Healthcare, and will head up the custom research business of the company’s office in Mahwah, N.J. In her new capacity, Quinn will become a full-time member of the Synovate Healthcare U.S. executive committee. Mark Scazafave has been promoted to senior vice president, Synovate Healthcare. Greg McMahon has been appointed senior vice president, solutions and specialisms. Lynda Levy, who leads the Princeton, N.J., office, has also been named head of the Florham Park, N.J., office. Subhra Ghosh has been appointed to the Synovate Healthcare U.S. executive committee. Gloria Chambers has been promoted to senior vice president and will take on additional responsibilities in the day-to-day management of the Princeton office in support of Lynda Levy. Stuart Bartlett has been promoted to business development director, Synovate Healthcare. Replacing Bartlett as head of Synovate Healthcare Asia Pacific will be Sumit Sharma.
Farmington Hills, Mich., research firm MORPACE International Inc. has named Bryan Krulikowski and David Myhrer vice president.
State College, Pa., research firm Diagnostics Plus announced that Trish Evanitsky, Noret Flood, Jim Fong, Michelle Hostetler and Mike Hostetler have received the Marketing Research Association’s Professional Researcher Certification at the expert level.
U.K. research firm Nunwood has added Sarah Houghton to head up its recently opened London office, naming her managing director for London operations.
Waltham, Mass., research firm Invoke Solutions has named Josh Mendelsohn director of marketing.
Media, Pa., research firm ICR has named Marie L. Strasser vice president client services.
Lightspeed Research, Basking Ridge, N.J., has added five new employees, naming Harry Jefferies vice president, business development for North America; Rowena Collier account director, West Coast (based in Los Angeles); Joanne Crowley account director (based in Los Angeles); Paul Caputo account director (based in New York); and Brendan Egan account director (based in New York).
The Marketing Research Association has named Adrienne Ford public relations manager.
New York research firm Ziment has added Venk Ramakrishnan as chief methodologist.
Alex Vayslep has been named division vice president, technology/ telecommunications sector lead for Maritz Research, St. Louis.
Michael Georgianna has joined J. Reckner Associates Inc. as facility manager of the firm’s Center City Philadelphia facility. Peter Reckner has been promoted to vice president, quantitative services in the firm’s Montgomeryville, Pa., office.
Boston research firm Kadence has named Fory McCandless field services director.
London-based research firm KMR Group has consolidated its United States and Puerto Rico business operations under the leadership of Bill McKenna, who has been appointed president and chief executive officer of KMR North America. McKenna will initially be based in Puerto Rico.
Stephen Kraus has joined AbsolutData Research and Analytics, Alameda, Calif., as director of market research services.
The GfK U.S. Healthcare Companies, Blue Bell, Pa., announced appointments for its family of companies. GfK Strategic Marketing named Brian Hull president following the departure of Marty Glogowski, who announced his retirement in March. GfK Market Measures named Bill Bowman vice president of oncology and Jenny Donohue senior vice president, multi-client. GfK V2 named Andrea Alfonsi, Steve Finestone and Howard Jaffe senior vice president and strategic business unit head.
Roger Chacko has joined Kimberly-Clark, Neenah, Wis., as vice president/global marketing knowledge and intelligence.
Boston research firm Observant LLC has made Vice President Erik Coats a full partner of the firm and added Robert Ramirez as director.
Shelli Field has been named chief operating officer at Paragon Research and Consulting, West Chester, Pa.
Meadowlands Consumer Center Inc., Seacaucus, N.J., has named Andrea Michaels evening facility manager. At New York City-based New York Consumer Center, Amber Shemesh has been named evening facility manager.