Indianapolis research company Harper has named Nicky Halverson team leader and Jason Shockey qualitative researcher.

Rochester, N.Y., research company Harris Interactive has appointed Stephen Wallace as CIO; Steven L. Fingerhood as independent director; Kevin Ford as European head of brand and marketing communications research; and Andrew Freeman as senior consultant for media research in the U.K.

Nanette Brown has joined New York research company ICC/Decision Services as market research project director.

Buckingham, U.K., research company InterQuest has hired Benedikt Grundemann as project director.

Clare Collins has joined London research company Opinion Lead er as research director in the health and social care team.

ABI Research, Oyster Bay, N.Y., has appointed of Kevin Burden as research director, mobile devices.

Abi Cornwall has joined Market Research Partners , Edinburgh, Scotland, as field manager.

Bellomy Research Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., has hired Mikele Cayton-Woody as a senior research manager and Jolayne Sikes as a research manager.

Insight Research Group, London, has appointed Lee Gazey as director, promoted Andrew Forman to marketing and sales director, and promoted Julie Maudrich to account manager.

Mike Pardee, senior vice president of Knoxville, Tenn., marketing company Scripps Networks, has joined the board of directors of the Advertising Research Foundation , New York.

CMS Research Inc., Charleston, S.C., has promoted Barb Nye to senior vice president, Jenni Bannister to director of client services, and Jason Kean to manager of information technology. The three will operate out of the Toledo, Ohio, office.

DoubleClick Inc., a New York advertising company, has named Heath Row and Jai Singh senior research managers.

Cincinnati research company EMI Surveys has promoted Aaron Walton and Jason Scott to vice president, client services.

Vienna, Va., research company D3 Systems Inc. has hired Janet Lee as project manager.

Mark Smith has joined Cincinnati research company LaunchForce as vice president, creative director.

Dexterity, a Chennai, India, research company, has appointed Anantha Krishnan as chairman and CEO.

Donna Taglione has been promoted to vice president of Farmington Hills, Mich., research company Morpace Inc.

International Communications Research, Media, Pa., has appointed Neil Modi as senior vice president, financial services sector, and Karin A. Ferenz as senior vice president, telecommunications/technology.

Boston research company Observant LLC has hired Penny Mesure and Lana Limpert as directors.

Brent White has joined Stamford, Conn., research company SmartRevenue as vice president, client services.

Naperville, Ill., research company Millward Brown has appointed Patricia Driver as managing director, Millward Brown Singapore.

London research company TNS has named Scott Ernst president of its recently-acquired company Compete Inc.

The Nielsen Company, New York, has hired David Parma as the global product leader for its customized research group; Dawn D’Cotta as marketing manager, Pacific and South East Asia; and Karen Watson as CCO and senior vice president, global communications.

Integrated Marketing Associates, a Bryn Mawr, Pa., research firm, has appointed Christopher George as a senior project director and Patty LaBarbara as manager of administrative services.

Jeong-Han Hong has been named director of U.K.-based Research International’s marketing science center in Korea. Cherry Hung’s role has been extended at the marketing science center in Taiwan.

New York research company Ziment has appointed Eva Laparra as vice president, marketing, and Jonathan S. Spiess as vice president, technology and innovation.