Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, has named Matthew Ryan global chief strategy officer.
Jake Steadman has joined Twitter UK, London, as head of research.
Resonate, a Reston, Va., marketing technology company, has named Michael Horn vice president, research.
Alex Boettcher has joined Paramount Direct Marketing, Erie, Pa., as market research coordinator.
Columbia, Md., research company Arbitron Inc. has appointed Monica Narvaez as Hispanic broadcaster account specialist.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has promoted Tom Donnelly and Renu Dalal to vice president.
New York research company Ipsos Health in North America has hired Elys Roberts as president and CEO and Andrew Grenville as chief research officer.
The Brand Activation Association, New York, has named Marc Shaw of Unilever North American chairman of the board and Pam Kermisch of General Mills vice chairman for the 2013-2015 term.
ESOMAR, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has named Pravin Shekar council treasurer.
BrainJuicer Group PLC, a London research company, has hired Maria Spinelli as vice president, BrainJuicer Southeast Asia. Spinelli will be based in Singapore. The company has also named Will Leach vice president, BrainJuicer Behavioral Labs. Leach will be based in Texas.
Lung Huang has joined London research company dunnhumby Ltd. as vice president, digital advertising, global partnerships. Huang will be based in New York.
Melanie Shreffler has joined Johnson City, Tenn., research company Smarty Pants LLC as trends and insights guru. Shreffler will be based in New York. Additionally, Elisabeth “Liz” Lamar has joined the company as qualitative research prodigy. Lamar will be based in Nashville, Tenn.
Princeton, N.J., research company ORC International has added two members to its product strategy, innovation and growth team: Scott Laing as vice president and senior director; and Chris Robson as vice president and senior director, analytics.
Separately, Richard Noden has been named research director, customer strategy and technology, for ORC International in London.
London research company Hall & Partners has hired Chris McPartland as partner and Lucy Ireland as research director. The New York division of Hall & Partners has hired Erica Pascual as account manager and Amanda Perlstein as account executive. Additionally, Hall & Partners Health has promoted Rachel Moore to account director and Aurora Albert to account manager.
Liz Musch has been named global CEO of New York research company Ipsos ASI. Musch will be based in Paris.
Nicole Phillips has joined Switch: Liberate Your Brand, a St. Louis marketing agency, as director, strategic planning and business development. Research will be among her responsibilities.
Los Angeles research company Kelton has hired Anita Chu as senior director, quantitative research.
Evolution Marketing Research, Blue Bell, Pa., has hired Ian Fureman as director, research; Leigh McCullough as associate methodologist; and Shannon Sesa as field coordinator.
Leeds, U.K., research company Brass Insight has hired Daniel Eddy as account director and Lauren Elliot as senior research executive. Eddy will be based in London.
New York research company Ipsos Healthcare has appointed Jackie Ilacqua as global head of syndicated services. Ilacqua will retain her existing role as president, global oncology.
Miami research company QualMetrix has named Adam House CEO.
Bj Kirschner has joined New York research company All Global as director, qualitative research operations.
Webtrends, a Portland, Ore., research company, has appointed John Harrison as vice president, client experience.
Mansour Fahimi has been named senior vice president, sampling statistics, at New York research company GfK. Additionally, Neil Mathis has joined GfK as senior strategist and vice president, consumer group.
Scott Royal has been named president and CEO of New York research company Abt SRBI.
Conway, N.H., research software company Rapid Insight Inc. has hired Ric Pratte as president and COO.
EasyInsites, a Surrey, U.K., research company, has hired Martin Levett as Web and survey programmer. The company has also promoted Rebecca Batey to account executive and Elaine Fowler to research executive.
MRops, a Warrington, Pa., research company, has hired Bill Guerin as chief client officer and Jon Harding as executive vice president.
Thomas Fuller has joined SIS International Research, New York, as managing director, Asia-Pacific. Fuller will be based in Shanghai, China.
Shelton, Conn., research company SSI has appointed Max Weber as managing director, Asia-Pacific, and Satoshi Komatsuzaki as country manager, Japan.
Cincinnati research company dunnhumbyUSA has promoted Brian Higdon, Sean Hannon and Dawn Valandingham to vice president, client leadership; Megan Moglia and Susan Visconte to vice president, client solutions; and Dawn Shirley to vice president, communications and media.
Nitu Pannu has joined London research company E-Tabs as client consultant.
The NPD Group Inc., a Port Washington, N.Y., research company, has promoted Perry James to president, U.S. hardlines; Mike Leahy to president, Canada and Latin America; Diane Nicholson to president, U.S. softlines; Arnie Schwartz to president, U.S. food; Karl Werner to president, U.S. technology; Lora Morsovillo to president, office supplies; Caroline Pisaniello to vice president, product management; Fernando Rubio to president and general manager, Mexico; Ann Roberts to president, SupplyTrack; and Giovanna Pirrone to vice president, Europe retail business group.
Finally, NPD has hired four market research analysts to its DisplaySearch division: Todd Fender, senior analyst, professional and commercial displays; Tina Teng, senior analyst, smartphones; Moo-Youl Huh, analyst, small/medium displays and touch; and Peter Su, analyst, large-area TFT LCD.