Media company Viacom Inc., New York, has appointed Colleen Fahey Rush as executive vice president, insights and audience science and chief research officer of Viacom Media Networks.
Menomonee Falls, Wis., retailer Kohl’s has appointed Greg Revelle as CMO.
Hanover Research, Arlington, Va., has appointed Vineeta Mooganur as chief growth officer.
Marketing technology firm Adestra, London, has appointed Bradley Shore to its board of directors as chief finance officer.
Researcher Toluna, Wilton, Conn., has hired Jay Rampuria as executive vice president global business development. Rampuria will lead global business development for Toluna and parent company ITWP.
Plano, Texas, firm Research Now is building its business and research team dedicated to advertising campaign measurement, effectiveness and audience validation. New team members include: Heather O’Shea, vice president of global research; Andrea Giese, senior research manager; Bill Jaris, business development director; and Kara Kramer, account team lead.
Diane Hessan, chairman of market research company C Space, has been elected to Boston-based cloud services provider Brightcove’s board of directors.
U.K. research video platform Voxpopme has appointed Jem Wallis as regional director of Asia-Pacific. Wallis will be based in Sydney.
Atlanta-based researcher CMI has added Alynn Gordon to its client services team as a research associate.
The International Institute for Analytics, headquartered in Portland, Ore., has named Bill Franks as its chief analytics officer.
Canada-based agency Bond Brand Loyalty has promoted Morana Bakula to vice president, customer experience.
San Francisco-based predictive intelligence platform 6sense has appointed Arun Shrestha as chief customer officer.
Nuremberg, Germany, researcher GfK has appointed new team members to support its newly-launched GfK Customer and Audience Activation service. Based in London, Niko Waesche will head up the new service. Also appointed are Cornelia Reitinger as director of business development and Lauren Coppin as director of data partnerships.
The Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board, based in London, has appointed Joe Lewis as head of insight.
New York-based marketing analytics firm Analytic Partners has hired Joseph LaSala as vice president of marketing and Tom O’Sullivan as SVP, global business development.
Research Triangle Park, N.C., marketing technology company Netsertive has promoted Kevin Fitzgerald to COO and hired Jim Doherty as executive vice president of sales and marketing.
Arjen van Duijvenbode has been appointed CEO of Vienna, Austria, researcher Talk Online Panel.
Canada-based research and polling firm Leger has appointed Sandie Sparkman as vice president, Leger Metrics. Sparkman will lead the company’s technological real-time solutions division.
Stockholm-based software company Cint has appointed Johanna Isander as chief human resource officer.
Durham, N.C., research firm W5 has hired Grace Brown as client relations consultant and Ian McDiarmid as practice consultant.
Chris Kuist has joined the Interactive Advertising Bureau, New York, as senior vice president of research and impact.
Bethesda, Md., researcher Abt Associates has named Jorge Elguera as chief information officer.
Consumer Reports, Yonkers, N.Y., has named Matt Anchin as vice president and chief communications officer.
St. Paul, Minn., engagement and loyalty platform company Augeo has hired Scott Moore as chief operating officer.
In the U.S., health care research agency Cello Health Insight has reorganized its senior operations with the appointment of Kathryn Gallant as CEO and Angie Wheeler as president. Additionally, Justine Trinidad has been hired as U.S. director of IQ, the firm’s specialist quantitative research practice; Ed Geiselhart has been hired as a Chicago-based director; and Kaity Arctander has been hired to help expand the firm’s expert offering.
GfK, Nuremberg, Germany, has appointed Thomas Ebeling, CEO of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE; Johannes P. Huth, head of KKR’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and Philipp Freise, head of technology, media and telecommunications of Europe at KKR, as members of the supervisory board. They succeed Peter Goldschmidt, Aliza Knox and Bruno Piacenza, who resigned as of March 31. KKR, which acquired an 18.54 percent stake in GfK in February, has assumed three seats on the supervisory board. GfK says this does not change the supervisory board’s previous set up of six shareholder and four employee representatives.
Tom Dailey has joined New York-based research and analytics firm M Science as head of corporate information services.
Researcher Gazelle-GoSample!, New York, has reached an agreement with Wilmington, N.C., firm Lookout Online and its founder Bruce Ritch under which Ritch will join forces with Gazelle-GoSample! in an advisory business development role as director, insight solutions.
Emily Palermo has joined Drive Research, Syracuse, N.Y., as a research analyst.
In Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Frank Forkin has been promoted to president of Ipsos RDA. Forkin succeeds Donald Pietrowski, who announced his retirement after more than 30 years with the firm.
New Hope, Pa., health care research and consulting firm RG+A has announced new hires and promotions: Joan Lorgus has joined as vice president for client development; Timothy Deckman has assumed leadership over the company’s Research Center of Excellence as chief marketing scientist; Amy Krutsick has been promoted to associate director and Diana Kuritza has been promoted to senior research analyst, both within the firm’s Research & Client Service Group; Alex Graber has joined as senior manager, marketing science in the Research Center of Excellence; and Lindsay Hoover has joined the firm as research analyst.
Omnichannel data firm V12 Data, Red Bank, N.J., has appointed Karen Mascott as CMO.
MaryKay Kopf, CMO and member of group management for appliance company Electrolux, headquartered in Stockholm, left her position on May 1. The company appointed Lars Hygrell, senior vice president marketing and brands within the business area Major Appliances Europe, Middle East and Africa, as her successor.
MICA, an India-based management school for strategic marketing and communication, has appointed Ashutosh Dutt as an associate professor. Dutt’s area of expertise is marketing research and analytics and his course offerings include quantitative techniques, business analytics, multivariate data analysis, marketing research, online research and pricing research.
New York researcher SHC Universal has named Phil Sofia as the company’s new president.
The American Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Washington, D.C., has hired Tiffany Harrison Parker as COO.
Jennifer Hall has joined Honeoye Falls, N.Y., research firm KJT Group as vice president, global sampling and field operations.
Troy, Mich., business-to-business media company BNP Media has promoted Rebecca Merrell to associate project manager. Additionally, Ulka Bhide has been promoted to associate research manager in the BNP Media Market Research Group.
In Los Angeles, researcher Kelton Global has promoted Sarah Stone to CMO. Stone will continue to serve as a strategic consultant to Kelton clients while leading the firm’s marketing and content development.
Nonprofit organization Women in Research, Los Angeles, has added four new members to its advisory board: Laura Chaibi, head of digital research for MBC based in Dubai; Anthony Michelini, global head of brand insights and strategic analytics for CitiGroup in New York; Vanessa Oshima, general manager, women’s category, for Nike in Tokyo; and Fiona Blades, chief experience officer at MESH Experience in New York. After completing a two-year service term, advisory board members Elaine Coleman (CA Technologies), Ashley Chauvin (Citi) and Emily Della Maggiora (consultant) will transition to emeritus board members.
CMS Research, Toledo, Ohio, has promoted Jeff Cummins to president, while Jim Cummins will take on the role of consultant. In addition, Jim Torsok has joined the firm as vice president.
Christina Halligan has joined Roswell, Ga., firm MMR Research Associates as director, client services.
Plano, Texas, firm Research Now has hired George Pappachen as executive vice president, corporate development and strategy, a newly-created position.
Barbara Deradorian has joined Rhinebeck, N.Y., research and consulting firm Phoenix Marketing International as executive vice president and client advisor.
In Doylestown, Pa., Adelphi Research Global has hired two senior team members for its advanced analytics department: Paul Teta as chief methodologist and Ted Noga as director of advanced analytics. In addition, three individuals recently joined the firm’s project teams: Amy Gilpin, senior project director; McKenzie Ballou, project director; and Erin Zekas, research associate. Lastly, five project team members have been promoted: Hillary Gross to senior project director; Josh Thornbrough, Tom Bebee, Alyssa Murphy and Emily Chaundy to project director.