Saranne Soule and Denise Kranse have joined Polaris Marketing Research, Atlanta, as project managers.
Patricia Wehner has been appointed senior vice president of Decsion Insight, Kansas City, Mo.
Knowledge Discovery One, an Austin, Texas, maker of data mining software, has appointed Paul Delmert chief executive officer. In addition, the company has named Joe Dalton executive vice president of sales and marketing; Coyne Gibson chief technology officer; and Larry Wikelius vice president of software development.
Migliara/Kaplan Associates, an Owings Mills, Md., research firm, has expanded its account staff. New hires include: Mary Lynne Nelson, director of computer services; Linda Diehl, director of human resources and corporate development; Barbara Kaplan, director of marketing; James Parrish and Robert Shunkwiler, account manager; Steven Hollander and Fred Newman, vice president. Promotions include: Paul Barnes, Sherry Danese, Dawn Fleck and Brian Hull to account manager; Gerarda Collins, Graham Crawford and Lorna Waiters to vice president.
SOFRES Intersearch Corp., Horsham, Pa., has named Daniel Bloom vice president and director of Latin American and Hispanic Research.
John Golanty has been promoted to president of Conway/Milliken & Associates, a Chicago research firm. In addition, Barbara Conway has been promoted to executive vice president.
SPSS, Chicago, has appointed Michael Blair to its board of directors. Blair is chairman and chief executive officer of Cyborg Systems, Inc.
Paint & Decorating Retailers Association (PDRA), St. Louis, has welcomed back David Weiss as director of market research. He returns to PDRA from an 18-month stint with NFO Research Inc. In addition, PDRA has appointed Whitney O’Daniel market research analyst.
The Society of Insurance Research (S.I.R.) has elected Russell Bingham as its president. He is director of corporate research with the Hartford Insurance Company. Other officers elected at S.I.R’s annual business meeting include: J. Brad Wilson, president elect; Michael Murray, vice president conferences & workshops; Wayne Holdredge, vice president long range planning; Diana Lee, vice president education; Jerry Lopes, vice president research; Robert Norris, vice president membership; Edward Seipp, treasurer; Michael Gantt, secretary.
Digital Marketing Services, Inc., Dallas, has appointed George Harmon senior vice president, research services and Shelly Bracken senior director, business development. Previously Harmonw as with Dairy Management, Inc. Bracken was manager of integrated marketing information for J.C. Penney Company’s consumer research department.
Robert Edquist has joined C.J. Olson Market Research, Inc. Minneapolis, as data collection manager. Previously he was with Nordhaus Research, Inc.
Emily Mulvihill has been named project manager at Aragon Consulting Group, St. Louis. In addition, the firm has awarded internships to Jennifer Vonderheid and Alan Caldwell.