Jimmy Jozwiak has been promoted to vice president/operations at Eagle Research, Atlanta. In addition, Jane Lounsbery has been promoted to report production coordinator and Yujia Chert has been promoted to assistant controller.
Andrew Davidson has been named vice president of client services for the competitive tracking services division of BAIGlobal Inc., a Tarrytown, N.Y., research firm.
Donna Stetson has been promoted to research director in the Boston office of Modalis Research Technologies, Inc.
United Information Group, the market research business of United Business Media, has appointed Phyllis Macfarlane as the new CEO of its U.K. research agency, NOP Research Group. She succeeds Ivor Stoeker, who becomes chairman of the company. Macfarlane will assume responsibility for the firm’s European network of companies.
Menlo Park, Calif., research firm Knowledge Networks has named Matthew MeNerney senior vice president in charge of advertising research.
Davis Masten, co-founder of Cheskin Research, Redwood Shores, Calif., has been elected to the board of directors of TRUSTe, an independent organization dedicated to building consumer trust and confidence in the Intemet.
Milwaukee-based research firm Market Probe, Inc. has named Dale Watts vice president and branch manager of its new Atlanta office.
Cincinnati research firm Burke, lnc. has promoted Dan Evarrs to vice president, Burke Customer Satisfaction Associates. In addition, Kim Bastian has been named account executive at Burke CSA. And James O’Hara has been promoted to vice president, Burke Marketing Research Client Service.
Simmons Market Research Bureau, New York, has promoted Kyle Langley to chief research officer.
Research International USA, Inc., Chicago, has named Paul Smith senior vice president, marketing science, and Angela Wheeler director, qualitative services.
Westport, Conn., health care information provider IMS Health has announced that Robert E. Weissman, vice chairman and chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, and Victoria R. Fash, vice chairman, have resigned their positions as directors of the board, and their positions as vice chairmen. This is the completion of the orderly transition of management that began with the appointment of David M. Thomas as chairman and chief executive officer in November 2000. Weissman will retire, and Fash requires additional extensive medical care following spinal surgery in December 2000. The positions of vice chairmen held by Weissman and Fash, and that of president, would not be filled, and there are no plans at present to fill the two board seats previously held by Weissman and Fash.
Disney Online, North Hollywood, Calif., has named Dan Sherlock vice president of marketing. In his new role, Sherlock will be responsible for new business development and will manage the market research and brand development teams.
Richard Miklautsch has been named executive vice president of Cooper Research, Inc., Cincinnati.
Jack Noonan, president and CEO of Chicago-based SPSS Inc., has been named president of the Chicago Software Association (CSA). As president, Noonan will serve for one year as the principal officer of the association, and will preside at all meetings over the CSA’s members, board of directors and executive committee.
MeasureCast, Inc., a Portland, Ore., streaming media measurement firm, has named Evan Oster vice president of research.
SPSS Inc., Chicago, has named Peter Andrews director of Dimensions business strategies for SPSS MR, the company’s operating group devoted to serving the market research industry. In this position, Andrews is responsible for assisting customers in adoption of SPSS MR’s forthcoming Dimensions product.
Stanford Resources, a San Jose, Calif., publisher of reports on the electronic display industry, has named Paul D. Semenza executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Sherry Hall has been named senior project director at Marketstar Research, North Palm Beach, Fla.