Michael Antecol, vice president of TNS Canada for Western Canada in Vancouver, B.C., died on December 29 at age 42.
Amy A. Morris, president and owner of Focus Groups of Cleveland, a Cleveland research company, died on December 10 at age 37.
Atlanta research company CMI has hired Laurie Gaby as project manager and Juan Hernandez as network administrator. CMI has also promoted Mike Mabey to vice president, client solutions; Alisa Hamilton to research manager; and Angela Mattoon to project manager.
Katherine Figatner has joined Cincinnati research company MarketVision as research manager, qualitative. MarketVision has also promoted Kelly Pavelek to research manager and Chris Ratcliff to senior vice president.
Jake Orpen has been named managing director of Synovate South Africa, Johannesburg.
Campos Inc., a Pittsburgh research firm, has hired Perri Stern as vice president, research services, qualitative; Catherine Middlebrooks as senior research manager; Shelley Shaw as manager, marketing, social media and community; and BreAnn Decesere as assistant project manager, field and fulfillment and online marketing associate. The company has also promoted Barb Theobald to executive vice president, research services, quantitative; Amy Dubin to executive vice president, client strategic services, marketing and administration; and Russell Stammer to senior research manager.
Camille Nicita has been named COO of Gongos Research, Auburn Hills, Mich.
Hall & Partners, a New York research company, has named Mark Stapylton managing partner.
The Advertising Research Foundation, New York, has hired Horst Stipp as executive vice president, global business strategy; and Michael Heitner as senior vice president, member value.
Fieldwork Inc., a Chicago research company, has promoted Stephen R. Raebel to president and Megan Pollard to president, Fieldwork Chicago Downtown.
National Analysts Worldwide, a Philadelphia research company, has hired Ken Athaide as vice president, communications, technology, media. He will be based in Atlanta.
Shelton, Conn., research company Survey Sampling International has hired Christian Michael as managing director, Germany.
Paris research company Ipsos has appointed a new management team in Asia-Pacific: Lifeng Liu, CEO, Asia-Pacific; David Richardson, managing director, Asia-Pacific; Alick Zhou, CEO, Greater China; Helen Lee, managing director, Greater China; Rodrigo Toni; CEO, Southeast Asia, and managing director, Singapore; and Hugh Amoyal, CEO, Ipsos Australia.
The Pert Group, a Bloomfield, Conn., research company, has made several appointments: Tony Ducoli, director, international development; Nina Fougere, account manager; and Cheri Tabel, senior marketing manager. Additionally, in the company’s beverage division, Eric Wolfeiler has been named group director; Adam Conley senior account director; Allison Donahue account manager; and Tony Szajna account manager. The beverage division has also promoted Alysse Polakowski to account manager.
Rupert Blackwell has been named board director for ICM Research, London.
Radius Global Market Research, New York, has added Tacis Gavoyannis to its London EMEA management team as senior vice president, business development.
Schlesinger Associates, an Edison, N.J., research company, has promoted Eric Hellman to director, business development, Schlesinger Online Solutions; and Jeffrey Taylor to facility director, San Francisco. The company has also appointed Jason Horine as director, online qualitative solutions; and Debby Schlesinger-Hellman as director, Phoenix.
GfK Custom Research North America, New York, has named Angelina Villarreal vice president, multicultural research.
New York research company WorldOne has hired Jeff Palish as senior vice president, business development. WorldOne has also promoted Kim-Fredrik Schneider and Stephane Malka to executive vice president.
Hugh McGoran has joined Reston, Va., research company comScore Inc. as senior vice president, U.S. ad agency sales.
Morpace Inc., a Farmington Hills, Mich., research company, has promoted Duncan Lawrence to president and COO and Sharna Morelli to executive vice president.
Netherlands research company Nebu has made four appointments: Ian Roberts, chief commercial officer; Rob van Hees, manager, customer care; Peter Takacs, Web development; and Berend de Jong, CTO.
Andrew Jeavons has joined Seattle research company Survey Analytics as executive vice president.
April Morris has been appointed president and owner of Focus Groups of Cleveland, a Cleveland research company.
Tony Brown has been promoted to senior account executive at EMI – Online Research Solutions, Cincinnati.
Atlanta research company Talking Heads has named Eric Daigle senior account director.
Denver research company iModerate has hired Steve Auerbach as vice president, sales, West; and David Baron as vice president, sales, East.
Fabien Reille has been hired to lead the digital research division of Westlake Village, Calif., research company J.D. Power and Associates.
Scarborough Research, New York, has named Brian Condon executive vice president, commercial development.
Glastonbury, Conn., research firm Cronin and Company LLC has promoted Gary Capreol to senior vice president, director, media and analytics.
Brad Nimmons has been named director, client services, at Portland, Ore., research company Rentrak Corporation.
Milwaukee research company Market Probe has hired Don Ryan has vice president, technology practice.
London research company Added Value has appointed Nic Bulois as head of quantitative insight in its U.K. office.
Jodie Roberts has joined New York research company GfK Roper Consulting as regional director, Asia-Pacific.
Westport, Conn., research company Firefly Millward Brown has named Cécile Conaré CEO, U.K. business, and director, Europe.
Ken Kaisen has been named CTO and CIO of Vertis Communications, Baltimore.