Bertram “Bert” Russick, former president of Mid-Continent Research, Minneapolis, died on January 26 at age 90.
Portland, Ore., research company Revelation Inc. has named Kermit Yensen vice president, sales and marketing.
Adept Consumer Testing, a Beverly Hills, Calif., research company, has hired John Draper as project director and promoted Daniele Loprieno to project manager.
New York research company Insight Strategy Group has named Jen Drexler vice president and Karen D. Leavitt and Salima Nathoo senior manager.
Caitlin Blazic has been named senior research manager at Ipsos Forward Research, St. Louis.
Upstate SC Alliance, a Greenville, S.C., financial services company, has hired Elizabeth Feather as manager, marketing research.
Scott Crawford has joined Victoria, B.C., research company Terapeak as chief revenue officer.
Affinnova Inc., a Waltham, Mass., research software company, has appointed Sarita Bhagwat as director, financial services.
Julia Demant has been named project director at New York research company Advanced Focus.
The Marketing Research Institute International, St. Louis, has elected its 2012 board officers: John Lewington, board president; Elizabeth Shriver, secretary-treasurer; Charles “Chuck” Dodson, immediate past-president; and Charlotte E. Sibley, president-elect. Additional board members include Marlene De La Cruz, Michelle A. Elster, Henry Gazay, Raul J. Lopez, Paul Snyderman and Jeffrey Welch.
Research Now, Plano, Texas, has hired Kerem Köksal as manager, client development, Benelux, to manage its office in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Research Now has also appointed Craig Stevens as chief revenue officer for the Americas. Finally, the company has promoted Martin Filz to managing director, EMEA and APAC; and Konstanze Just to senior vice president, global marketing.
Elissa Moses has joined New York research company Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange as executive vice president, neuroscience and emotion.
Surrey, U.K., research company EasyInsites has hired Nick Bellamy as manager, senior research operations; Elaine Fowler as research operations executive; Chris Twin as Web designer and developer; and Rebecca Batey as sales and marketing executive.
MMR Research Worldwide, Oxfordshire, U.K., has appointed Clive Little as regional CFO of its Singapore office.
WorldOne, a New York research company, has named Gerard Smith global CFO. Smith will be based in London.
Optimal Strategix Group, a Newtown, Pa., research firm, has made the following appointments: Lisa Tull, project manager; Kenneth Hamilton, programmer/developer; Breanne Forry, field services administrator; and Steven Wright, qualitative methodologist and moderator.
David Wilkinson has joined Chicago research company Technomic as director, business development, U.K.
Michele Cordoba has been named senior director, qualitative research, at Los Angeles research company New American Dimensions.
London research company BrainJuicer Group PLC has appointed Rene Huey-Lipton as senior vice president, Juice Generation.
SymphonyIRI Group, a Chicago research company, has announced its new board of directors: Lawrence Benjamin, chairman; Jeffrey P. Ansell; Raj Gupta; Lawrence Jackson; Don W. McGeorge; Romesh Wadhwani; Steven Klinsky; Mathew J. Lori; and Matt Ebbel.
Houston data services company DiCentral has promoted Kyle Jordan to vice president, marketing. Research will be among her responsibilities.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has added Joel Schindler to the executive team of its Blue Ash, Ohio, division.
Blue Bell, Pa., research company GfK HealthCare has named Ben Walton head of U.K. opera-tions. Walton will be based in London.
George Zhang has joined Dallas research company Stratmark as vice president, analytics.
Jeff Kerr has been promoted to senior vice president, consumer research, at Chicago research company Peryam & Kroll.
Boston research company Crimson Hexagon has hired Curt Bloom as senior vice president, sales and international business development.
Murray Hardie has returned to New York research company Hall & Partners as CEO, U.S.
Stockholm, Sweden, research company Cint has named Anita Haddu director, panel development, Europe.
451 Research, New York, has named Martin Schneider research manager. Schneider will be based in San Francisco. The company has also promoted Bill Rock to vice president, corporate development; and Matt Aslett to research manager.
New York research company Kantar Health has appointed Debbie Warner as vice president, commercial planning. Warner will lead the company’s oncology commercial strategies team.
Lauren Wagner has joined Marketing Research Services Inc., Cincinnati, as senior account executive, marketing. Wagner will be based in Irvine, Calif.