Full-service marketing research company E2E Research has named Annie Pettit as chief research officer, North America.
SurveyMonkey, a provider of software solutions for customer experience, market research and survey feedback, announced that Debbie Clifford, chief financial officer, will be leaving the company in March to become the CFO at Autodesk. Zander Lurie, chief executive officer, will serve as interim chief financial officer until a permanent successor is named.
Strategic intelligence firm Aimpoint Research has added Lauren Schwab Eyre as an analyst for the Agri-Food WatchDesk.
Marketing research and analytics company M/A/R/C Research has added Eileen Rozic as senior vice president.
Marketing research consulting firm The Dieringer Research Group Inc. has made several senior leadership promotions, including Shelley Ahrens to the role of chief customer officer, Ron Rawski to chief information officer and Nikki Riggleman to vice president of business development.
Truliant Federal Credit Union has promoted Tricia Beeker to senior director of marketing.
Tarrytown, N.Y.-based 360 Market Research has appointed Kirk Parsons as VP of client development.
Marketing research and public opinion specialist Ipsos has named London-based Dan Wong-Chi-Man as head of global marketing and business development for audience measurement.
Research and analytics company MarketCast has appointed Regina Johnson as chief human resources officer.
Customer experience advisory firm IntelliShop has added Caroline Keros as chief marketing officer.
Marketing research and consulting firm Smarty Pants has added Singapore-based Emily Contino as quantitative research manager.
QuestionPro, a provider of online survey software and research services, has appointed Sanja Licina as president of its workforce experience division.
Analytics and brand consulting company Kantar has appointed Ted Prince Jr. as chief product officer.
Research & Marketing Strategies Inc. has added Michael Butler as research analyst.
Pharmaceutical company Ascension Healthcare has appointed Ben Vertannes as head of global marketing.
Research technology companies Confirmit and FocusVision have completed the transaction to merge. Additionally, Kyle Ferguson has been appointed chief executive officer of the combined business and Chris Nagy has been appointed president and chief financial officer.
Advertising and brand specialist Phoenix Marketing International has added Michele Sirotnak as VP, marketing consulting for its custom research team.
Analytics and brand consulting company Kantar has appointed Jon Foged as managing director, Australia and New Zealand, insights division.
Strategic insights consultancy The Forge has added Joe Catling as director.
InMoment, a provider of experience improvement software and solutions, has appointed Richard Barber as chief financial officer.
Research firm Ironwood Insights Group has hired Peter Benton as director of programming.
Research technology companies Confirmit and FocusVision have appointed Zhana Baleva, managing director of the qualitative business; Sara Cohen, chief people officer; and Rebecca Wright, chief legal officer, to the leadership team for the newly merged businesses.
Research and analytics company STRAT7 Bonamy Finch has made three new hires, including John McBride, who joins as director, insights and impact. For the advanced analytics team, Femi Akinlabi becomes analytics consultant and Ben Frost joins as trainee analytics executive.
Human behavior and analytics firm Escalent has appointed six new vice presidents, including Liz Wagner as vice president, financial services; K.C. Boyce as vice president, energy; Pam Cooper as vice president, energy; Matt Benard as vice president, compliance and privacy; Dave Mangold as vice president, automotive and mobility; and Rick Naff as vice president, technology and consumer and retail.
Mindfulness and meditation company Headspace has appointed Val Kaplan Zapata as chief marketing officer, beginning April 2021.
Manchester-based RealityMine has hired Clare McHatton as client development director, Toby Lee as data products engineer and Matthew Pemberton as project manager.
Marketing research and strategic consulting firm Smarty Pants has promoted Danielle Place to senior research manager or "insights genius."
Health care marketing research agency Purdie Pascoe has appointed Marianne Fillion as vice president, North America.
Language services firm SyncScript has added Lyndsay Sund to the project management team.
ESOMAR announced the council election results for 2021-2022. The elected members include the new ESOMAR President Kristin Luck and Vice President Nikki Lavoie as well as Umesh Kumar, Alain Mizrahi, Vanessa Oshima, Corinne Moy, Lisa Wilding-Brown, Joy Uyanwune, Michelle Gansle and Tom de Ruyck. Joaquim Bretcha joins the council as its ex-officio president.
Marketing research and strategic consulting firm Smarty Pants has promoted David Hurlbut to analyst and "insights whiz."
The Insight Climate Collective (ICC) has appointed a steering committee to help the ICC navigate and activate on its strategy, for a more responsible and accountable industry response. The Steering Committee includes Jonathan Hall, Kantar; Jessica Long, Ipsos Green Economy; and Megan Moore, GfK.
Human insight specialist Further has expanded its senior team. Gemma Stephenson becomes operations director, while Nigel Roth will head up Further’s research team.
DVJ Insights, a marketing research and analytics agency, has appointed Jemma Toynebee-Smith as client consultant for its U.K. team.
Human experience company Potentiate has appointed Melissa DeVincentis as head of research for Potentiate Australia.
Firefish Group’s quantitative consultancy, The Numbers Lab @ Firefish, has restructured and hired three new team members. Jim Mann has been promoted to group head and Anne-Marie Gardner becomes head of ad hoc. Dan Farrow joins the team as head of tracking and testing, while Kim Scofield and Stefanie Jirsak have been hired as director and research manager, respectively.
Behavioral insights company EyeSee has appointed Heather Graham as business development director.
Customer engagement software company Freshworks Inc. has appointed Stacey Epstein as chief marketing officer.
Fanplayr, a company specializing in online behavioral personalization and artificial intelligence, has launched in the U.K. with the opening of new offices in London and Manchester. To support this expansion, the company has made three new senior appointments. Andy McNab leads the U.K. operation, becoming the company’s vice president for EMEA. Dave Hendry joins as regional sales director and Jessica Biddle becomes head of customer success.
Job listing site Indeed has appointed Jessica Jensen as chief marketing officer.
Marketing strategy and analytics consultancy GBK Collective has appointed Melanie Oltmann as vice president.
Adelaide, a provider of media quality ratings, has created a strategic board of advisors composed of six industry professionals including Alice Sylvester, Bill Harvey, Gayle Fuguitt, Howard Shimmel, Jim Spaeth and Marshall Cohen.
Research technology companies Confirmit and FocusVision have appointed Christopher Nagy as global president and chief financial officer and Giles Whiting as chief operating officer.
CIRQ, an International Standards Organization audit and certification body that is a subsidiary of the Insights Association, has named the following insights professionals to its board of directors: Dyna Boen, Escalent, as board chair; Craig Overpeck, P/S/L Group, as immediate past chair; Mark Menig, Pure Spectrum, as board vice chair; Cassandra Rowe, Pinterest, as board secretary; and Travis Santa, Touchstone Research, as board treasurer.
The Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC) board of directors and executive has named Arundati Dandapani as CRIC’s chief editor and intelligence officer. Dandapani also joins the CRIC-supported Certified Analytics and Insights Professionals of Canada as its chief operating officer.