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Astrid Proboll has been named director of marketing at Socratic/Modalis Research Technologies, San Francisco.

Fred Efird has been named president of RestaurantSurveys.com, the on-line research division of The Dohring Co., Glendale, Calif.

The Atlanta office of Eagle Research has announced a number of staff additions and promotions: Marie Brown has been promoted to qualitative manager; Bobby Griffin has been promoted to qualitative facilities coordinator; Donna Barnhill has been named research analyst; Dan Spencer has been named coder/editor; Constance Piperno has been promoted to qualitative director; and Shelandria Morgan and Foluke Blackwell have been promoted to supervisor in the quantitative research department. In the Denver office of Eagle Research, Michael Sebastian has been promoted to quantitative supervisor and Nichole Kilbourn has been promoted to office manager.

Merrie Thorpe and Grete Stevens have joined Stratford Associates Marketing Research, Inc. as consultants in its Needham, Massachusetts office.

Knowledge Systems & Research, Syracuse, N.Y., has named Micheline Magnotta research analyst. In addition, Elaine Hynes has been named director of strategic analysis and senior consultant.

Tracy Schoenadel has joined Taylor Nelson Sofres Intersearch, White Plains, N.Y. as a vice president, sports, events and sponsorship. Charles Humenn has been named vice president, media and entertainment.

Moore Response Marketing Services, Bannockburn, Ill., has named Doug Swager director of analytical services.

Creative Research Services, Inc. has named Frank McGinn senior vice president. McGinn will direct the account services team of the firm’s newly opened Dallas office. In addition, Lisa Bell has been named project director and Susan Mullet has been named data processing manger in the firm’s Atlanta office.

Doane Marketing Research, St. Louis, has promoted Jenne Ahlgrim to support program manager.

Philadelphia-based RSVP Research Services has named Real Dranoff vice president of client services.
Shop’n Chek, an Atlanta mystery shopping firm, has promoted Carol J. McDermott to director of operations.

InterSurvey, a Menlo Park, Calif., research firm, has named Dan Fitzgerald senior vice president, client development. And in the firm’s new East Coast office, Denise Stella has been named vice president and managing director in charge of the consumer packaged goods practice on the East Coast.

San Jose, Calif.-based Survey.com, has named Jack Mohally chief financial officer.

Steven Jagger has been named managing director of London-based Market Probe Europe.

Guideline Chicago, a Lombard, Ill., research firm, has named Lurana McParland senior research manager and promoted Peter Bernson to vice president (data collection operations) and Julie Lawson to project director.

Shirley Sax has been named vice president of sales and marketing for the U.S. region at FocusVision Worldwide, a Stamford, Conn., research firm.

Madrid-based research firm INNER has named Diana Chanquia managing director of INNER Argentina, and Ana Panla Luz and Helena Palla senior research executives at INNER Brazil.

Andrew Balbirer has been named chief financial officer at Information Resources, Inc., Chicago. The firm has also named Dan Sherr executive vice president, strategic business development - new markets. In addition, Dave Paragamian has been promoted to division president - client service and Angus Gephart has been promoted to executive vice president - east area general manager.

Kelly O’Keefe has joined the board of directors of Rasmussen Research, Waxhaw, N.C.

The Arbitron Co., New York, has named Julius Litman vice president of product development, Arbitron Internet Information Services.

Jonathan Silver has been named by ICR, a Media, Pa., research firm, as vice president - utility services. Burke, Inc., a Cincinnati, research firm, has promoted Rod Cober to executive vice president.

Joe Jennings has joined Marketing Systems Group, Fort Washington, Pa., as vice president - sales for the GENESYS Sampling and PRO-T-S Telephony systems businesses. Also joining the firm is Karen Flannery as an account executive. She will be based on Chicago.

Mediamark Research, New York, has announced a number of new hires and promotions. The staff additions: Paul Gold has been named director, Mediamark Research Interactive; Ramona Barnes administrative clerk; Leigh Ann Dykes production supervisor, MRI+; Patricia Harris client service representative; Megan Janits client service representative in the Chicago office; Ed Levine senior technical writer in data processing; Yanira Nazario staff accountant in finance and administration; Nikkie Schmiegelow database administrator. Promotions include: Anne Drake to vice president, manager of the advertiser/agency sales division and third party ventures; Mike Drankwalter to vice president, manager of the electronic media sales division; George Kronheimer to vice president, manager of the magazine sales division; Karen Tubridy to senior vice president custom research; Regina White to production manager.

Answers Research Inc., Solana Beach, Calif., has named Lester Greenberg director of international data collection and Web panel management.

CARMA International, a Washington, D.C., media analysis research firm, has named Tom Vesey managing director UK/Europe.

The Society of Insurance Research, Marietta, Ga., has elected Michael Murray as its president.

Joey Harmon has joined Interviewing Service of America, Van Nuys, Calif., as its vice president of marketing & business development.

FGI, Inc., a Chapel, N.C., research firm, has promoted Thomas Mills to senior vice president, chief marketing scientist.

Michele Iversen has been named chief financial officer at The NPD Group, a Port Washington, N.Y., research firm. In addition, Carol Neithercut has been named vice president, New Media Services.