Rochester, N.Y., research company Harris Interactive’s Frank E. Forkin has left his position at the company as president, client services, North America. 

Sentient Decision Science, a Portsmouth, N.H., research company, has hired Derby Swanson as director, market research.
 
MTV Networks, New York, has named Suzanne McDonnell senior vice president, digital fusion. Separately, Heather Hopkins will assume the role of senior vice president, marketing and sales development, in addition to her role as general manager, Tribes vertical ad network.

Eric Levin has joined Integrated Marketing Associates LLC, a Bryn Mawr, Pa., research company, as vice president. Victoria Waldman has also joined the company as senior project director.

Atlanta research company CMI has named Samantha Walker manager, marketing science.

Marketing Research Services Inc., Cincinnati, has hired Jennifer Wehr Holt as senior project director and Dan Schork as project director.

Quick Test/Heakin, a Jupiter, Fla., research company, has named Jil Hinds manager and Andrew Wobensmith project manager, 3Q research solutions. Nichole Benton has also been promoted to manager.

David White has been appointed director, syndicated services, of The Research Partnership, London. 

Stockholm, Sweden, research company Cint has named Richard Thornton director, global sales; Clare McHatten associate director; and Valérie Lejeune project manager. The three will be part of Cint’s U.K. team.

Chicago research company Synovate has hired Clayton Buckley as managing director for its offices in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Iran. 

ConsumerInfo.com Inc., an Irvine, Calif., division of Dublin, Ireland, research company Experian, has appointed Chris X. Moloney as senior vice president and CMO for the U.S. Experian Consumer Direct business unit.

Pierre Bouvard, of Columbia, Md., research company Arbitron Inc., has been elected chairman of the board of the IRTS Foundation, a New York media and entertainment foundation.

Reston, Va., research company comScore has hired Joan FitzGerald as vice president, television sales and business development.

Don Morrison has been appointed vice president, international markets, of ForeSee Results, an Ann Arbor, Mich., research company.

ComRes, a London research company, has named Peter Harlock CEO and ComRes Founder Andrew Hawkins executive chairman.

New York research company WorldOne Inc. has hired Matt Campion as executive vice president and Kim-Fredrik Schneider as senior vice president. Schneider will be based in London.

Voxco, a Montreal research company, has appointed Juergen Hessdoerfer as managing director, Voxco GmbH.

Debora D. Davis has rejoined Baltimore research company Observation Baltimore as director, finance.  
 
Bryan Black has joined Dallas research company e-Rewards Inc. as senior director, human resources.

Columbia, Md., research company Arbitron Inc. has made several appointments to the Arbitron Radio Advisory Council: Erik Hellum, Frank Osborn, Craig Jacobus, Dan Savadove, John Fullam, Deon Levingston, Jeff Liberman, Gary Stone, Amy Vokes, Deb Esayian, David Landau and Bill Davis.

Junghwa Lee has joined Kantar Health, a New York division of Fairfield, Conn., research company The Kantar Group, as general manager, Korea.

Lightspeed Research, Basking Ridge, N.J., has appointed Amer Lotay as project manager. Lotay will be based in the company’s Wimbledon, U.K., office.

John Maslen has been named brand director of Sewells Information and Research, Peterborough, U.K. Additionally, the company has appointed Sarah Tooze to its research team and Jacqui Barker as leader of its sales operation.

New York research company LogicLab has hired Tony Sherman as director, product operations, and Michael Lazarro as vice president, analytics. Sherman will work out of the company’s Boston office.

San Francisco research company Motally has appointed John Forese as CEO.

Mustapha Tabba has been promoted to COO of Ipsos Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a division of Paris research company Ipsos. Tabba will continue serving as managing director at Ipsos Jordan and oversee Ipsos Loyalty activities in MENA as regional director.

Planet Retail, a London research company, has named Brian Wisniewski senior vice president, North America. He will be based in the company’s Park Ridge, Ill., office.

ORC, a Princeton, N.J., research company, has hired Nancy Bray as director, research, technology. Bray will be based in San Francisco.

Berkeley, Calif., research company NeuroFocus has named Barry Herstein, Adam Gazzaley and Eric R. Kandel to its advisory board.

Vincent Bruzzese has been appointed to lead Los Angeles research company OTX’s Motion Picture Group.

Phoenix Marketing International, a Rhinebeck, N.Y., research company, has appointed Donald Holtz as co-president, business intelligence.

Shoaib Oosman has joined Cologne, Germany, research company Globalpark as director, sales, U.K.