In Memoriam…
Movie market researcher Richard Del Belso died on March 5 at the age of 76. He joined Warner Bros. as VP market research in 1980. Del Belso also worked as research director for Universal Pictures and was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Nielsen, New York, has promoted Megan Clarken to president of product leadership.
Los Angeles online research firm SoapBoxSample has named Alon Hartuv as vice president, product development and innovation.
Canada-based mobile advertising platform Go2mobi has appointed Jake Dolce as vice president of national brand sales. He will be based in the firm’s New York office.
In New York, Ipsos has appointed Janet Oak as senior vice president of the Millennials, Kids & Family Center of Excellence.
Natalie Robuck has been named senior director, U.S. business development for Tokyo-based GMO Research Inc.
New York-based digital marketing agency iCrossing has appointed Paula Jago as its head of U.K. operations. She will be based in London.
Gina Jaeger has joined Iselin, N.J., researcher Schlesinger Associates as account director, Schlesinger Qualitative. She will be based in the firm’s Chicago office. Additionally, Pam Lintner, vice president, Schlesinger Qualitative, is relocating from the Chicago office to Cincinnati.
Chris Havemann, founder and former CEO of Plano, Texas, firm Research Now, has joined the board of U.K. research technology firm RealityMine. He will serve on the board as a non-executive director.
U.K. research agency Join the Dots has appointed the following as the company expands its operations in Manchester, U.K., and Singapore: Paul Das as a research director; Lindsay Hart as an associate director; Bri McIntosh as senior research manager and Hollie Clark as senior research executive.
Chuck Maniscalco has joined Chicago-based strategy and research company Shapiro+Raj as chairman.
U.K. research agency 2CV has promoted Adam Short to managing director of 2CV London, Sabine Cronick to head of quant and Nicola Godfrey to head of qual.
U.K. nonprofit organization NatCen Social Research has appointed Guy Goodwin as its chief executive. He will join NatCen on May 3, 2016 from the Office for National Statistics, where he is the director of social and analysis.
John Houghton has been promoted to executive vice president for Stamford, Conn., firm RTi Research.
In Atlanta, incentives solution provider Virtual Incentives has appointed Jacilyn Bennett as enterprise sales manager and Kirsten Fladland as manager, client services.
In Fresno, Calif., research technology firm FocusVision has named Jamin Brazil as the company’s new CEO. Eric Grosgogeat, who served as CEO of FocusVision for eight years, has stepped down to pursue other opportunities.
Blue Ash, Ohio, firm MarketVision Research has appointed Nicole Schoenberger as a research assistant for the firm’s market research online communities team.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau, New York, has promoted Chris Glushko to vice president, marketing.
Time Inc. UK, London, has appointed Michel Koch as CMO, a newly created role.
Verto Analytics has appointed Alison Murdock as senior vice president of marketing based out of the firm’s San Francisco office. Michael Read has been appointed as managing director, U.K. for the firm’s new London office.
Clemson, S.C., firm Sparks Research has named John-David McKee as chief strategy officer.
Michael Fisk has been named executive vice president of international marketing for Santa Monica, Calif., entertainment company Lionsgate.
In Culver City, Calif., Christine Birch will rejoin Sony Pictures as executive vice president, domestic creative marketing strategy.
Phyllis Macfarlane, global training director at GfK, and Jake Steadman, director of international research at Twitter, have been elected to the main board of the Market Research Society.
New York-based marketing and communications network MDC Partners Inc. has named Stephanie Nerlich as CMO and managing director Canada.
New York customer experience consulting and mystery shopping firm Coyle Hospitality Group has named Karen Murray as its new vice president of sales and marketing.
Jim Tobolski has joined New York-based marketing technology and data analytics company RevTrax as EVP, sales and customer success.
Gary Laben has been chosen as the new CEO of Plano, Texas, firm Research Now, effective March 29. He will also become a member of the board. He succeeds former President and CEO Kurt Knapton, who tendered his resignation in October 2015 but remains on the board. Additionally, John Rothwell, the company’s COO, has been appointed as president and COO.
Marketing agency VML Singapore has appointed RP Singh as head of regional media, Alex Guimares as projects director and Camila Martins as director consumer insights and analytics Singapore.
In Toronto, digital agency Razorfish has hired Marco Bailetti as vice president of data science.
Alan Mavretish has joined research company Schlesinger Interactive, Iselin, N.J., as vice president, client development. He is based in Pittsburgh.
In New York, predictive analytics software developer Dataiku has appointed Carole Offredo as the new VP of marketing. The firm has also appointed Mehdi Bouarek as VP of sales for the Americas, based in San Francisco.
Wellesley, Mass., targeted marketing solutions company inStream has appointed Dekkers L. Davidson to its board of directors.
Michelle Gordon has joined New York public relations agency MWWPR as senior vice president, research and insights.
Toronto-based financial services group Manulife Financial Corporation has appointed Cindy Forbes as chief analytics officer.
Irvine, Calif., firm MFour Mobile Research has hired Sean Bahrami as a software engineer for the firm.
Michael Zimbalist has joined New York-based marketing technology company Simulmedia as CMO.
Michael Monroe will join The Atlantic, Washington, D.C., as vice president of marketing/head of Re:think, The Atlantic’s creative marketing group based in New York.
Snapchat, Venice, Calif., has named Ali Rana as head of audience and brand solutions and Gunnard Johnson as head of quantitative ads research.