In Memoriam…
Sandy Cooper died on Feb. 11 following a battle with cancer. Cooper joined Burke Marketing Research in 1963 and served as its CEO. In 1980, he launched health care survey firm Cooper Research. Cooper was also the second board chair of CASRO and oversaw early drafting of the CASRO Code of Standards.
The Advertising Research Foundation, New York, has appointed Scott McDonald as its president and CEO.
Jan Gooding has been named president of the Market Research Society, based in the U.K.
In Prague, social media analytics firm Socialbakers has appointed John Malatesta as CMO and executive vice president teleWeb sales.
In Washington, D.C., insurance company GEICO has named Bill Brower assistant vice president of marketing and Joe Pusateri marketing assistant vice president.
Researcher Kantar, London, has appointed Julie Kollman as chief research officer.
Peyton Burke Lewis has joined Greenville, S.C., firm BRIGHT+CO Marketing as client services lead.
Atlanta-based researcher Moore & Symons has named Sue Symons as senior vice president; Cynthia Bishop as vice president; Amity Moore Joyce as senior executive interviewer; Elaine Russell as IT director; and Sharon Bayuk McBurnette as business manager and senior recruiter.
Circle Research, based in London, has appointed Yasmin Kang as project manager.
Research firm Hotspex, headquartered in Toronto, has added Dan Young as chief behavioral scientist and Aron Galonsky as managing director of U.S. business.
Canada-based research and polling firm Leger has hired Michelle Carter as senior vice president and managing director for its Toronto office.
In Bend, Ore., nonprofit organization Women in Research has hired Michelle Andre as its new managing director.
Wayne, Pa., researcher Focus Forward has hired Andrew Postell to its senior management team as vice president of sales and marketing.
Chicago-based firm C+R Research has promoted Katherine Figatner to senior vice president and partner.
Researcher J.D. Power, Costa Mesa, Calif., has appointed Jacob George as vice president and general manager of Asia-Pacific operations, based in Shanghai.
MFour Mobile Research, Irvine, Calif., has hired Darren Clark as COO.
Boston-based analytics and data management software company Cambridge Semantics has appointed Dan Szot as vice president of sales for its life sciences division.
New York-based marketing technology company Tapad has appointed Steffen Svartberg Kristiansen as head of its Nordic operations.
Fort Collins, Colo., translation company Global Accent has hired Bob Bernhart as project coordinator to help accommodate growing capacity.
Atlanta-based research firm CMI has appointed Steve Flynn as VP of client solutions.
Franklin, Tenn., workforce intelligence firm Work Institute has appointed Lindsay Sears as associate vice president of research and analytics.
Research firm brinc (Branded Research Inc.), San Diego, has hired Susan Huey as vice president of sales and solutions and Thomas Burdick as associate vice president of sales and solutions.
Research-based strategy consultancy Whitman Insight Strategies, based in New York, has promoted Scott Kotchko to president and has added Nicholas Casci as an analytics associate.
Great Neck, N.Y., research agency FRC, A Lieberman Company, has appointed Renee Feldman to its recently-created qualitative practice as vice president.
Ewing, N.J., firm Zeldis Research Associates has promoted the following: Amy Rey and Kristina Witzling to executive vice president; Christine DiMeola to vice president; and Monique Corchado to director, finance and administration.
Aragon Research in Palo Alto, Calif., has appointed Adrian Bowles as vice president of research and lead analyst for artificial intelligence.
Aimpoint Research has appointed John Huffman as director of research for its Columbus, Ohio, research center.
Columbia, Md., marketing agency Merkle has appointed Zhengda Shen as president of Merkle Asia-Pacific.
Software and information solutions firm Deltek, Herndon, Va., has appointed Natasha Engan as senior vice president of Deltek Global Consulting.
Cedar Knolls, N.J., marketing agency Marketsmith Inc. has named Laura Buoncuore as vice president and creative director.
SIS International Research, headquartered in New York, has appointed Andrew Edsall as business development director APAC, based in the firm’s new Tokyo office.
Ken Dulaney has joined Palo Alto, Calif., firm Aragon Research as a research fellow.
Chicago-based researcher Shapiro+Raj has promoted Nizam Sayeed to chief technology officer and managing director of its digital insights and intelligence practice.
Peter Feld has been appointed CEO and management board member of Nuremberg, Germany, researcher GfK. Feld succeeds Matthias Hartmann, who agreed with the Supervisory Board in Aug. 2016 to leave the company.
Laura Duguid has joined Doyle Research Associates, Chicago, as qualitative research and innovation specialist.
Consumer insights software platform Cubeyou Inc., New York, has hired Florian Kahlert as its COO.
Data solutions firm Norstat has appointed Rosie Ayoub as managing director of Norstat UK. Remek Gabrys has also joined the London office as business development manager.
Josh Chasin, chief research officer for Reston, Va., firm comScore, has been elected to the Advertising Research Foundation’s (ARF) board of directors. Additionally, Vice President of Analytics Ray Pettit has been renominated to the ARF’s board of curators.
Media company Viacom Inc., New York, has appointed Kern Schireson as executive vice president and chief data officer.
Bill Cash has been named director of business development for Warren, N.J., researcher Lightspeed Health.
Kantar has appointed new leadership for Lightspeed, its digital data collection company: Caroline Frankum, previously CEO, Europe Middle East and Africa, has been promoted to global CEO, while Nick Nyhan has been named chairman of Lightspeed in addition to his role as chief digital officer at Kantar. Former CEO David Day is leaving Lightspeed for a role at the U.K. Foreign Office.
Los Angeles-based researcher SoapBoxSample has expanded its sales division with the addition of Anthony Bean as senior account executive.
Bedminster, N.J., health care information technology company Zelis Healthcare has appointed Millie Tan as CMO.
Research and advisory firm The Relevancy Group, Boston, has appointed Ross Rubin as director of research development and Joe Laszlo as research director and principal analyst. Claire Gallagher has also joined the company as business development manager.
Olson Research Group Inc., Yardley, Pa., has appointed Brendan Sammon as senior account executive.
MFour Mobile Research, Irvine, Calif., has hired the following: Michael Mullen as quality assurance engineer; Richard Tsu as quality assurance analyst; and Punam Wattamwar as senior quality assurance analyst. The firm also named Cameron Massa as a survey fielding team member for the operations team and Jacob Savage as a solutions development representative for the sales team.
Researcher ORC International, headquartered in Princeton, N.J., has appointed Alena Rossini as managing director, Singapore.
Kantar North America has appointed Nick Langeveld as EVP, strategic alliances. He will be based in New York.
Illumination Research, Cincinnati, has hired Andrea Martin as an insight strategist.
Karyn Schoenbart has been named CEO of Port Washington, N.Y., researcher The NPD Group. Tod Johnson, who served as chairman and CEO of the company, will continue full-time as executive chairman.
London-based research company Future Thinking has appointed Jessica Herridge as research director for its communicate team.
Stockholm-based software company Cint has appointed Michael Teng as vice president of partner solutions for its data and technology business unit.
Customer experience consultancy Strativity Group Inc., Hackensack, N.J., has named David J. Nash as senior director – customer strategy and analytics and Andrew McInnes as head of sales for the firm’s technology division.