Ipsos, New York, has named Thomas A.W. Miller regional senior vice president and managing director of Ipsos Public Affairs and Nicolas Boyon senior vice president of Ipsos Public Affairs.
Miami-based Royal Caribbean International has named Alice Norsworthy to senior vice president of marketing. Marketing research will be among her new responsibilities.
Plymouth, Minn.-based Food Perspectives, Inc. has named Nancy Eicher vice president of innovation.
Ingather research-denver has named Jessica Venegas call center manager.
In late September, Netherlands-based VNU announced that Tim Callahan, president of ACNielsen North America, was leaving the company as of October 3 to become CEO of the consumer group at Berwind, an investment management company. VNU said the search for a successor to Callahan was underway. In the interim, Steve Schmidt, president and CEO of ACNielsen and executive vice president of VNU Marketing Information, assumed direct accountability for ACNielsen’s U.S. business, while Pat Gardiner, president of ACNielsen Canada, continues to oversee the Canadian business, reporting to Schmidt. Separately, VNU named David Berger senior vice president and corporate controller for its global operations. Berger’s appointment follows VNU’s decision last year to relocate its corporate controlling function from Haarlem, the Netherlands to New York.
Digital Research, Inc., Kennebunk, Maine, has named Stephanie Fraone senior research associate.
Lightspeed Research, Basking Ridge, N.J., has named Sharon Albert senior vice president of marketing and product development.
SSI/Bloomerce, the European arm of Fairfield, Conn.-based Survey Sampling International, has named Michel Guidi chief operating officer, Europe. Separately, Survey Sampling International has named Tom Brophy chief financial officer.
Diagnostics Plus, a State College, Pa., research firm, has named James Fong as vice president of sales and marketing.
Glastonbury, Conn., research firm Connecticut InFocus has named Meghan Hamel associate director.
Nashville-based 20/20 Research, Inc. has named Anacarla Castrillo-Baquero facility manager of its new Miami focus group facility, which is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2006.
New York-based GfK NOP announced that its Judith Langer and Carolyn Setlow have been selected for membership in the Market Research Council, a trade organization dedicated to promoting the field of market research.
AllPoints Research, Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., has promoted Brad Seipel to market research strategist, focusing on the agribusiness and animal health markets.
Orem, Utah data collection firm PGM, Inc. has promoted Marv Call to marketing/sales administrator.
Cincinnati-based marketing consulting firm ThinkVine has named Ritha Fellerman principal of the marketing research area and Kelli Dennis senior analyst.
Indianapolis-based Walker Information has promoted the following associates: Mike Schwarz and Rebecca Tearman to SmartLoyalty project managers; Mary Ann Garwood to senior marketing specialist, Web and content management; Stephanie Cox to senior marketing specialist, brand management; Susan Waers to director, program management; Lisa Orr to corporate controller; Jessica Kirsch to program manger/stat analyst 1; Amanda Loyd, Jennifer Haggerty and Diane Egbert to program managers; and Michelle Norman and Gary Szeszycki to senior consultants. The firm has also welcomed new hires: Kara Kadinger and Jamieson Prala as project directors, Troy Powell as a statistical scientist, Jennifer Avery as graphics and reporting specialist, and Shawn Windler as a programmer/analyst.
In conjunction with the creation of its specialty healthcare group, New York-based TNS Healthcare announced the following appointments within the new group: Michael Rosenberg has been promoted to president, specialty healthcare group, and has overall responsibility for the group; Jonathan Kay has been named president, business solutions and sales; Jeremy Brody has been named senior vice president, panel activities; and Adam Warner has been named account manager. Separately, Paul Barnes has been promoted to president, major pharma group; Wes Michael has been promoted to executive vice president; Linda Rigney-Trinidad and Ron Cosgrove have been promoted to senior vice president; Ian McKinnon has been promoted to senior vice president, decision support; Jeff Zornitzky has been named senior vice president for sales performance optimization; Aaron Morel and Martin Holzman have been promoted to vice president; Suzanne Berg has been named vice president for brand performance optimization initiatives; Steve Kretschmer has been named senior account executive; Pam Rubio Soletto has been promoted to account manager; Sen Deng has joined the decision support team as a senior methodologist; and Mike Kaczmarski has been named chief financial officer.
Arbitron Inc., New York, has promoted Kathleen Ross to the newly-created position of chief administrative officer. Robert H. Patchen has been appointed to the newly-created position of chief research officer. The firm has also promoted two members of its Columbia, Md.-based Portable People Meter research team, naming Beth Webb director and Dan Ames director, international research.
Stamford, Conn., research firm InsightExpress has promoted Mark Sullivan to custom panel manager and named Marc Ferriner online media planner/buyer within the respondent delivery group. Patricia DePietto has been named group director, consumer packaged goods. Dana Taylor has joined the company’s Seattle office as account manager, advertising. And Keith Busch has been promoted to account manager, emerging markets in the company’s Stamford office.
Bellomy Research, Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., has promoted Jeff Goldman and Karen Lefler to vice president - client service and named Aaron Ballance customer relations specialist. In addition Thomas Hendrix has joined the company as research manager.
M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, has named Will Leskin vice president, qualitative services. In addition, Nancy Miller and Mary Loveland have joined as account director.
In September, the board of directors of Rochester, N.Y.-based Harris Interactive unanimously elected Gregory T. Novak as the company’s president and chief executive officer and also elected him to the board of directors.
Prerana Davé has joined FocusVision Worldwide as an A/P manager in the Stamford, Conn., office.
Global Market Insite, Inc., Seattle, has named Richard Scionti vice president of the newly formed global enterprise solutions group.
Heather Prabish has joined the Chicago office of research software firm E-Tabs as business development manager.
Caryn Portnoy has joined the NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y., as senior public relations manager in the food service/food and beverage, housewares, and automotive divisions.
MORPACE International, Inc., a Farmington Hills, Mich., research firm, has named William J. Herald research director for the health care group.
Jersey City, N.J., research firm Cross-Tab Marketing Services has completed an agreement with Simon Chadwick under which he will serve as a strategy advisor to the company. Chadwick is a principal of consulting firm Cambiar LLC.
Denver research company iModerate has named Gary Zucker vice president of sales.
Mindwave Research, Austin, Texas, has named Bill Mathis director of qualitative research.