Andrew Ehrenberg, a marketing scientist and consumer loyalty specialist, died on August 25 at age 84.
Maritz Research, St. Louis, has hired Susan Lipske as director, strategic consulting, retail. The company has also hired John Fricker as account manager, financial services research group. Fricker will be based in Toronto.
Ipsos Observer, a New York research company, has made several appointments to its team. Allison Gunn has been promoted to senior vice president and will lead the West Coast area. She will be based in Los Angeles. John Ward has been appointed vice president and will lead the Central U.S. territory out of Minneapolis. Dennis Barbelet has been promoted to vice president, East Coast. Barbelet will be based in New York.
Menlo Park, Calif., research company Knowledge Networks (KN) has named Clifton “Cliff” Botelho, Jr., director, KN Dimestore. Botelho will be based in New York.Matthew Porreca has also joined KN Dimestore as director, West Coast sales, and will be based in San Francisco.
Chicago research company Synovate has promoted Enrique Domingo to CEO of Synovate Iberia and Latin America. Eliza Wong has been named CEO of Synovate Greater China and Ulf Andersen has been promoted to CEO of Synovate’s Scandinavian business units. Additionally, Bjørn Jacobsen has been promoted to commercial director, Synovate Norway.
Pei Li Teh has joined The Research Partnership, London, as research manager. She will be based in Singapore.
Diane Parus has been named senior vice president of Target Research Group, Nanuet, N.Y.
New Hope, Pa., research company Roger Green and Associates Inc. has appointed Eric Duncan as associate research director; and Caleb Costa and Qiang Xu as research manager. The company has also promoted Katie Ka to research director; Dan Weidner and Sunny Shah to research manager; and Alex Graber to research analyst.
Sherrelle Kyle of Farmington Hills, Mich., research company Morpace Inc. has been awarded the highest level of HIPAA skills certification provided by the HIPAA Academy.
Molly Elmore has been promoted to vice president, research, at Stamford, Conn., research company InsightExpress.
Framingham, Mass., research company Kadence International has hired Anna Parry as senior insight executive; Sean Ward as research executive; and Clare Jessett as graduate insight executive. All three will be based in the company’s U.K. office.
New York research company StrategyOne has namedJennifer Haskins leader of its energy practice. Haskins will be based in Washington, D.C.
Vanessa Hartnoll has joined New York research company Hall & Partners as global head, shopper insights.
Exhibit Surveys Inc., a Red Bank, N.J., research company, has hired Mark Suppanz as senior project manager and Michele Scot as project manager.
MTV, a New York television network, has hired Rick Bruner as vice president, digital ad sales research; and Stuart Schneiderman as senior director, MTVN digital research.
ICM Research, London, has hired Andrew Wiseman and James Turner as board directors.
Craig Ryder has joined Leeds, U.K., research company Nunwood as global head, shopper insight, analytics and activation. Nunwood has also named Jane Ormiston executive vice president, North America. Ormiston will be based in Los Angeles.
Reston, Va., research company comScore Inc. has appointed Wolf Allisat as executive vice president, international markets.
Vancouver, B.C., research company Vision Critical has appointed Adrian Chedore to its board of directors. Additionally, Monique Morden has been promoted to president, global partner program, and COO, national panels.
Innerscope Research, Boston, has hired Bill Stephenson as senior vice president, sales and client services; and Marjan Massoudian as senior market research consultant. The company has also promoted Emily Hardy to account director. All three will be based in Los Angeles.
Heather Hutzel has been promoted to associate research analyst at Directions Research Inc., Cincinnati.
Survey Service Inc., a New York research company, has hired Jacob Brach and Gina Ferrentino as project manager.
AbsolutData Research and Analytics, San Francisco, has hired Dana Hayman as senior vice president and general manager, CRM strategy and analytics; Carol Franczek as vice president, client services; Heather Kluter as director, client services; and Laura DeYonker as a consultant in the New York area.
Atlanta research companyInfosurv has hired Carl Fusco as director, operations; Dede Fauconnet as vice president, strategic partnerships; Kyle Burnam as director, marketing and new product development; John Barrett as vice president, sales; and Chet Bertolli as senior project manager.
Ned Greenberg has joined Ipsos OTX MediaCT, a Los Angeles research company, as vice president, syndicated solutions. He will be based in New York.
The Advertising Research Foundation, New York, has appointed Todd M. Powers as chief research officer.
M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, has promoted Bill Priest to vice president. The company has also appointed Katherine Klein as moderator/qualitative specialist and Megan Gumbrecht as research manager.
ABI Research, Oyster Bay, N.Y., has named Sam Rosen senior analyst, digital home.
The Kantar Group, a Fairfield, Conn., research company, has appointed Renee Smith as chief research officer. The company has also named Tim Kelsall senior vice-president, client strategy, innovation and delivery. Kelsall will be based in London.
The Futures Company, a Chapel Hill, N.C., research company, has hired Steve Levine as senior vice president, future-facing quantitative practice; and Christine Baskin as senior vice president, research and consulting, future-facing quantitative practice.
Alex Terry has been appointed executive vice president and general manager, Zoomerang, of San Francisco research company MarketTools Inc.
Bangalore, India, research company Cross-Tab has appointed Fredrik Nauckhoff to its global advisory board and Tom Paul as associate vice president, client services. Paul will be based in Chicago.
Ignacio Galceran has been named regional CEO, Latin America, of Horsham, Pa., research company TNS.
Portland, Ore., research company Rentrak Corporation Evan Goldfarb as senior vice president, agency sales, advanced media and information. Additionally, Brent Rosenthal has been named vice chairman of Rentrak’s board of directors.
Mountain View, Calif., research company Atomic Labs Inc. has hired Len Emmick as vice president, global sales and partnerships.
Mark Connon has joined Concord, Mass., research company Umber Systems as corporate development and chief privacy officer.
Columbia, Md., research company Arbitron Inc. has appointed Erica Farber as director.
Port Washington, N.Y., research company The NPD Group has named Nathan Shipley director, client development, auto aftermarket. Shipley will be based in Houston.