Marketing technology firm Signal, Chicago, has named Tim Suther as chairman of its new advisory board.
YP, an Atlanta-based marketing solutions provider, has named Jared Rowe as CEO.
Research solutions platform AYTM (Ask Your Target Market), San Francisco, has appointed Lenny Murphy as senior strategic advisor, a newly-created position. Murphy will continue his roles at GreenBook, Gen2 Advisors and multiple research vendor advisory board engagements.
Numbers International, developers of Q Research Software and DataCracker, has made several new hires in its U.S., U.K. and Australian offices. U.S.-based Tim Ali has joined the support and development team and Matthew Steele has joined the U.K. team to support brand and business development. Mattias Engdahl and Carmen Chan have joined the customer engineering team. The development team has brought on Po Liu and Michael Wang, who will focus on data visualizations. William Guo has joined the Sydney team and is responsible for everything finance-related.
Henrik Åquist has been appointed managing director of integrated data services firm Norstat Sweden.
Visual analytics firm Tableau Software Inc., Seattle, has appointed Adam Selipsky as president and CEO. Christian Chabot, the firm’s co-founder and current CEO, will continue to serve as chairman of Tableau’s board of directors. Additionally, Chris Stolte, Tableau’s co-founder and chief development officer, will transition to technical advisor and Andrew Beers will become chief development officer. Francois Ajenstat will be elevated to a new position as chief product officer.
Columbia, Md., marketing agency Merkle has appointed Mike Goldin as senior vice president and general manager of Merkle’s health practice.
Engagement marketing firm Marketo Inc., San Mateo, Calif., has promoted Chandar Pattabhiram to senior vice president and CMO. Additionally, Chief Administrative Officer Fred Ball is leaving the company.
Mary Beth Lake has joined Blue Bell, Pa., research and consulting agency AMC Global as executive VP, corporate strategy and innovation.
Blake Skorich has joined MFour Mobile Research, Irvine, Calif., as a solutions development representative. In addition, Todd Costello has been named senior solutions executive and Sabrina Santos has been added as an administrative assistant.
The supervisory board of GfK, Nuremberg, Germany, has elected Ralf Klein-Bölting as its new chairman. He took over office on September 13, succeeding Arno Mahlert.
Illuminas Austin, a research firm in Austin, Texas, has appointed Lisa Evans as vice president.
Marketing technology company Magnetic, New York, has appointed Paul Phillips as chief data officer. Phillips will be based in the San Mateo, Calif., office.
London-based market research viewing facility i-view London has promoted two of its staff members and has brought on four new hires. Belma Lugic has been appointed as studio director, a newly-created role, while Sam Grey has been promoted to studio manager. Kiren Nijjer and Vivienne Myroti have joined as senior studio executives and Simona Zykiate and Rachel Sansom have been appointed studio executives.
New York-based research agency 360 Market Reach has appointed Kyle Gollins as vice president of client development.
In London, Arjen van Duijvenbode has joined online research firm dataSpring as director of business development EMEA. Duijvenbode will be responsible for establishing an EMEA business in line with dataSpring’s global objectives, beginning with opening an office in London.
Amy Perifanos has been named vice president of Auburn Hills, Mich., researcher Gongos’ insight curation practice Artifact.
Predictive technology company Reach Analytics, Redwood City, Calif., has appointed Ben Barenholtz as VP of marketing and communications.
20|20 Research, Nashville, Tenn., has named John Pflum, vice president of accounting and finance, as CFO.
Kantar Media, Washington, D.C., has named Steve Passwaiter as vice president and general manager of its Campaign Media Analysis Group. Passwaiter succeeds Elizabeth Wilner, who is leaving Kantar Media to pursue a new business opportunity.
Target CMO Jeff Jones will join San Francisco-based Uber as president, Ridesharing. Jones will be responsible for the company’s operations, marketing and customer support.
Research company Abt Associates, Bethesda, Md., has named Gavin Macgregor-Skinner as the company’s senior global health security advisor.
Sales and marketing firm Acosta, Jacksonville, Fla., has appointed Steve Matthesen as president and CEO.
Research technology firm FocusVision, Fresno, Calif., has expanded its leadership team in EMEA. Zhana Baleva has been promoted to regional head of the EMEA; Toby Fowler has been promoted to director of sales and new business for EMEA; Liza Vasileva will lead the EMEA client development team; and Petar Dzindzhev will be responsible for all software renewals in the EMEA region.
SIS International Research, New York, has appointed Gina Zaccheo as director of global operations and Troy Cole as project manager. Additionally, the company has expanded several of its business-to-business, health care and consumer panels and databases for qualitative and quantitative research projects across the U.S. and around the world.
Online data collection firm AskingCanadians has promoted Roy Gonsalves to senior VP of sales and Amber Bartlett to VP of sales. In addition, Danny Tomas has been promoted to associate team lead (programming), Kaitlyn Lord to project manager, Leah Abelson to senior project manager and Adam Whibley has transitioned to panel and data manager. The firm has also hired seven new members in recent weeks.
Lawrence, Kan., research firm True North Market Insights has named Jason Jacobson as vice president and Michelle Seidl as project manager.
Jim Goldenberg has joined New York-based firm Clarion Research as executive vice president, where he will lead the firm’s health care/pharmaceutical division.
Bloomberg Media, New York, has appointed Michelle Lynn as global head of data science and insights.
Warren, N.J., researcher Lightspeed has named Jennifer Carrea as CEO of Lightspeed All Global, the firm’s global health care practice, and member of the board of directors.
Communications agency LEWIS, San Francisco, has appointed Amanda Diamondstein-Cieplinska as vice president, West Coast marketing services.
Mechele Lee has joined research firm Burke, Inc., Cincinnati, as senior account executive in client services.
Research firm MARU/VCR&C has named David Gardner as managing director and head of its San Francisco-based Technology & Retail Practice group.
Plano, Texas, health care fieldwork company GLocal Mind has appointed Chara Parmar as senior account director. Parmar will be based in London.
Market research firm Psyma International, Philadelphia, has appointed Charles Schembri as vice president of its U.S. financial services practice.
Kathy Ofsthun has returned to research and consulting firm Chadwick Martin Bailey, Boston, as VP of qualitative strategy and insights.
Westport, Conn., data and insights company Critical Mix has appointed Colin Turner-Kerr as managing director, U.K.
IBM, Armonk, N.Y., has appointed Michelle Peluso as its first-ever CMO.
Marketing and communications firm MDC Partners has appointed Lotta Malm Hallqvist as its first managing director, CMO in Europe.
Meredith Falvo has joined Plainview, N.Y., qualitative research services firm Recruit and Field as director of business development.
Sharona Sankar-King has joined advertising agency BBDO New York as EVP, head of marketing science, a newly-created role.
Jason Boxt has joined research-based consultancy Penn Schoen Berland, Washington, D.C., as executive vice president.
Salt Lake City customer experience software and services firm MaritzCX has named J.D. Jeppson as vice president of business development and partnerships to expand the company’s partner ecosystem.
Marketing services firm Harte Hanks, Austin, Texas, has appointed Scott Elser as the head of its global agency practice.
Steve Alsbury, president of Louisville, Ky., firm Thoroughbred Research Group, and Nancy Alsbury, vice president of operational resources, retired from the firm, effective September 1. Steve Alsbury will remain a member of the company’s board of directors for the next two years. Brad Larson, VP of marketing, will assume operational management responsibilities, while Tim Wirtz, director of operations, will oversee the management of the company’s four call centers.
Clear Seas Research, Troy, Mich., has named Tracy Bristow as syndicated research director. Additionally, Lydia White has rejoined the firm as a project manager.
Herndon, Va., research and analytics firm ORI has promoted Paresh Patel to chief technology officer.
Babita Earle has joined London-based researcher ZappiStore as its global accounts and partnership director.
Denver-based research solutions firm GutCheck has engaged Joe Giacobbe as VP of research operations to further scale its agile research operations.
Artem Violety has joined Detroit-based researcher Morpace Inc. as vice president on the Morpace West Team in California.
New York-based customer experience platform Bluecore has appointed Jared Blank as senior vice president of data analysis and insights.
Mike Wagner has joined San Diego, Calif., firm brinc (Branded Research Inc.) as vice president of client development.
Complete Research Connection, Columbus, Ohio, has promoted Jessica Rodden. Rodden’s enhanced role, in addition to client services, is to advance the firm’s quantitative offerings while supporting the President, Chelle Precht, with day-to-day operations.