Tom Zambrotta has joined retail intelligence and advertising technology company Crealytics, New York, as head of retail strategy.
SugarCRM Inc., a Cupertino, Calif., customer relationship software company, has appointed Kai Petzelt as vice president of product marketing.
Eyereturn Marketing, Toronto, has appointed Jamie Armstrong as director, marketing research and data solutions. The company has also promoted Janelle DeCelis to senior director, client services and Mike Schulz to vice president, engineering operations.
Researcher Burke, Inc., Cincinnati, has promoted Diane Surette to the newly-created position of chief client officer.
Phoenix Marketing International, headquartered in Rhinebeck, N.Y., has appointed Andrew Grant as president of European operations.
Chicago-based health care technology company PreparedHealth has named Iqbal Brainch as CMO.
Research company Abt Associates, Bethesda, Md., has appointed Dan Gunther as vice president of enterprise platforms.
Wheelhouse Digital Marketing Group, Seattle, has promoted Casey Curtis to vice president of digital strategy.
Multi-service research firm 3Q Global, Jupiter, Fla., has expanded its sales force with the addition of Tony Soares.
Bonnie Breslauer has joined Los Angeles-based panel company Active Measure as chief customer officer.
U.K.-based DJS Research has hired Simon Driver as research director.
Competitive Edge Research, San Diego, has hired Lawrence Sherman as research manager.
In London, researcher Lightspeed has appointed Angie French as CEO, EMEA and a member of the company’s board of directors.
London-based marketing agency iProspect has appointed Rohan Philips as global chief product officer. Philips will be based in Singapore.
Dunkin’ Donuts, Canton, Mass., has appointed Tony Weisman as U.S. CMO.
Nuremberg, Germany, researcher GfK has appointed Cheong Tai as general manager for Asia-Pacific and Margret Schuit as general manager for Southern Europe.
India-based research company MRSS India has appointed Swee Woon Tan as managing director, Asia-Pacific, and Michelle Ng as director of Market Probe Singapore, which MRSS India recently acquired.
Civicom Marketing Research Services, Greenwich, Conn., has appointed Annie McDannald as global manager.
Connecticut-based insights consultancy Vertigo Partners has hired Wendy Waesche as a senior storyteller and Jenny Brandt as a project director.
Leuven, Belgium, research consultancy Haystack has announced a new advisory board chaired by Dan Foreman and Pieter Goiris.
Marketing analytics firm Analytic Partners, headquartered in New York, has added Achim Schoeneich as managing director for Germany. Schoeneich will lead the company’s new Hamburg, Germany, office.
Health care analytics firm MedeAnalytics, Emeryville, Calif., has appointed Kerry Martin as senior vice president of sales.
MFour Mobile Research, Irvine Calif., has hired Kyle Sausser as senior solutions executive and Jason Ebenstein as senior product manager.
The board of directors for Reston, Va., firm comScore has formed a special committee, composed of Independent Directors Jacques Kerrest and Sue Riley, which unanimously recommended a refreshment of the board and its membership. Seven directors will depart from the board, reducing the size to five members: Gian Fulgoni (CEO); Jacques Kerrest; Bill Livek (president and executive vice chairman); Sue Riley; and Brent Rosenthal. The board has also appointed David Kay, co-founder and managing partner of CrossCountry Consulting, as interim chief financial officer and treasurer. Kay succeeds David Chemerow, who resigned on Sept. 8.
The ESOMAR Foundation, Amsterdam, has appointed John Kearon as its new president. Kearon will succeed Gunilla Broadbent, who has held the role since 2013.
In Boston, research technology company ZappiStore has appointed Jared Carr as VP of strategic client transformation.
Lambertville, N.J., health care advisory firm KYBORA has appointed Michael Rosenberg and David Luery each as executive vice president, global commercial intelligence.
Encino, Calif., research company Innovate has hired Rie Nagai as managing director for the EMEA region.
Data and insights company Critical Mix, London, has appointed Matt Shepherd and Jon Williams as sales directors.
Jesse Itzkowitz has joined the Ipsos Behavioral Science Center, based in New York City.
Virginia Beach, Va., research agency Issues & Answers Network Inc. has promoted Kitty Cook to vice president, market research and political science and Mohit Gour to vice president, global research.
Caroline Bastide has joined France-based research firm Strategir as digital and services director.
Marketing intelligence and optimization company Grapeshot, New York, has appointed Anshu Khurana as SVP analytics solutions where she will lead the company’s new insights and analytics products division.
Simmons Research, New York, has added Brad Bedford as vice president of media sales.
Nielsen, New York, has added Guerrino De Luca as a member of its board of directors.
Gerhard Hausruckinger has joined research company The NPD Group as group president for Europe and APAC.
London-based researcher Kantar Public has appointed Grant Fitzner as U.K. CEO and Michael Davis as global COO.
Columbia, Md., marketing agency Merkle has appointed Mac Delaney as senior vice president, media investment and strategy.
Seattle-based professional services company Urgenci has promoted Cassandra Snyder to director of research and recruitment.
Omaha, Neb., research company The MSR Group has appointed Thomas Hatton as president and CEO. Hatton succeeds Richard Worick, who will become chairman and founder.
Indianapolis-based marketing technology firm PERQ has promoted Muhammad Yasin to vice president, marketing.