Integral Ad Science, a provider of digital ad verification, has added Tom Sharma as chief product officer.
Intelligence firm Aimpoint Research has appointed Jennifer Coleman as director of communications.
Television broadcasting company Sinclair Broadcast Group has appointed John Zeigler as chief marketing officer.
Data collection agency Rep Data has hired Maggie Corbett as senior consultant, project execution.
U.K.-based language service provider One Global Solutions has appointed Sia Najumi as market research account director.
Guardian Media Group has appointed Paul Kanareck as chief customer and commercial officer.
Social media listening consultancy Bakamo.Social has appointed Emily Hunt as a nonexecutive director.
LifeScan, a provider of blood glucose monitoring systems, has named Lisa Rose as chief marketing officer.
Data, insights and consulting company Kantar has appointed Chris Petranto as global head of Kantar analytics, replacing Gonzalo Fuentes, who has taken on a new role as chief operating officer for the insights division of Kantar.
Online market research company InnovateMR has added Molly Strawn as senior marketing strategist.
Marketing research consultancy Smarty Pants has promoted Alex Quillin Brizendine to senior research analyst.
Online panel provider Intra Research has named Marina Moshenska as its new CEO.
Customer communications management platform DataOceans has expanded its advisory board with the addition of Scott Frey, founder and CEO of PossibleNOW.
Marketing Research and Insight Excellence Award Winners Announced
Quirk's Media has announced the winners for the 2020 Marketing Research and Insight Excellence Awards. Winners were selected by a panel of independent judges, including end-client researchers, research suppliers and Quirk's editorial staff. The award winners were recognized during a virtual ceremony on November 9.
- Outstanding Young Researcher – Gracie McKinstry-Smith, Target Corporation
- Nonprofit/Social Enterprise Project – Southwark Council, Shared Intelligence and Analogue Strategies
- Global Marketing Research Project – Opinium and Ancestry
- Groundbreaking Research Project – InSites Consulting and Anheuser-Busch
- Advertising Research Project – Twitter and EyeSee
- Health Care/Pharmaceutical Research Project – Healthcare Research Worldwide and RealityMine
- B2B Research Project – Feeling Mutual and 2Europe
- MREF Everyday Hero – Sabina Ramdas, NextEra Energy
- MREF Philanthropic Company of the Year – Research Results
- Qualitative Research Impact – Disney Channels Worldwide
- Technology Impact – Measure Protocol
- Panel Company of the Year – MedSurvey
- Best New Product/Service Innovation – Big Sofa Technologies
- Client/Supplier Collaboration – Verizon and buzzback
- Marketing Research Supplier of the Year, with a 2019 revenue below $10 million – EyeSee
- Marketing Research Supplier of the Year, with a 2019 revenue at or above $10 million – Zappi
- Best Client-Side Team, department of less than 10 researchers – Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Best Client-Side Team, department of 10 or more researchers – BT
- Researcher of the Year, end client – Michelle Gansle, Mars
- Researcher of the Year, supplier – Christopher Barnes, Escalent
Insights solutions company Toluna has appointed Bruce Haymes as nonexecutive chairman of the board of directors.
Dentsu U.K. and Ireland has appointed Anne Stagg as the CEO of its customer experience management line of business and the first U.K. CEO of Merkle.
Customer intelligence platform Alida has appointed David O’Malley as chief revenue officer.
Kate Spade has hired former Tinder exec Jenny Campbell as its chief marketing officer.
Insights partner Maru/Matchbox has appointed current board member Sarah Beams as managing director for the organization’s U.K. division.
Marketing research consultancy Smarty Pants has promoted Laura Munroe to senior director.
Consumer neuroscience researcher Alpha.One has added Facebook's Ingrid Nieuwenhuis as head of science.
Customer experience management company Merkle has appointed Kirt Morris as global chief equity officer for Merkle as well as for Dentsu’s CXM line of business.
Cloud security provider Zscaler Inc. has named Chris Kozup as chief marketing officer.
Toshiba has appointed Rance M. Poehler as president and chief executive officer for Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions.
Philadelphia-based MedSurvey has named Conal Murray as vice president of business development.
The Insights Association has named its inaugural class of “laureates,” the highest level of distinction in its new Insights Professional Certification (IPC) program. Those who hold the laureate certification are recognized as "outstanding members of the insights community, with distinguished careers marked by meaningful contributions that have advanced the profession."
Online survey software company IntelliSurvey has expanded its senior team with four new hires. William Singleton joins the company as director of client engagement and Arti Singhapakdi joins as director of business development, Americas. Additionally, Leonie Gijsberts and Himanshu Negi have been named as project consultants.
Research and consulting firm Smarty Pants has named Kafele J. Khalfani as its dean of diversity to lead the company's diversity, inclusion and equity initiatives.
Market research firm Mozaic Group has appointed Allen Kohlhepp as vice president.
Marketing insights firm MarketVision Research has added Joe Mann as vice president in the business development group.
The Qualitative Research Consultants Association has announced the winners of its 2021 Young Professionals Grant program. Recipients will attend QRCA’s Annual Conference virtually on February 1-5, 2021. In addition to complimentary conference attendance, each grant winner receives membership to QRCA for the 2021 year.
Data, analytics and insight company MESH Experience announced that its founder Fiona Blades has been elected onto the Market Research Council as secretary treasurer.
Behavioral science insights agency BEESY has expanded its New York team with the additions of Yustyna Yaremchuk as behavioral associate and Cierra Harris as research manager.
Data and insights company Pureprofile has hired Johnny Caldwell as senior business development director for the U.K.
Research and consulting firm Smarty Pants has added David “Dima” Hurlbut as research prodigy.