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Andrew Jeavons has been appointed vice president of business development at PTT Systems Inc, a North Palm Beach, Fla., research software firm.

David Haynes has been named president of Western Wats, Provo, Utah.

Market Decisions Corporation, Portland, Ore., has announced a number of personnel moves, adding Christian Seppa to its IT department and promoting Aaron Simmons to lead day field supervisor, Mark Marshe to lead night field supervisor, and Christian Hogg to research analyst.

Peter Daboll, president of Reston, Va.-based comScore Networks’ Media Solutions Division, has been named president of comScore’s new Media Metrix Division.

The Atlanta Chapter of the American Marketing Association has named Jim Nelems, president and CEO of Norcross, Ga., research firm The Marketing Workshop, as the 2002 Marketer of the Year.

Walker Information, Indianapolis, has promoted Rob Easton to vice president, applications development.

Randy Hanson has been named senior vice president, custom research, at Flake Wilkerson Market Insights, Little Rock, Ark.

Opinion One, Cincinnati, has named Thomas Zoretich president and CEO.

Montgomeryville, Pa.-based research firm JRA, J. Reckner Associates Inc. has announced several staff additions: Marie Strasser as vice president; Christi Clark as senior manager/information and technology services; Lexy Frazier Sawyers as senior manager/qualitative research services; Jason Gamber as project manager/global healthcare research services; and Paula Machado, programmer. In addition, Melissa Boysen has been named manager of the firm’s new Milwaukee office. Gail Dreger has joined the Milwaukee team as project director. Kari Bugiski, project manager, has transferred to the Milwaukee office from JRA’s Racine Contract Operations group.

James Granger has retired as CEO and president of Wirthlin Worldwide, a Reston, Va., research firm. Dee Allsop has been named CEO and David Richardson has been named president.

Rob Hernandez has joined Westport, Conn.-based Greenfield Consulting Group as managing director/moderator, based in Libertyville, Ill. Rob Batey has joined the firm’s Westport office as director/moderator.

Michelle Carter has been named vice president at Decision Analyst, Inc., Arlington, Texas.

Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) has named Stephen Potts regional director of TNS Healthcare in Asia Pacific. He will be based in Singapore.

Cathy Kneidl has been named president of Envoy, the new international data collection division of Maritz Research, St. Louis.

CJ Olson Market Research, Inc., Minneapolis, has promoted Michelle James to director of data collection.

Cathy Peterson has been named managing partner of Markitecture, a Norwalk, Conn., research firm. In addition, the firm named Brian Gordon vice president for business development, Doug Parent partner, and Heather Nelson director of research.

Charles Ilsley has been named managing director of New York-based research firm Ziment’s U.K. operation.

Marketing Research Services Inc. (MRSI) has named Ken Seeger senior account executive. He will be based at the firm’s Chicago office. At the company's corporate headquarters in Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Amie Steiner has been named research analyst and Sharyl Strunk has been named account manager. At MRSI’s Jersey City, N.J., office, Brandt Griffin has been named senior account executive.

Global Market Insite, Inc., Seattle, has named Mark R. Houston vice president of marketing and Mitchell Eggers vice president of operations. In addition, the company has opened two new offices. Suresh Subbiah, director of sales and marketing, leads the new Minneapolis office and Harry Klintebring, director, Europe, will lead the new Stockholm office.

Research industry expert Jack J. Honomichl was inducted into the Market Research Council’s Hall of Fame at a ceremony on June 21 at the Yale Club in New York City. Founded in 1927 to foster growth of the advertising/ marketing/public opinion research industry, the Market Research Council in 1977 started annually recognizing those who have made extraordinary contributions to the industry. Previous inductees include Arthur C. Nielsen Sr., George H. Gallup Sr., David Ogilvy, Marion Harper, Daniel Yankelovich, Daniel Starch, Ernest Dichter, Alfred Politz, and Elmo Roper.

Group Dynamics in Focus, a Bala Cynwyd, Pa., research firm has named new corporate officers. Merle Holman, founder and president, is now chief executive officer. Robin Kaplan, is now president. The promotions were effective June 10, the 21st anniversary of the firm’s incorporation.

Harris Interactive, Rochester, N.Y., has promoted George Terhanian to president, global Intemet research. In his expanded role, Terhanian will support the existing London team headed by Gareth Davies. Terhanian will be assisted in London on a part-time basis by Humphrey Taylor, chairman of The Harris Poll.

Interviewing Service of America, Inc., Van Nuys, Calif., has named Tony Soares account services manager. He will be based at the firm’s newly established Dallas/Fort Worth client service office.

Chicago-based Research International, USA has named Soumya Roy head of the group customer relationship management business practice. The firm has also named Larry Buchsbaum senior vice president, telecommunications, in its Cambridge, Mass., office. At the Stamford, Conn., office, David Scowcroft has been named vice president.

Research Data Design, Inc., Portland, Ore., has added Ron Leeds to its national sales team.

John Day, founder and managing director of Strategies Unlimited, a Mountain View, Calif., research firm, retired on July 31. Succeeding him as managing director is Peter Farmer, formerly director of the firm’s optical networking practice.

John S. Watts has joined Opinion Research Corporation, Princeton, N.J., as global managing director, decision sciences.

Genactis, Inc., a health care market and communications research agency based in Fort Washington, Pa., has named Scott M. Appel associate director of advanced methods. Also joining the advanced methods team are Nathalie D’Esquermes, senior statistical consultant; Charles (Chuck) Clapper, data consultant; and Valentina Shorter-Hearn, analytical project director.

Denver marketing segmentation system provider Cohorts has promoted Mike Fitzpatrick and Maro Casparian to vice president.

Elizabeth Hurlow-Hannah has been named head of the newly formed Sharpen the Focus Institute, a Syosset, N.Y., qualitative researcher training facility.

Jatinder (Ronny) Bindra has been named senior vice president of Information Management Solutions, a division of Management Science Associates, Inc. (MSA), Pittsburgh. He will be headquartered in MSA’s New York City office.

Bala Cynwyd, Pa., research firm Strategic Marketing Corporation has named Christine Corner research director at its London office, Strategic Marketing Europe.

David F. DeRose has been named vice president of sales at InsightExpress, a Stamford, Conn., research firm.

Taylor Nelson Sofres has appointed Grant Bertoli as managing director, TNS Singapore.

Pat Molloy has been appointed a director of U.K. research software firm Pulse Train and has been named CEO, taking over for Geoffrey Roughton who remains as chairman.

Market Strategies, Livonia, Mich., has named Ellen Koronet vice president of the pharmaceutical branch in the firm’s Healthcare Research & Consulting Division.

Landis Strategy & Innovation, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., has named Patrick Seidell senior vice president. The firm has also named Aaron Hamilton project leader in the market research department.

Montgomeryville, Pa., research firm J. Reckner Associates, Inc., has added Christina Clark to its senior management team and named Marie Strasser vice president.

Survey Sampling, Inc.’s Joanne DiNapoli received the Marketing Research Association (MRA) Chapter Service Award in June. The award was presented in appreciation of her contributions to the New York/Northeast MRA Chapter. In other SSI news, Andrew Moffatt has been promoted to senior account executive, and J.J. Cramer and Agnes Borko have been named account executive.

Irwin Research Services, Jacksonville, Fla., has promoted Angela Parrish to vice president of telephone operations.

Peter Meyler has joined U.K. research firm MORI as an associate director in its human resources research team.

Simmons Market Research Bureau, New York, has promoted Chris Lubniewski to vice president/top 50 agency sales and named Joseph Wolff and Diane DeWindt to the newly created positions of corporate controller and senior technical project director, respectively.

The NPD Group, Inc., Port Washington, N. Y., has named Susan DeFile vice president of software business and general manager of NPD’s Reston, Va. office. In addition, the firm named Mainak Mazumdar vice president, research, and George Ziegler vice president, information technology.

Steve Crane has been named senior vice president, new business development at Clarion Research, Inc., New York.

At Cheskin, a San Francisco research firm, Tim Plowman, Aly Johnsen, and Carlos Santos have been named strategic director. Stacey Purpura has been named research manager. And Lauren Hirshfield has been named research director.

Design Forum, a Dayton, Ohio retail design and branding firm, has named Adrienne Anderson director of research.

Market Strategies, Inc., a Livonia, Mich., research firm, has named Tammi Deming research director in its Portland, Ore.-based Information Technology & Telecommunications Division.

Dan Coates, former director of sales for SPSS MR North America, has been named vice president of Chicago-based SPSS MR Online. In his new role, Coates joins SPSS MR’s global management team. In addition, Mike Billingsley has joined the company as senior director of operations and David Biernbaum has been promoted to director of sales SPSS MR for North America. Joe Marinelli left his post as vice president, SPSS MR Online at the end of June to pursue other opportunities.

Portland, Ore.-based Research Data Design, Inc. has named Arturo Coto vice president of sales and marketing.