Felipe Korzenny, co-founder and senior consultant at Redwood Shores, Calif., research firm Cheskin, has been named professor of communication at Florida State University in Tallahassee. In addition, Betty Ann Korzenny will be retiring from Cheskin. Both were founders of multicultural marketing research firm Hispanic & Asian Marketing Communication Research, Inc. (H&AMCR), which merged with Cheskin in December 1999. Separately, Denise Klarquist has been promoted to vice president, marketing at Cheskin.
Atlanta-based Polaris Marketing Research, Inc. has named Rebecca Rodecker project manager and Mimi Williams call center manager. Danielle DeMasi has been promoted to project manager.
Steve Allen has been named chief technology and operations officer at Customer Service Profiles, an Omaha, Neb., research firm.
Market Measures/Cozint, East Hanover, N.J., has named Barry Zimmerman as its new chief executive officer.
Barry Allan has joined the Cancer Therapy Monitor Unit of Isis Research, London, where he has been named research executive.
AIS Market Research, Fresno, Calif., has named Steve Swanson data processing manager.
Tim Bowles has become a consultant to the NPD Group, joining the senior management team of the Port Washington, N.Y. company. He will also serve on the firm’s executive committee. In addition, Evan Neufeld has been named vice president of client development. Neufeld will work for the company’s technology tracking division NPD Techworld. The NPD Group has announced new leadership team appointments to its food and foodservice industry tracking division, NPD Foodworld: Bob O’Brien has been named president, business development, NPD Foodworld; Dave Jenkins has been named president, Foodservice; Arnie Schwartz assumes the role of vice president, NET/SnackTrack. All operational functions across the foodservice and the NET/SuackTrack businesses have been consolidated under recently hired Director of Operations Michael Cobb. Michele Schmal assumes full-time responsibility as vice president, product management, CREST.
Gregory Novak has been promoted to president, United States operations, at Harris Interactive, Rochester, N.Y. George Terhanian has been promoted to president, HI Europe. Marek Vaygelt has been named managing director, European operations.
Raul Franga has joined Millward Brown Brazil as group account director and will head a team responsible for research in the automotive sector. Gyorgy Kobelrausch has joined Millward Brown Hungary as managing director. In Shanghai, Mark Ryan has been named qualitative managing director, Millward Brown Firefly. In Thailand, Chaniya Nakalugshana has been named qualitative managing director, Millward Brown Firefly. Manfred Tautscher has been named managing director, Millward Brown Germany from joint managing director of Integral in Austria, freeing previous managing director Tamas Geczi to concentrate full time on his new deputy managing director role for Mainland Europe. Erika Nemethi has been named Mainland Europe director, strategy planning. In Rome, Franco Gnocchi has been named Mainland Europe director, talent and human resources.
Paula Richardson has been named a principal of Decision Development Inc., a Northfield, Ill., a health care research firm. In addition, Matthew Singer and Melanie Derr-Johnson have been named associates.
New York-based Mediamark Research Inc. (MRO has promoted several senior executives in its sales department and expanded their responsibilities accordingly. Mike Drankwalter has been promoted to senior vice president, media sales. Scott Turner has been named senior vice president of agency sales. George Kronheimer has been promoted to vice president, advertiser sales. Andy Arthur moves from director of client services to vice president client services. Anne Drake, formerly senior-vice president of advertiser/agency sales and third party ventures, resigned from MRI in June to pursue new opportunities. In another promotion, Risa Beeker moves from director of research operations to vice president of research operations.
C&R Research, Chicago, has promoted Hillary Christopher, Janice Wakeley and Lisa Hutto to the position of research director.
London-based TNS has named David Corless as chief financial officer, North America. In addition, Elaine Riddell has been named C.E.O. of TNS’ Worldwide Healthcare Division.
Tamara Ingram has joined Kantar, WPP’s Insight, Information And Consttltancy Division. She will be president of insight companies Added Value, Fusion 5 and Henley Centre.
Synovate has announced a number of hires and promotions. Gustavo Alvarez has been named vice president, regional business development director for Latin America; David Myhrer, vice president for Synovate Motoresearch; Leslie Yee, senior account director for the eastern region of the U.S.; and Alex Spencer, vice president of sales for ViewsCast. Deborah Gonderil has been promoted to head of Synovate Diversity, and Dave Schafer has been promoted to Synovate’s IT director. Manuel Lopes has been named managing director of Synovate Brazil. Antonio Gomez has been named managing director of Synovate Argentina. And Gustavo Alvarez has joined Synovate as director of business development for Latin America. He will be based in Miami.
Philadelphia-based Focus Pointe has promoted Shawn Gore to director of field management.
Target Research Group Inc., Nanuet, N.Y., has named Jon A. Mitchell senior vice president. He will operate an office in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Charles Battista has joined MarkeVision Research, Cincinnati, as vice president. He will lead MarketVision’s client service office in Dallas.
Toronto-based Telepoll Canada has named Sarah Greenberg director of sales and business development.
Dominick Messineo has been named president of Schrader Research & Rating Service, Cranbury, N.J.
NFO WorldGroup has named Jeni Lee Chapman vice president, intemational research champion to oversee the company’s North American international research center.
Seattle-based NetReflector, Inc. has named Paul McIntyre managing director of NetReflector Europe, Ltd., based in Newbury, U.K.
Mary McIlrath has joined C&R Research, Chicago, as director of qualitative youth services.
NOP World has named Jim Follett chief operating officer. Separately, William "’Jay" Wilson, executive chairman of NOP World and former CEO of Roper Starch Worldwide, retired at the end of August.
Laura M. Cusumano has joined Integrated Marketing Associates LLC, as director of strategy and business development. IMA is a marketing research firm located in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Market Trends Research, Seattle, has named Samuel Fleishman project manager in the consumer goods division.
Elizabeth M. Tucker has joined Landis Strategy & Innovation, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., as account director.
Consumer Pulse, Inc., Birmingham, Mich., has promoted Jennifer Killewald to marketing and operations director. In addition, Caroline Thomas has been promoted to director of marketing services.
Cincinnati-based MRSI (Marketing Research Services Inc.) has welcomed back Nell Gartner as vice president, client services. Gartner was previously with MRSI from 1985 to 1990.
NetRatings, Inc., New York, has named Robert Leathern Nielsen//NetRatings Commerce Analytics group director and senior analyst.
TNS has appointed James Hall managing director, Asia Pacific. Separately, Kym Penhall, director for the TNS braflded solutions MarketWhys and Miriad, has relocated to the U.K.
L.C. Williams and Associates, a Chicago public relations and reserach firm, has named Jaci Kotzum assistant account executive.
Debi Wyrick has been promoted to vice president at Burke, Inc., Cincinnati.
Walker Information, Indianapolis, has announced a number of promotions: David Scott to vice president of relationship management in client services; Kyle Martin to director 2, IT project management; Brian Lyle to database analyst 3; David Walker to LAN administrator 1; Melissa Ward to coder; Jennifer Bostwick to IT project coordinator; Jeffrey Strance to LAN support specialist 2; Mike Pinger to senior Web production specialist; Christi Marsch to programmer/analyst 1; Chris Shobe to database analyst 3; Lisa Hizer to client service director 3; Krista Roseberry to client service director 2; Nicole Karmire to client service director 1; and Kristen Bailey to client service project director 2. The firm also announced a number of new hires: Elizabeth Paul and Megan Sanders as project directors; Steve Sion as vice president of loyalty management; Stephanie Mayes as graphics and reporting specialist 1; and David Bunner as database analyst 1.
Raúl Lopez has been named president and chief operating officer of Cultural Access Group, Los Angeles, having served as interim president and chief operating officer since May. Michele Valdovinos has joined the firm as director of research.
Jim Kelley has been named chief operations officer of Tillman Channel Network, Inc., an Austin, Texas research firm.