Bob Cohen, former president of Scarborough Research, New York, died in July 2011 at age 58.
Gerald Eskin, founder of Chicago research company Information Resources Inc., died in June 2011 at age 76.
Lightspeed Research, Warren, N.J., has promoted Frank Kelly to senior vice president, operations.
B2B International, a Manchester, U.K., research company, has named Julia Cupman director, North American strategy and operations; and Oliver Truman director, IT.
Alex Creed has joined MMR Strategy Group, an Encino, Calif., market research consultancy, as vice president, business development.
Victoria, B.C., research company Terapeak has promoted Colin How to president.
National Research Corporation, Lincoln, Neb., has named Susan L. Henricks president and COO.
New York research company Radius Global has hired Nitin Ladva as research director, EMEA. Ladva will be based in London.
Audra Priluck has been promoted to vice president, business development, media and technology, at Ipsos OTX MediaCT, a Los Angeles research company.
Exhibit Surveys Inc., a Red Bank, N.J., research company, has hired Alissa M. Algarin as senior project manager.
Atlanta research company Abt Associates has added N. Cinnamon Dornsife to its board of directors.
Michael McCrary has been named president of Federated Sample, a New Orleans research company.
D3 Systems, a Vienna, Va., research company, has hired Amanda Bajkowski and Brian Kirchhoff as senior research analyst; Benjamin Stevenson as research analyst; and Timothy Van Blarcom as junior statistician.
Adam Weinstein has joined New York research company Universal Survey as chief sales officer.
Cincinnati research company MarketVision has promoted Marsha Calloway-Campbell to vice president and Lynn Leszkowicz and Prasad Samala to research manager, marketing sciences.
Chris Havemann, president and CEO of Plano, Texas, research company e-Rewards Inc., has announced his decision to leave the company.
The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), New York, has added Dallas research company Toluna’s George Terhanian to its board of directors. Separately, the ARF has hired Robert Woodard as executive vice president, advertising effectiveness.
Phoenix research company Blueocean Market Intelligence has hired Dennis Goodman as senior research manager; Caryn Marchuk as account manager; Andrea Libey as manager, marketing and corporate communications; and Kat Bogdan as assistant research manager. Kirsten Markson has been promoted to account director.
Prince Market Research, Nashville, Tenn., has hired Sheila King as research director and Magdalena Dutkiewicz Vaughan as research associate.
Paris research company Ipsos has appointed Jeff Cail as president and CEO of U.S. operations.
Port Washington, N.Y., research company The NPD Group has appointed Tim Bush as group president, Asia-Pacific. Bush will continue in his current role as general manager, technology analyst business, based in Hong Kong. Additionally, NPD has named Kevin Gilbert director, home improvement.
Terry Sweeney has been hired as vice president, operations and client services, of Cross-Tab, a Bangalore, India, research company. Sweeney will be based in San Jose, Calif.
Gongos Research, Auburn Hills, Mich., has named Michael Francesco Alioto vice president, global methodologies; and promoted Lynn Siluk to vice president, marketing sciences.
Mitch Danklef has been named senior vice president, client development, at Fresno, Calif., research company Decipher Inc. Bonnie Sherman has been promoted to senior vice president, custom panel development.
Farmington, Conn., research company The Pert Group has hired Mike Bellhouse as group director, HBA; Jim Nikolis as senior account director, finance/industry; and Kim Royster as director, client strategy.
Atlanta research company CMI has hired Janice Harllee as controller; Pamela Vaughn as field manager; and Sarah Bromley as associate project manager.
David Nelems has returned to Norcross, Va., research technology company ActiveGroup Ventures as CEO.
W5 Inc., a Durham N.C., research company, has appointed Amy Mock as practice consultant and promoted Tristan Shook to senior consultant.
Julie Altman and Wayne Goodreau have joined the research team at Invoke Solutions, a Waltham, Mass., research company.
The GfK Group, a Nuremberg, Germany, research company, has appointed Matthias Hartmann as CEO of GfK SE.
Vancouver, B.C., research company Vision Critical has named Ray Poynter executive vice president and managing director for the company’s London office. Additionally, Vision Critical has hired Tyler Douglas as vice president, business development, software.
Paris research company Ipsos has made two appointments to its Asia-Pacific division. Grant Bertoli has been named regional director, Southeast Asia (SEA), and managing director, Singapore; and Melanie Ng has joined Ipsos Singapore as SEA regional director, technology.
Columbia, Md., research company Arbitron Inc. has promoted Sean Creamer to executive vice president and COO. Additionally, Arbitron has added Ronald G. Garriques to its board of directors.
Weekends Only Furniture Outlet, St. Louis, has promoted Kristin Elsner to marketing supervisor. Research will be among her responsibilities.
Cincinnati research company Ipsos Understanding UnLtd. has named Marilyn O’Brien chairwoman and CEO. Peter Weylie and Ali Perry have been promoted to co-president.
Cogent Research, Cambridge, Mass., has appointed Marie Rice to manage the customer marketing research team.
Martin Lambie-Nairn has been appointed creative director of London research company TNS.
Merlin Chiang has joined Polaris Marketing Research Inc., Atlanta, as data analyst.
Phoenix Marketing International, a Rhinebeck, N.Y., research company, has appointed Delphine Duchateau as group director. She will be based in Surrey, U.K.
Los Angeles research company MarketShare has hired Dirk Beyer as senior vice president, analytics and modeling.
New York research company Millward Brown has hired Susan Steele as global chief human resources officer.
Jag Duggal has been appointed vice president, product management, of San Francisco research company Quantcast.
Ipsos in South Africa, Randburg, South Africa, has appointed Elmari Campher as head of innovation and brand research.
Craig Foster has joined ABI Research, Oyster Bay, N.Y., as senior analyst, home automation systems.
Adam Salter has joined the innovation practice at Chapel Hill, N.C., research company The Futures Company.
San Francisco research company Added Value has hired Kate Jones as brand director to its U.K. division in London.
Omaha, Neb., research company Infogroup has hired Christian Ward as senior vice president, data strategy, analytics and capabilities; and Dana Hayman as vice president, marketing strategy and insights.
Synovate India, New Delhi, has hired Ruma Sengupta as director, insights; and Sachin Chaudhari as research director. Additionally, Avijit Ghosh has joined Synovate’s Motoresearch division in Mumbai as associate director.
Redwood City, Calif., data management company Ingres Corporation has named Steve Shine president and CEO.
David Algranati has been appointed senior vice president, product innovation and analytical solutions, of Portland, Ore., research company Rentrak Corporation. Separately, Rentrak has named Brent Rosenthal non-executive chairman of its board of directors.
Scott E. Howe has been named president and CEO of Little Rock, Ark., marketing services company Acxiom.
Ashok Das has been elected president of the Market Research Society of India, Mumbai.
Boston research company Compete has hired Scott Centurino as COO.
Bill Guerin has joined Dallas research company Toluna as head of sales, North America.
Kantar Video, a New York division of Fairfield, Conn., research company Kantar Group, has appointed Arthur McKinley as vice president, business development.
Oslo, Norway, research software company Confirmit has hired Claire Sporton as director, customer experience management.
Cincinnati research company dunnhumbyUSA has made the following promotions: Meredith Edwards to associate director, client leadership; Mindy Hazelwood to director, insights; Patty Taylor to director, client leadership; Stephanie Weingartner to associate director, communications and media; Natesh Shetty to associate director, U.S. products; and Jessica Tepas to senior associate, client leadership.