Myra Faulkenberry Summers, founder and president of Focus Forward, a Winston-Salem, N.C., research company, died on July 11 at age 57.
Research veteran and former president of the Qualitative Research Consultants Association Bill Weylock died on August 15 at age 67.
Mitch Tanney has joined the Chicago Bears as director of analytics.
Gayle Malone has joined New York research consultancy the magnetic collective as partner.
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., Lakeville, Mass., has named Thano Chaltas global CMO. Research will be among his responsibilities.
Jasper, Ind., manufacturing company Kimball International Inc. has promoted Lonnie P. Nicholson to vice president, business analytics.
New York research company Ipsos Strategy Partner Group has appointed Stephane Goldsand and Jasper Snyder as vice president, global strategy partner.
Iselin, N.J., research company Schlesinger Associates has appointed Eric Nalpas as managing director, Schlesinger Associates Europe, and James Sallows as managing director, Schlesinger Interactive Europe. Nalpas and Sallows will be based in London and Paris, respectively.
MMR Research Worldwide, Oxfordshire, U.K., has hired Mario da Cruz as head of MMR USA, based in New York, and Andrew Kuiler as managing director, MMR China, based in Shanghai. Also in Shanghai, Alexandra Zhen has been named senior research executive and Anna Jin research manager. In the U.K., Tom Coombes has been named associate director in the London office. Caroline Withers, Nikki Mooney and Herbert Chan have joined the Oxfordshire office as trainee research executive.
Ipsos UU, the qualitative research arm of Ipsos Marketing, New York, has hired Jeff Borcherding and Melanie Dowe as senior vice president.
Honeoye Falls, N.Y., research company KJT Group Inc. has hired Nicola Guerra as director of its European practice in its Amsterdam, Netherlands, office. Additionally, KJT has hired Arun Changolkar as director, health outcomes research.
Luis Balandran has joined Illuminas Austin, an Austin, Texas, research company, as research manager.
Surrey, U.K., research company EasyInsites has hired Carl Ulander as sales and marketing executive; Michelle MacDonagh as research operations executive; and Glenn Radford as panel and research operations executive. Chris Twin has been promoted to manager, panel and Web development.
London research company TNS has appointed Nitin Nishandar as regional managing director, brand and communication, Asia-Pacific. He will be based in Singapore. Separately, TNS has named Michael B. Griffiths qualitative research director and global expert in ethnography and culture. Griffiths will be based in Shanghai.
Datalogix, a Westminster, Colo., research company, has hired Stephen Dooley as vice president, client partnerships. Dooley will be based in Detroit.
Paul O’Meara has rejoined New York research company Ipsos Healthcare as head of autoimmune therapy monitors.
MARS Advertising, Southfield, Mich., has hired Eric Dermont as senior vice president, analytics.
Beth Rounds has been named COO of Atlanta research company CMI.
L&E Research, Raleigh, N.C., has hired Lynne Kilgore and Suzanne Barry as project manager in its Charlotte, N.C., office.
Joe Derochowski has joined Montvale, N.J., research company The Connell Group as vice president, client development.
Melissa Cohen has been named vice president, information and analytics, at Food Perspectives Inc., a Plymouth, Minn., research company.
GfK Canada, a Mississauga, Ont., research company, has named Dee McGrath senior vice president of its consumer team.
Prosper Insights and Analytics, a Worthington, Ohio, research company, has named Roger Saunders global managing director.
U.K.-based Insight Research Group has promoted Ruth Woodrow to director.
Florian Kahlert has been promoted to managing director of GfK MRI, a New York research company.
Burke, Inc., a Cincinnati research company, has promoted Kunal Gupta to senior vice president, decision sciences. Xavier Quenaudon has also joined the company as vice president, senior account executive, client services.
Brett Schnittlich has been named CTO and executive vice president at New Orleans research company Federated Sample.
The Marketing Research Association, Washington, D.C., has elected Christopher Edge of Study Hall Research, Tampa, Fla., to serve as director at large for its Florida chapter.
Blueocean Market Intelligence, Phoenix, has named Anees Merchant senior vice president, digital analytics.
Robert Levin has been named president of Screen Engine LLC, a Los Angeles research company.
MarketVision Research, Blue Ash, Ohio, has hired John Robinson as vice president, payer research, health care insights; Ryan McCarty and Rosalie Gill as research director; and Nicole Catalano as research associate. The company has also promoted Brad Weiss to vice president.
Indianapolis customer intelligence firm Walker Information has hired Dave Thomas as vice president, business analytics.
New York researcher The Nielsen Company has appointed Kate W. Vanek as senior vice president, investor relations.
Ipsos ASI, a Norwalk, Conn., research company, has promoted Gordon Bingham to president of Ipsos ASI in Canada. Bingham will be based in Toronto.
Marc Bovenzi has joined Research and Marketing Strategies, Baldwinsville, N.Y., as business development associate.
The Marketing Workshop, a Norcross, Ga., research company, has hired Randy Kosloski as senior account manager and promoted Howard “Bud” Sanders to vice president, marketing sciences.
Chicago research company IRI has named Richard H. Lenny chairman of its board of directors. Additionally, Richard Hurst has been appointed practice leader of IRI’s beer, wine, spirits and tobacco vertical.
Los Angeles research company Chatter Inc. has hired Lisa Bertelsen as partner. Bertelsen will be based in New York.
London research company Hall & Partners has named four partners across its global offices: Dale Wilson in Los Angeles; Karim Ahmed in New York; and Martin Dewhurst and Lucy Burnham in London.
SIS International Research, New York, has appointed Michael Stanat managing director of its Los Angeles office and the West Coast.
Tom Anderson of Anderson Analytics has joined the American Marketing Association’s Insights Council.
Erin Noonan has joined New York researcher Gundell & Company as vice president, brand strategist.
Study Hall Research, Tampa, Fla., has hired Joshua Tahan as associate research consultant.
Research company Ipsos Hong Kong has hired Bertrand Ternat as associate director, luxury.
20|20 Research, Nashville, Tenn., has promoted Natalie Ogando to director of the company’s Miami focus group facility.
Katie Gross has joined Wilton, Conn., research company Toluna as regional vice president, strategic markets.
Nashville, Tenn., advertising agency iostudio has hired Scott Turner as director, research and planning, in its Washington, D.C., office.
Cincinnati research company StrataMark Dynamic Solutions has hired Michael Cook as senior vice president, consulting and insights.
New York research company Benenson Strategy Group has promoted Mitch Markel to principal in New York and Amy Levin to principal in Los Angeles.
Dallas Durant has been named director, digital innovation, at IntelliQ Research and Strategy, State College, Pa.
M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, has hired Sheila King as research director and Rob Arnett as executive vice president. Arnett is based in Greensboro, N.C.
Los Angeles research company ISA has appointed Jeff Spitzer as vice president, client services. Spitzer will be based in Portland, Ore.
Promise Communispace, a London research company, has hired Josephine Shaw to its management team.
Alison O’Keefe Wright has joined New York research company Open Mind Strategy as senior vice president and managing director, research and strategy.
Jon Cohen has been named vice president, research, at the Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. Additionally, Pew has promoted Paul Taylor to executive vice president, special projects; Amy Mitchell to director, journalism research; and Mark Lopez to director, Hispanic research.
TiVo Research and Analytics Inc., New York, has hired Sheryl Harkins as senior vice president, CPG sales.
U.K. research company Marketing Sciences has appointed Gerald Curtis as associate director, qualitative research.
Resonate, a Reston, Va., research company, has hired Scott Blacker as vice president, product management, and Tom Kiblin as vice president, technical operations.
Kelli Johnson has been appointed head of Chicago operations for The Sound Research, New York.
John H. Thompson has been appointed director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Montreal research software company Datacratic has hired Alex Becker as head of product management; Mark Weiss as head of client solutions and sales engineering; and Philippe Gauvin as head of account management and customer experience. Becker and Weiss will be based in New York.
New York research company GfK Consumer Experiences North America has named Justin Edge managing director, health, and Tom Neri executive vice president, financial services.
Richard Popper has been promoted to CEO of Peryam & Kroll Research, Chicago.
Infonetics Research, Campbell, Calif., has hired Clifford Grossner as directing analyst for data center and cloud.
Patrick Cassady has joined Cincinnati research company Ascribe as senior vice president, worldwide sales.
Reston, Va., research company comScore Inc. has appointed Serge Matta as president.