Performance marketing company Fluent has appointed Carla Newell to the company’s board of directors.
Data and insights platform Dynata has tapped Andy Brown for the Dynata solutions advisory board.
Data collection company Veridata Insights has added Danny Agapito as CTO and Andrew Burkey as senior director of operations.
Market research agency DRG has appointed Paul Wealleans as managing director of the company's online research panel, Panelbase. Wealleans has also joined the board of DRG.
According to Forbes, Facebook has appointed Alex Schultz, former VP of growth and analytics, as its new CMO.
Intelligence platform Streetbees has appointed Rishi Raja as head of client strategy.
The Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA) has nominated Roben Allong, Michel Bequer, Jessica Broome and Shannon Danzy for the 2020 MRX Diversity Champion Award. This award honors "individuals of all gender identities in the market research field who actively embrace all aspects of diversity, making a positive difference in the lives and livelihoods of others."
Sampling company InnovateMR has hired four new team members. Jim Nikolis and Matt Freitag join the company as senior director, client development. David Manente becomes director of client development for the greater Denver area and Rocky Mountain region and Emily Craig takes on the role of manager, key accounts.
The Software Report has named Confirmit CEO Kyle Ferguson as one of the Top 25 Software CEOs of Europe for 2020.
Insights firm Maru/Matchbox has appointed Kasia Galka as SVP, Maru operations group. Galka will lead the delivery of projects in North America, Europe and Latin America.
Data collection and research services company Schlesinger Group has expanded its senior leadership and made a series of C-suite promotions. For the C-suite, Matt Campion has been promoted to chief revenue officer, Sue Maldonado becomes chief marketing officer and Jaime Klein has been promoted to chief talent and integration officer. Rob Ramirez becomes chief client officer and will oversee the clinical research division. Joining the company is Andrew Fine who becomes chief financial officer, as well as Isaac Rogers, who has been appointed as chief innovation officer following the acquisition of 20|20 Research. Laura Livers has joined Schlesinger Group as EVP, U.S. qualitative solutions following the company's acquisition of Focus Pointe Global. Since joining the leadership team after Market Cube's acquisition, Aditya Raj becomes EVP, global quantitative solutions, Ted Pulsifer becomes EVP, enterprise solutions and Dipak Singh becomes EVP, product technology.
According to MediaPost, Boston Globe Media has appointed Peggy Byrd to the role of chief marketing officer.
Sydney-based marketing researcher FiftyFive5 has expanded its Melbourne team with the additions of Sharon Blair and Roger Kong.
ENGINE Insights, the research and analytics division of ENGINE, has made several senior leadership promotions. Matthew Conrad has been promoted to SVP of client solutions, Dave Stewart becomes SVP and is a leader for the financial services and health care practices and David Feick has been promoted to SVP and leads the technology practice at ENGINE Insights.
Blue Matter, a strategic consulting firm for the life sciences industry, has appointed Craig Dunkley as chief marketing officer.
Technology and product distribution company Ensurem has hired Jamie Needham as chief marketing officer.
Behavior and analytics firm Escalent has appointed Paul Hartley as the company’s executive vice president of sales and Dyna Boen as managing director of the consumer, tech and telecom divisions.
Veterinary management group Pathway Vet Alliance has hired Amy Halford as chief marketing officer.
Insight localization agency EMPOWER Translate Ltd. has appointed Dan Peachey as managing director.
Data and insights company Kantar has appointed Alexis Nasard as chief executive officer, effective December 30, 2020.
Custom insights firm Russell Research has hired Joel Primer as senior account executive.
Hypothesis, an insights, design and strategy agency, has added Mary Ann Packo as senior partner.
Customer experience management company Merkle has made two promotions on its leadership team. Michael Komasinski moves into the dual role of president, Merkle Americas, and leader of the Dentsu CXM LoB in the Americas. Margaret Wagner becomes president, Merkle EMEA, and leader of the Dentsu CXM LoB in EMEA. These appointments will take effect January 1, 2021.
Toronto-based research agency Research Strategy Group has hired Michael J. Dorr as senior vice president. Dorr will head the company’s U.K. office in London.
Communications firm Edelman has launched its intelligence unit, Edelman Data and Intelligence (DxI), and has appointed Yannis Kotziagkiaouridis to lead the new unit.
The Insights People, a provider of kids, parents and family market intelligence, has appointed nine new team members. Matt Smith joins the team as insights manager while Daniel McDonald joins as senior research executive. Ekaterina (Katia) Kravchenko and Hui Huang become research executive and Rachael Rogerson joins as content and PR manager. Mimi Rostron has been appointed as head of culture and engagement. Joining the company on a one-year placement are Harry Brown, operations assistant, and Jake Ockerby, data scientist. Finally, Muhammad Umar Farrukh has joined the company as data scientist.
Dentsu International has appointed Keith Lippiatt as global chief operating officer for its customer experience management line of business.
Retail technology startup Virtual Store Trials has added Dan Foreman as a non-executive director.
Insights process management company OpinionRoute has promoted Danielle Chinitz to senior vice president of operations.
Market research consultancy Alter Agents has added Lauren DeWitt Thompson to its team as research director. Additionally, Ryan Palmer, Adrienne Scotti and Roxanne Benoun have joined as research manager and Taryn Akiyoshi has joined as senior research analyst.
Mary Kay has appointed Wendy Wang as chief commercial officer for the Asia Pacific region.
Women in Research has partnered with the Insights Association and Echo Market Research to award the MRX Diversity Champion award during the Corporate Researchers Conference. This year’s gold winner is Damon Jones, VP telephone operations at Burke, and the silver award went to Rebecca Vega, customer business manager for Ulta at Unilever.
Danielle Pickett, research analyst at BET Networks, and Leslie Willis, market research lead at Panasonic, were named as the winners of this year’s Betsy Jane Peterson Award at the Corporate Researchers Conference. Each will have covered in full the enrollment fee for The Principles of Market Research course presented by MRII and the University of Georgia.
Netherlands-headquartered MetrixLab has reorganized its North American leadership and global teams. Aaron Peck becomes president and managing director for North America, while Jasen Holness becomes executive vice president for commercial and key account strategy, North America. For the global teams, Kevin Moran has been appointed as EVP, global alcohol and beverages segment and Michelle de Montigny has been promoted to EVP, global accounts.
The Market Research Society has launched a diversity, inclusion and equality council, which will be chaired by MRS main board member Babita Earle.
The NPD Group, a marketing research company based in Port Washington, N.Y., has named Susan Merrill as president of its U.S. apparel practice. Merrill succeeds John Deputato, who is retiring.
Marketing research firm Lieberman Inc. has added Michelle Kirszner to its qualitative practice as vice president.
Advertising and analytics platform Innovid has appointed Dale Older as chief product officer.