In Memoriam...

James T. Medick, CEO and founder of Precision Opinion, passed away April 6, 2022. 

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Mesh Experience’s Dana DiGregorio has been selected for the Marketing Academy’s U.S. 2022 scholarship program.

Amy Ferry has joined OpenTable as consumer insights senior manager.

ESOMAR has announced its representatives Jean-Marc Leger and Urpi Torrado will become ambassadors for its North America and Latin America Hub program. 

RED C Research & Marketing Ltd. has announced Conor Murphy as part of its senior management team in Ireland. 

Insights agency TRA has hired Stephen Churchman as head of design and Irena Bakker as head of people and capability.

Behaviorally (formerly PRS) has announced Christian Dössel as senior vice president at the firm's new Germany office.

Aterian Inc. has added Cynthia Williams to its board of directors.

Whitney Krause James has joined Ipsos as service line president.

U.K. media agency Mediacom has hired Dave Wallace as head of consumer apps.

Kantar Public has hired Christine Foster as global chief product officer for data science.

Insights and media company Pureprofile has hired Rachel Knowles as U.K. head of data and insights.

Customer and employee experience solutions consultancy McorpCX has hired Chirag Gandhi as chief technology officer. 

Market research company JTN has promoted Yoanna Yordanova to client success director. 

Verve has appointed Jason Buchanan to set up its new consumer interaction business Verve Collaborations. 

Behavioral science company BEESY has hired Pam Vanover as director, research operations.

Cultural intelligence company Collage Group has hired Pinkie Gunderia as chief financial officer.

Market research and strategic consulting firm Smarty Pants has hired Jennifer Ginelli as insights brainiac.

Trends and insights agency Stylus has appointed Victoria Rennie as CEO. 

Behaviorally (formerly PRS) has hired Cindy O’Flanagan as vice president of client development.

Market research company Torfac has hired Vishal Yadav as senior director of client development. 

U.K. marketing solutions and data analytics company Outra has hired Peter Jackson as chief data and product officer.

Jenny Lewis has joined digital wedding planning company The KnotWorldwide as CMO. She will lead all marketing, insights and editorial initiatives.

Comscore has tapped Michael Viane as head of global revenue for Comscore Movies.

UX insight solutions firm Tetra Insights has expanded its management team, adding Amy Mustoe as vice president of customer experience, Torin Taylor as vice president of engineering and Josh Wexler as chief product officer.

The U.S. Census Bureau has named Ditas Katague associate director of communications.

Digital marketing firm Integrated Digital Strategies has hired Carlos J. Rosado as director of SEO.

Optical retailer National Vision Holdings Inc. has named Joe VanDette CMO. Research and insights will be among VanDette’s responsibilities.

Consumer solutions firm Loyalty Ventures has hired Shawn Stewart as president of AIR MILES and Rick Neuman as chief technology officer. 

Innovation and market research consultancy Happy Thinking People has hired Veronica Freni as project manager and Kathrin Wilfong as project director at its Munich office and Marta Kuszyk-Goraya as project manager at its Berlin office. 

Search and performance marketing agency NP Digital has hired Michelle Scully as vice president, human resources. 

PureSpectrum has hired Ron Franscella as executive vice president.

Research agency TRA has hired Melanie Kozak and Bryce Kelliher as business directors and Joanne Reid as head of client service. 

Media agency Omnicom Media Group U.K. has hired Claire Douglas-Pennant as chief people officer.

Canadian Research Insights Council has hired John Tabone as chief executive officer.

Rival Group Inc. has appointed Kristin Luck to its board of directors.

Joanna Lepore has joined ESOMAR as its U.S. representative. 

Market intelligence company Growth from Knowledge has hired Lydia Irving as vice president, North America sales and commercial strategy development. 

Consumer product platform Aterian Inc. has appointed Anton von Reuden as chief operating officer.

Behaviorally (formerly PRS) has hired Damien Arrouas to lead the team at its new hub in Paris.

Customer experience company Material has hired Anil Arora as chief financial officer and Bill Kanarick as chief executive officer.

Daniel Hall, Richard Clarke and John Bankes have joined advisory firm Escalent as vice presidents to its automotive insights and advisory team.

Geraldine Proust has joined ESOMAR as its head of public affairs and professional standards. 

Wes Michael, president and founder of Rare Patient Voice, has been inducted into the DTC Hall of Fame.

Carla Essen, Courtney Kerwin, Donna Patton and Mike Berinato have joined analytics advisory firm Escalent as vice presidents of its life sciences advisory practice.

Richard Thornton has joined research operations company Ayda as its chairman and advisor. 

Insights agency Opinium has hired Chris Carey to head its new music, media and entertainment division.

PureSpectrum has hired Andy Clayton as executive vice president.

Data measurement and analytics company EDO Inc. has hired James Zaumeyer as senior vice president, head of revenue. 

Behaviorally (formerly PRS) has hired Christine Baskin as vice president and as leader of the OTC shopper consultancy. 

Insights Association has hired Aman Ayalew as its marketing director, Charlene Darko as its chapters, committees and councils director and Cindy Neumann as its research director. 

Data solutions and marketing research company Schlesinger Group has hired Chawntae Applegate as executive vice president, global client solutions.

Customer agency C Space has hired Risham Nadeem as a business director and Ella Mojave as practice director for innovation. It has also promoted Laurie Bae to vice president, managing director for technology and financial services; Shikha Warnick to vice president, managing director for retail, goods and services; and Rema Wilkens to global director, data and analytics.

Digital transformation business Kin+Carta has hired Andrew Clark as director of product. 

Insights platform Stravito has appointed Laura Lockley as VP, customer success and Will Gardiner as VP, marketing. 

Marketing technology and services platform RentPath has appointed Kathy Neumann as chief marketing officer. 

Customer Intelligence platform AdPredictive has named Ali Levitan as EVP, business development and growth. 

Consumer data firm Wavemaker Canada has hired Ryan Webber as CEO.

U.K. strategic insight consultancy Firefish Group has launched Firefish Healthcare led by Bob Cook.

Digital insight company Verve has appointed Gav Holt as its executive director.