Fitchburg, Mass.-based Research Results Inc. has appointed Ellen Pieper as chief client officer.
Altiant, a sample provider for wealth and luxury research, announced that its vice president Meryam Schneider has been named one of the luxury industry’s top "25 Women to Watch in 2020" by Luxury Daily.
Protobrand, a behavioral science research consultancy, has expanded its team across offices. Dave Hayes, client services manager, and Yi Geng, research analyst, have joined the Boston office, while Pouya Tehranian and Vikram Chopra, client services managers, have joined the New York and Toronto offices, respectively.
Decision intelligence company Gongos Inc. has appointed Amy Perifanos to vice president, strategy and implementation.
Qualitative research company 20|20 Research has promoted Bonnie Crane to vice president, human resources.
The Logit Group, a data collection and research firm, has added Ginger Blazier as vice president, sales and business development.
Research Results Inc. has promoted Stephen Oldfield to chief operations officer.
Confirmit has appointed Howard Lax to principal director, CX consulting.
Healthcare Research Worldwide (HRW) has added two to its behavioral science team, HRW Shift. Rhiannon Phillips joins HRW as behavioral scientist and Emma Neville joins as behavioral analyst.
MarketCast Group has tapped Graham McKenna as chief marketing officer.
According to Deadline, Sony Pictures has promoted Kate Donnelly and Chris Liberge to senior vice president of global strategic marketing and research.
Market research and consulting firm Smarty Pants has added Rickie Eatherly as insights prodigy. Eatherly is based in Asheville, N.C.
Comscore’s board of directors has appointed Bill Livek as chief executive officer and executive vice chairman.
The QRCA has announced the winners of its 2020 Young Professionals Grant program. The 2020 recipients are: Darya Akulshyna, co-founder and research lead, Vayoola Inc.; Zoë Billington, associate director, research and strategy, Kelton Global; Ilana R. Borzak, strategist and project director, Reality Check; Anna Budny, user experience architect, Mobiquity; Arundati Dandapani, founder and CEO, Generation1.ca; Shira Glickman, independent market research consultant and chief brainiac, Encompass Market Research; LaiYee Ho, co-founder and researcher, Delve; Brittney Hopgood, product designer, UX, CDW; Joseph Kelner, research and innovation director, Freelance; Jenna McFarland, manager, Barry Callebaut; Kristin Minzenmayer, associate director, Egg Strategy; Shadae Pickett, research advisor, dscout; Melissa Reinbold, research manager, Psyma International; Andre Eduardo Sanabia, senior analyst, federal marketing practice, PSB; Allyson Sovinsky, qualitative research associate, MarketVision Research.
Women in in Research (WIRe) announced the winners of the WIRe MRX Diversity Champion award at The Market Research Event in Las Vegas. Sophia Papadopoulos, business analyst at Kantar, was named the first-place gold winner. From dscout, Lindsey Brinkworth and Jess Mons, research analyst and director of business intelligence, respectively, were the silver award winners.
London-based Ardent Fieldwork has added Giuseppe Fiumara as health care fieldwork manager.
Shopper and product experience consultancy PRS IN VIVO has added Lauren Davitt as its luxury practice’s U.S. vice president. Davitt is based in the company’s New York office.
BMG Research has appointed Simon Wood as head of the company’s London office.
Hexham, U.K.-based panel and research services provider Panelbase has appointed Johnny Caldwell as innovation consultant.
SampleCon, a data and sampling community, has added Mario Carrasco, co-founder and principal at ThinkNow, to its board of directors.
Research firm Magid has promoted Jaime Spencer to executive vice president, head of local media.
Market researcher BEESY Strategy has expanded its research team with the hiring of Madison King as research analyst and Derek Elliot as behavioral science analyst.
Researcher Firefish has appointed Adrien Weiner as director. Weiner will be based in London.
Insights firm Russell Research has named Marc Goulet as partner.
Marketing Research and Insight Excellence Award Winners Announced
Quirk's Media has announced the winners for the 2019 Marketing Research and Insight Excellence Awards. Winners were selected by a panel of independent judges, including end-client researchers and supplier partners. The awards were given out at a red-carpet, black-tie gala on November 18 in New York City.
- Researcher of the Year end-client – Tony Foleno, Ad Council
- Researcher of the Year supplier – Laura Radosh Butt, LBR Insight
- Marketing Research Supplier, 2018 revenue at or above $10 million – LRWGreenberg
- Marketing Research Supplier, 2018 revenue below $10 million – Kadence International
- Client-Side Team (department of 10 or more researchers) – Herbalife Nutrition
- Client-Side Team (department with less than 10 researchers) – Disney Channels Worldwide
- Global Marketing Research Project – Microsoft and EyeSee
- Nonprofit/Social Enterprise Research Project – Magenta
- Groundbreaking Research Project – Dstillery
- B2B Research Project – Cox Automotive
- Best New Product/Service – Hall & Partners
- Marketing Research Impact – Cox Automotive
- Outstanding Young Researcher end-client – Elizabeth Saulsbury, Cox Automotive
- Outstanding Young Researcher supplier – Carolina Starkhammar, Kadence International
- Philanthropic Company of the Year – 20|20 Research; Sklar Wilton & Associates
- MREF Everyday Hero – Claire Kuhn, InSites Consulting
- MRC Hall of Fame – Alice Sylvester, Sequent Partners; Gian Fulgoni, comScore
- MRC Award for Academic Excellence – Steven Licari, Michigan State University
Customer experience and intelligence company eCGlobal has expanded its presence in Latin America, opening offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Bogotá, Colombia, and has hired former DIRECTV exec Gustavo Majerowicz to lead its regional business development and customer services team.
Verbatim analysis software company Ascribe has opened an office in Hamburg, Germany, and has appointed Gustav Jaeckel to lead the new office as European director of services.
Data firm Veriglif has added Ross Farrelly to its advisory board.
According to AdAge, former Publicis Groupe CEO Maurice Levy will join WeWork as its interim chief marketing and communications officer.
GQR, an opinion research company headquartered in Washington, D.C., announced that managing partner Anna Greenberg has joined the board of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
Marketing research platform Glow has appointed Daniel Calo as head of partnerships and Oscar Mora as head of growth.
Marketing services company SPAR Group has appointed Robert Job as vice president of business development.
Marketing research company AYTM announced that Michael Schwarz, chief economist and corporate vice president of Microsoft, has joined its board of directors.
Data collection firm C&C Market Research has hired Christy Crossan as client service director. Additionally, the company announced the opening of its Yorktown Center facility in Lombard, Ill.
Management consultancy ScaleHouse has added Michael Pazzani as consulting partner.
According to Forbes, Unilever has appointed Conny Braams as chief marketing and digital officer.
European data collection company Norstat has hired Robert Agnew as MD for Norstat U.K.
B2B software provider Engagio has added Megan Heuer as VP of marketing.
The Insights Association (IA) has named Melanie Courtright as CEO. She joins IA from Dynata, where she served as executive vice president, research science and data strategy. Courtright, who will take the helm of IA on January 1, 2020, succeeds David Almy, who served as CEO of the Marketing Research Association since 2010 and oversaw its merger with CASRO in 2017 to form the Insights Association.
MarketVision announced the hiring of three new team members as well as the promotion of two: Brennan Held as research associate on the qualitative research team; Morgan Murray as research associate on the graphic design team; and Andrew Tamplin as research manager on the field services team. Additionally, Anthony Campagna and Karen Shull have been promoted to research associate and senior research associate, respectively.
According to the Industry Observer, TicketSwap has added Chris Carey as head of international marketing.
Nielsen has appointed Sandra Sims-Williams as senior vice president of diversity and inclusion.
Researcher MetrixLab has opened a new office in Delhi, India, and has added Rahul Rastogi as client director. Ravi Radhakrishnan, managing director, India, will continue to lead the team from Mumbai.
Customer experience management company Bond Brand Loyalty has appointed Francis Silva as vice president of data and analytics.
Insights and consulting company Kantar has named Pete Rumpel as CEO, media division, North America.
Sampling community SampleCon has added Dynata EVP of Business Operations Bob Fawson to its board of directors.
MMR Research Associates has added three new members to its team: Michele Johnson joins as vice president, client relationships; Susan Harrill joins the graphics team; and Abby Dudman joins as project manager/analyst, client services.
Marketing implementation agency Hogarth Worldwide has appointed Mauro Baz as chief marketing officer for the Americas.
The NPD Group has appointed Darren Person as global chief information officer.
TapClicks, a marketing cloud for intelligence, analytics and workflow management, has named Michael Rosner as senior vice president of global sales.
Market researcher OpinionRoute has appointed Andrew Moffatt as partner and chief strategy officer.
Technology provider Cint has appointed former P2Sample CRO JD Deitch as chief operations officer. Cint’s preceding COO, Richard Thornton, has taken over the role of chief commercial officer.
Coca-Cola Co. has appointed Manolo Arroyo as CMO beginning in 2020.
Nielsen has added Nancy Tellem to its board of directors. Tellem is currently chief media officer and executive chairwoman of Eko, an interactive streaming service.
Effectv, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, has appointed James Rooke as general manager.
Nielsen has appointed Lauri Lovett as chief human resources officer. Lovett will run the human resources function for the Nielsen Global Media business. Additionally, Christopher Taft will become controller and chief accounting officer.
Mobile measurement company Adjust has opened an office in Mexico City and has appointed Abril Bautista as sales director, LATAM.
DVJ Insights has assigned Michèle van Waterschoot to its international consultancy teams in the Netherlands and the U.K. The company has also added Stefanie Kamp as research manager at its Utrecht, Netherlands, office.
Nielsen announced that Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer David J. Anderson has resigned and the search for a successor has begun.
Creative and technology agency Schafer Condon Carter has added Richard McDonald as chief executive officer.
Sales and marketing copywriting firm Campaign Writer has named Marty Stewart as chief marketing and strategy officer.
ChinaNet Online Holdings, an online advertising, marketing and data analysis company, has appointed Yingguo Guo as chief technology officer.
Glowing, a U.S.-based software provider of guest engagement solutions for hospitality brands, has appointed Tat Meng Chee as director of business development for the Asia-Pacific region.
Market researcher Opinions LTD has added Tracey Seitz as operations manager.
Former WPP CEO Martin Sorrell will be a featured speaker at the Insights Association’s CEO Summit in Miami on January 20-22.
Insight firm Maru/Matchbox has appointed Andrew Hawn as managing director, technology. Hawn will be based in Los Angeles.
Analytic Partners has appointed Kathy Bachmann as general manager of the Americas. Bachmann will be based in New York.
Avenu Insights & Analytics, a provider of state and local government solutions, has appointed Lara M. Oerter as chief operating officer. Oerter will be based in the company's Centreville, Va., headquarters.
According to The Drum, Mars Food has appointed former PepsiCo exec Rafael Narvaez as global chief marketing, research and development officer to boost “dinnertime” brands.
Marketing tech company Selligent has added Matthew Saskin as vice president of customer experience.
Contact center platform Sharpen Technologies has named Ric Kosiba as chief data scientist.
Digital experience agency Bounteous has hired Marc Blanchard as chief experience officer.
Digital marketing company Bazaarvoice has appointed Keith Nealon as chief executive officer.
Media measurement and analytics company Comscore has appointed Amir Yazdani as strategic adviser to the CEO.
Insights and consulting company Kantar has added two to its leadership team. Dom Boyd joins as managing director, offer, for the U.K. insights division. Additionally, Chris Morley is appointed managing director, U.K., Ireland and U.S. for the Worldpanel division. Morley succeeds Tim Kidd, who is retiring after more than a decade in the role and 27 years at Kantar.
According to Forbes, former Taco Bell Global Chief Brand Officer Marisa Thalberg has joined home-improvement company Lowe’s Companies as executive VP, chief brand and marketing officer.
Customer experience firm IntelliShop has launched its brand standards and compliance division and has appointed Mike Mershimer as president to head the new division.
Software company Elastic NV has appointed Sally Jenkins as chief marketing officer.
Upwork has added Tim Sanders as vice president of customer insights.
Snacking company pladis has appointed former PepsiCo exec Geoff Painter as chief insights officer.
The Marketing Research Education Foundation announced that Delvinia CEO Adam Froman has joined its board of directors.
According to CNBC, Oracle has hired former Amazon Web Services exec Ariel Kelman as chief marketing officer.
Nielsen has added two to its leadership team: David Rawlinson will become the chief executive officer of Nielsen's Global Connect business and Linda Zukauckas will join the company as chief financial officer.
Marketing research company Irwin Broh & Associates Inc. has named Michael Mitrano and Jackie Rousseau-Anderson to its board of directors. Mitrano and Rousseau-Anderson replace company founder Irwin Broh and his wife Sybil Broh, vice president, who are retiring from the company’s board.
Livonia, Mich.-based Escalent has added Nancy Arter as a senior vice president in the technology and telecommunications divisions and Keir Lococo as a vice president in the health division.
Sydney, Australia-based Potentiate has appointed Leonard Murphy as strategic corporate development advisor. Additionally, the company announced a partnership with analytics company Differential Asia to expand Potentiate’s HX Connect platform to Southeast Asia.
Data marketplace Measure Protocol has hired Guy Wates as director of operations and programmatic.
PRS IN VIVO has added Matt Michaud as senior vice president, head of behavioral qualitative.
Language services provider Language Insight has appointed Federica Meacci as strategic director. Meacci will be based in London.
Insights agency Beesy has added Alex Levine as research manager.
Marketing consultant KJT Group has added Mark Antonacci as executive vice president, commercial operations.
Service Management Group has expanded its senior leadership with the appointments of Shad Foos to CXO, Stephanie Ayers to CMO, Marty Williams to CIO and Brett Brende to vice president of customer engagement in health care.
Delvinia’s market research platform Methodify announced two appointments to its U.S. team. Kwami Lewis was named managing director, U.S. division and Brett Cohen was named director of sales, U.S. division.
Research & Marketing Strategies Inc. has added Krista Russo as client coordinator.
Marketing researcher DVJ Insights has opened an office in Hamburg, Germany, and has appointed Erk Maassen and Stephan Knäble as managing partners to lead the new location.
Language service provider One Global Solutions has appointed Paul Williams as business development director.
Printing company Stibo Systems has named Jens Olivarius as chief marketing officer.
Kruger Products has selected former PepsiCo exec Susan Irving to become its new CMO, succeeding Nancy Marcus, who retires in March 2020.
CSM Sport & Entertainment has added former Group Nine Media President Christa Carone as president of CSM North America.
KJT Group has named Michaela Gascon as president and COO.
BBC has added former Microsoft exec Paul Davies as director of marketing and audiences for content, radio and education.
Comscore has promoted Carol Hinnant to chief revenue officer.
Communications software company Avaya Holdings Corp. has appointed Simon Harrison as senior vice president and chief marketing officer.
Research consulting firm Heart+Mind Strategies has appointed Mike Dabadie as CEO.
Insights firm Vividata announced changes and new additions to its board of directors. Peter Kvarnstrom, president of community media at Glacier Media Group, will be the new board chair. Three new board members have also joined: Kevin Kivi, executive vice president and general manager of Horizon Media; Tammy Gardner, manager of planning at The Home Depot Canada; and Andrew Rusk, head of marketing communications at canopy growth corporation.
According to Deadline, WarnerMedia has tapped former Snapchat exec Cheryl Idell as EVP, chief research officer, entertainment and direct-to-consumer.
Information services company Neustar has appointed Kimberly-Clark Chief Growth Officer Alison Lewis as an independent, non-executive director to the company’s board of directors.
Insights firm Canvs AI has added Michel Tuan Pham, Kravis Professor of Business in Marketing at Columbia Business School, to the company’s board of advisors.
Market researcher Nepa has appointed P-O Westerlund as CEO.
Information tech company Symphony RetailAI has appointed Chris Koziol as CEO and as a member of the company’s board of directors.
Media measurement company Comscore announced that its Chief Privacy Officer Veronica Torres has been appointed to the International Association of Privacy Professionals' Women Leading Privacy advisory board.
The board of the Market Research Institute International has elected Michael Mermelstein, executive vice president of Nichols Research, as board president for 2020. Mermelstein succeeds Dan Coates, president and co-founder of Ypulse Inc., who will serve one year as immediate past president.
Market researcher OpinionRoute has appointed Rich Ratcliff as chief information officer.
Data-driven B2B marketing company Selling Simplified Group has appointed Bhavesh Thakor as vice president strategic partnerships, India.
Analytic Partners has named Konstantinos Spetsaris as senior vice president. Spetsaris will be based in the New York office.
Emotion AI company Realeyes has appointed Joe Zahtila as chief revenue officer.
Audience technology platform Eyeota has named Marc Fanelli as senior vice president of strategic partnerships and development.
Market researcher OpinionRoute has appointed Rich Ratcliff as chief information officer.
Hawthorn, Australia-based DBM has appointed Kipling Zubevich as CEO.
Analytics firm M Science has added Bill McCrossan as head of private equity sales.
Data-driven marketing company Schafer Condon Carter has named Joshua Baze as chief digital officer.
SIS International Research has added Elvis Xhebexhia as manager of operations, SIS Europe. Xhebexhia will be based in Hamburg, Germany.
Researcher BMG announced two new hires: Lee Cartwright joins as employee experience director and Neil Samson joins as qualitative research director.
The Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA) announced the recipients of the 2020 QRCA Awards: Kay Corry Aubrey and Rob Volpe, Impact Award; Pam Goldfarb Liss, Maryanne Pflug Award; Susan Abbott, President’s Award; Leah Lowe and Jillian Domin, Qualitative Excellence “Qually” Award; Kayte Hamilton, Rising Star Award. The awards were presented at the 2020 QRCA Annual Conference in Austin, Texas.
Australian research company Colmar Brunton will be fully integrated into Kantar. Joan Young, Colmar Brunton CEO, will become global head of syndicated products for Kantar’s public division. Additionally, Rob McLachlan will take on a one-year assignment as chairman to help the integration process.
Insights firm Directions has added Jason Ebbing as senior vice president, executional excellence.
Forbes has appointed Lynn Schlesinger as chief marketing officer.
The Stagwell Group, a digital marketing company based in Washington, D.C., has named Ray Day as vice chair of its marketing and communications agencies.