Raymond Pettit has joined the New York office of WirthlinWorldwide as senior analytic consultant.
The Marketing Research Institute International, Rocky Hill, Conn., has appointed career researcher Larry A. Constantineau to the position of president, succeeding Michael J. Naples . Constantineau will lead the Institute’s efforts to grow enrollments in its distance-learning course, Principles of Marketing Research.
Andy Farr has been named head of the global brand investment unit at Millward Brown, Warwick, England. Graham Page has been promoted to global research and development director at Millward Brown, Warwick. Shishir Varma has moved from managing director, Millward Brown China, to Tokyo where he will lead the Nippon Lever account, and from July 1st, become joint managing director of Millward Brown Japan. Replacing Varma as managing director of Millward Brown China is Michael Walkowiak, previously global head of Consumer Insights for Henkel’s cosmetics business. Maria Vallis, vice president, client service, has transferred from the Millward Brown Melbourne, Australia office to Los Angeles. Derrith Lambka has joined Millward Brown North America as senior vice president, Naperville, Ill. Nick Findlay will lead the new Midwest Region of Millward Brown as executive vice president, based in Naperville. The firm has also announced a number of promotions: Karen Paterson to senior vice president, in the Fairfield, Conn., office; Peter Teachman to senior vice president, general manager, Detroit; Debbie McMahon to senior vice president, group head, Naperville; Tony Incalcatera to executive vice president, Millward Brown IntelliQuest, Austin, Texas; Ann Green to senior vice president, marketing solutions, Fairfield, Conn.; Pushp Kamal to senior vice president, marketing science, Naperville.
Cincinnati-based MRSI (Marketing Research Services Inc.) has added five employees to its marketing research team: Terri Hansel has been named manager, automation and innovation; Aaron Gulley has been named project director; Jalea Stowers has been named associate project director; Kathy Cope has been named coder; and Ruth Hadassah Baca has been named staff assistant.
New York research firm FIND/SVP, Inc. has named Marc C. Litvinoff chief operating officer. Litvinoff will also become a member of the company’s operating management group. Rick Longenecker, who joined FIND/SVP as executive vice president of business development in October of 2003, has also assumed direct responsibility for marketing (filling the vacancy left by Andy Garvin, the founder and president of FIND/SVP who retired at the end of 2003), and has thus been named chief sales and marketing officer. In addition, Stephan Sigaud , executive vice president of client services, has resigned to pursue other opportunities.
Kelly Saia has been promoted to research director at The Collaborative Group LLC , Baltimore.
Automotive industry research firm CSM Worldwide has named Yale Zhang director of emerging market vehicle forecasts.
Seattle-based NetReflector, Inc. has named Brett Tucker director, solution design, and Gary Nicholas now heads the company’s client services group.
Clare Warren has joined ORC International as quality manager.
NOP World announced that Jim Follett, COO, will assume overall management responsibilities for its New York-based global operations. He takes over leadership of NOP World from Simon Chadwick, who has been CEO of the organization for the past four years. Chadwick, who will be moving on to start a Phoenix-based consulting company, will continue to act as a consultant to NOP World. Simon Pulman-Jones has joined NOP World as European director of the Observational & Ethnographic Center of Excellence.
Research International has appointed Simon Lidington as CEO of its U.K. company. He will also be joining the company’s group board.
Houston-based Promark Research Corporation has named Russell G. Parker executive vice president.
Calgary mystery shopping firm Service Intelligence has promoted Bill Rimmer to vice president of information technology and named Byron McCann its new president and CEO.
Debra Templeman has been named associate project director at Sigma Research Management Group , a Cincinnati research company.
CustomerSat, Inc., Mountain View, Calif., has added Norman Nie to its board of directors. Nie was co-founder and long-time CEO and is now chairman of SPSS.
Los Angeles-based Interviewing Service of America has named Peter Co le manager of customer satisfaction and IVR Services.
Flake-Wilkerson Market Insights LLC, Little Rock, Ark., has named Donna Kantak vice president - client partnerships. She will be based in the company’s new Atlanta office. In Little Rock, Farrell Wilson has been named corporate technology architect. Kenneth Finney has been promoted to site director of Flake-Wilkerson Market Insights Midwest as a result of a recent partnership with Qwest Communications. Finney will be responsible for overall operation of the Qwest Customer Transaction Study Center.
Ian M. Fureman has been promoted to vice president at Integrated Marketing Associates, LLC , a Bryn Mawr, Pa., marketing research and consulting firm.
WebSurveyor Corporation, Herndon, Va., has named Mark Pieczonka director of business development.
Maritz Research, St. Louis, has named Abhijit Sanyal director of marketing sciences. He is based in Lexington, Mass.
Alastair Bruce has been named general manager at Martin Hamblin GfK Inc., the U.S.-based office of Martin Hamblin GfK Global HealthCare.
Denny Post has been named chief concept officer at Miami-based Burger King Corp. Marketing research will be among her new responsibilities.
Cleveland ad agency Marcus Thomas has named Darlene LaRiche research associate.
Chicago-based Research International, USA, has named Maria Spinelli client service director.
New York-based Scarborough Research has elected several new members to its Radio Advisory Council. The Advisory Council, formed in 1995, brings together research, sales and marketing executives from radio stations and networks with senior leadership from Scarborough Research and its partner company, Arbitron, Inc. The new members, as elected by Scarborough’s radio clientele, are: Marin Brustuen, research director, Entercom Communications; Susan De Bonis, director of research, Clear Channel Communications; Jim Dolan, vice president/market manager, Clear Channel Communications; Robin George, general sales manager, Journal Broadcast Group; Todd Kalman, general sales manager, Clear Channel Communications; Jennifer Potunas, research director, Infinity Broadcasting; Scott Pritchett, director of sales, Clear Channel Communications; Jim Ryan, local sales manger, New Planet Radio; Dick Williams, vice president/general manger, Cox Radio; and Alicia Woodhouse, general sales manager, Disney/ABC .
David Napior has joined Mediamark Research Inc., New York, as senior vice president of research.