Donald E. Bruzzone, founder of Bruzzone Research, Alameda, Calif., died March 31 of heart failure.
Richard B. Wirthlin, a political consultant and pollster known for his work with former President Ronald Reagan, died on March 16 at age 80.
Chicago research company Synovate has made several appointments to its operation in Greater China. Jenny Chang has been promoted to managing director, technology and telecommunications. Chang will be based in Beijing. Steve Garton has been promoted to managing director, media. Synovate has also hired Roland Leung as managing director, emerging industries. Garton and Leung will be based in Hong Kong.
Christopher Schneider has joined Roger Green and Associates Inc., a New Hope, Pa., research company, as executive vice president, client strategies.
Atlanta research company CMI has hired Cary Matthews as vice president, operations; Yvonne Goldberg as senior project manager; and Amanda Schiener, Michael McEnerney and Anna Reese as associate project manager.
Research Now, Plano, Texas, has promoted Jason Sheppard to senior vice president, global sales operations; Jami Pulley to vice president, client development, U.S. Southeast and Latin America; Chris Wallace to vice president, client development; and Ashley Harlan to vice president, corporate communications. Research Now has also named Martin Filz managing director, U.K., and senior vice president, new proposition development; James Burge managing director, Asia-Pacific; and Corinne Villalba director, client development, based in the company’s Paris office.
Separately, Research Now has expanded its team in Hamburg, Germany, to include Polina Inselmann, Sarah Osswald, Sabrina Zimmermann and Vesselina Nikolova, client development executive; and Stefan Mahlstedt, project executive.
David Deutsch has joined New York research company WorldOne as senior vice president, U.S. qualitative services.
Jupiter, Fla., research company Quick Test/Heakin has promoted Ronald Jolley and Carlos Carmona to manager.
Centris, a Fort Washington, Pa., research company, has named John C. High senior vice president, marketing and sales; and L’tanya D. Pittman research associate. Additionally, Centris has added Mary Eileen Besachio and Ann Woodruff to its professional marketing science staff.
Robert Raymond has been named vice president, consulting, GfK automotive, at GfK Custom Research North America, New York.
New York researcher The Nielsen Company has appointed Liz Zale as senior vice president, investor relations. The company has also promoted Mary Liz Finn to chief human resources officer.
M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, has hired Leo Schwertley as account director, central division; and Jill Rogers as research director. Rogers will be based in Greensboro, N.C.
Insight Research Group, New York, has hired Steve Becker and James Streit as director. The company has also promoted Sarah Chumsky to director, Insight Kids; David Dyte and Supriya Sanyal to director, quantitative analytics; and Sarah McLoughlin to associate director.
Phoenix Marketing International, a Rhinebeck, N.Y., research company, has moved Dean Kratsios to its international division. Additionally, Andrew Scott has been named managing director, Europe, Phoenix Healthcare.
Los Angles research company MarketShare has hired Jeanette Carlsson as executive vice president and managing director, Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and Shigeyuki Tomomatsu as executive vice president and managing director, Japan.
Daniel R. Slawe has been named COO and general counsel of Evolution Marketing Research, Blue Bell, Pa. The company has also promoted Jennifer Steinberg to director, field services.
New York research company StrategyOne has named Robert Moran president and named Rocky Prozeller director, online community research. Prozeller will be based in Chicago.
Verve, a London research company, has appointed Andrew Reid as managing director and Steevan Glover as director, commercial development.
Survey Sampling International (SSI), a Shelton, Conn., research company, has appointed Chris DeAngelis to head SSI Health.
Skopos Market Insight, a London research company, has hired Kevin Macdonald as director, digital, media, leisure.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has hired Brad Weiss as research director.
Atlanta research company The Marketing Workshop Inc. has named Scott Layne president.
New South Wales, Australia, research firm OzTAM has appointed Michael Anderson as independent chairman.
London research translation company Language Connect has appointed Rudy Chang as manager, sales and marketing, in its Melbourne, Australia, office.
Stockholm, Sweden, research company Cint has appointed David Wieseltier as head of Nordics; Nelli Jensen as country manager, Denmark; Charlotte Bergstrøm as a senior account manager, Denmark; Richard Ström as account manager, health care; and Viktor Bergh as strategic account manager.
Emily Hunt and Tom Wormald have joined ICM Research, London, as research director. Hunt will sit on ICM’s management board. ICM has also promoted Amanda Clack, Chris Menzies, Duncan Fergusson, Michelle Hesse and Nick Eul-Barker to its management board.
Alan F. Nugent has been named CEO of Waltham, Mass., research company Mzinga.
Westport, Conn., research company Firefly Millward Brown has appointed Meridith Bourgery to global qualitative account director. Bourgery will serve as a member of the Firefly Global Qualitative board. Firefly has also named Audrey Anand senior strategy and creative director, Firefly London.
Patricia Gottesman has been named president and CEO of Cambridge, Mass., research company Crimson Hexagon.
Richard Surratt has been promoted to CFO and executive vice president, finance, at Arbitron Inc., Columbia, Md.
Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C., has hired James Bell as director, international survey research; and Matt Farrey as director, development.
Reston, Va., research company Clarabridge Inc. has hired Darren Jaffrey as general manager, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Gigi Wang has joined Boston research company Yankee Group as chief research officer.
Echo Research, Godalming, U.K., has hired Björn Edlund as senior advisor and Kelly Sirimoglu as sector manager. Sirimoglu will be based in New York.
The Sound Research, New York, has appointed Vanessa Anderson to lead its diversity unit.
Antonia Furtner has been hired to lead the marketing sciences department at GfK Austria, a Vienna research company.
Chapel Hill, N.C., research firm The Futures Company has hired Deniz Erdem as director, European business development and sales.
Cogent Research, Cambridge, Mass., has named Christopher Savio and Steve Sixt project director.