Lauren Demar has been appointed deputy CEO of Ipsos Marketing, a New York research company. Demar will maintain her current role as global CEO of Ipsos InnoQuest, a division of Ipsos Marketing.
Additionally, Ipsos InnoQuest has hired Josef Zach as director, research and development, product testing. Zach will be based out of the company’s Munich, Germany, office.
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, has named Stan Sthanunathan global vice president, marketing strategy and insights.
Pulse Group PLC, a Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, research company, has appointed Aditi Mitra to its client development team.
Portland, Ore., research company Revelation Global has named Jessie Janego online qualitative project manager and Jennifer Philips director, sales, Northeast.
The Advertising Research Foundation, New York, has named Gayle Fuguitt president and CEO.
The NPD Group, a Port Washington, N.Y., research company, has restructured its senior management team. Randy Smith has been named group president, product management and development and Dennis Brown has been named group president, commercial business, Americas. Karyn Schoenbart will continue to serve as president and COO.
Elkins Park, Pa., language services company CETRA Language Solutions has hired Robin Smith as project manager, interpretation services, and William Gao and Mark Newman as project manager, translation services. CETRA has also appointed Hans Breuer as manager, business development, Europe, for CETRA Ireland, and Gabriela Luta as project manager, CETRA Ireland.
Robert (Bert) Goyne has been named account executive at Paris research software company Askia. Goyne will be based out of the company’s San Francisco office.
Centris Marketing Science, a Horsham, Pa., research company, has hired Steve Lanning as senior vice president, analytics and modeling; Jennifer Broussard-Mabee as senior project manager; and Jennifer Schmidt as manager, survey operations.
Dyna Boen has joined New Orleans research company Federated Sample as vice president.
Allan Shaw has been named sales manager at Surrey, U.K., research company MARSC Limited.
Phil Jackson has joined the health care research team at Decision Analyst Inc., an Arlington, Texas, research company.
Food Perspectives Inc., a Plymouth, Minn., research company, has promoted Lisa Moceri to senior vice president, finance and administration.
Omaha, Neb., research company Infogroup Targeting Solutions has hired Sumit Bhalla and Suzanne Darling as vice president, client services; Lynne Bolen as vice president, marketing strategy and insights; and Madhu Gosh as vice president, analytics.
Market Decisions Corporation, a Portland, Ore., research company, has promoted Alice Blackwell, Jakob Lahmers and Dima Sokolov to partner.
New York research company GfK has hired Chris Fabber as senior vice president, panel operations, consumer experiences, North America, and Audra Priluck as vice president, business development, media and entertainment, North America. Priluck will be based in Burbank, Calif.
Harris Interactive, a Rochester, N.Y., research company has hired Matt Knoeck as senior vice president, health care, and Sharon Albert as vice president, marketing.
Yaron Brenman has been named vice president, sales and marketing, at Ugam Research, Mumbai, India.
Encino, Calif., research company uSamp has hired Robert Clancy as senior director, insights and strategy.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has hired Frank Gutowski as research director, custom qualitative; Ashley Ice as programmer; and Jennifer Hall as manager, quantitative field operations. Hall will be based in Philadelphia.
John Mitchell has joined Waltham, Mass., research company Applied Marketing Science Inc. as principal, product and process innovation.
Mary Rubin has been appointed vice president at Los Angeles research company Vital Findings LLC.
New York research company WorldOne has appointed Kerry Hicks as board chairman.
Vancouver, B.C., research company Vision Critical has promoted Gord Baizley to chief strategy officer.
ORC International, a Princeton, N.J., research company, has named Simon Kooyman CEO.
Indianapolis marketing firm ExactTarget has hired Chad White as principal, marketing research.
Joel Vaslow has been promoted to COO of The MSR Group, an Omaha, Neb., research company.
Chicago research company Mintel has hired Hannah Roberts as vice president, global insight, beauty and personal care, and Tonya Roberts as multicultural analyst, reports.
SurveyUSA, a Clifton, N.J., research company, has hired Mort Goldstrom as senior vice president, business development.
Westport, Conn., research company reInvention LLC has hired Ryan Jay as vice president, global operations. Jay will be based out of the company’s Los Angeles office.
John Davis has joined Melbourne, Australia, research company Effective Measure as global measurement scientist.
Wilton, Conn., research company Toluna has made several changes to its management team. George Terhanian has been named group chief strategy and products officer; Mark Simon managing director, Toluna North America; and Julie Paul senior vice president, online communities. Paul Twite has been promoted to managing director of Toluna’s U.K. office.
New York research company Millward Brown has appointed Soumya Saklani as managing director, Millward Brown Sub-Saharan Africa, and Chris Githaiga as managing director, Millward Brown East Africa.
Richard Ingleton has been named CEO of London research company TNS.
Port Washington, N.Y., research company Paradigm Sample has hired Charles Voss as vice president, sales.
Manchester, U.K., research company B2B International has hired Catherine Firth as research manager, Ben Thompson as research analyst and Simon Granger as finance manager. Ian Lloyd has also joined the company’s data processing department.
M3 Global Research, Washington, D.C., has made the following appointments: Bill Friedrich, director, research services; David Deutsch, senior vice president, qualitative research; Marilyn Blumenthal, client specialist; Sheryl Lowenhar, strategist; Michael Wildt and Estuardo Torres, vice president, market research; Alex Boethis, manager, bidding and procurement; Angelina Yatsenko, assistant director, operations; Andrea Ralyea, Priya Ramnarayan, Amir Forouzan, Beth Reilly and Ambika Sikka, senior project manager; Rob Warpas, Duane Joseph and Michael Bondiskey, project manager; Leo Ladyzhensky, director, programming services; and Victor Ochkovsky, manager, programming and data processing.