Jan Bleyaert has resumed her role as owner and president of Capture Research in Boston. Bleyaert was previously employed by Morpace Inc., a Farmington Hills, Mich., research company.

Promodata, an Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., research company, has recognized Linda McKnight, vice president of operations and client services, for her 25 years of service to the company.

New York research company TNS North America has appointed David Kieselstein as CEO.

MarketTools, a San Francisco research company, has named Scott Arnold president and CEO. Amal Johnson has been elected as the chairman of the board of directors.

Jigsaw Research, London, has hired Hazel Fletcher as director and Danielle Malone as research director.

Paris-based research company Ipsos has hired Brian Smith as vice president in its media, content and technology division, based in San Francisco. Additionally, Giorgio Caporusso has been named general manager.

G & S Research, Indianapolis, has hired Erin Horner as a director of client services.

Swift Research, Wetherby, U.K., has added Joey Flynn to its automotive research team.

Annette Landesman has joined EMI Surveys, a London research company, as a sales executive.

Experian Consumer Research, New York, has promoted Mel Mason to global CIO and appointed Nico van der Westhuizen, Holger Dittombée and Martin Rossak as market heads in its Decision Analytics division of the Nordic and Baltic region, Germany and Central Europe, respectively. 

Scott Hanson has been promoted to vice president at Decision Analyst Inc., an Arlington, Texas, research company.

McCallum Layton, a Leeds, U.K., research company has hired Heather Yorke and Mark Cutter as senior research executives and Greg Hill as a data processing executive.

Travelex Global Business Payments, a Washington, D.C., payment services provider, has appointed Debbie Brown to its global management team as global vice president of marketing.

Donald Stuart has returned to T3i Group, a Parsippany, N.J., research consultancy, as a market research specialist based in the firmís Cherry Hill, N.J. office.

MarketCast, a Los Angeles research company, has hired Henry Piney as a managing director.

GMI, a Seattle research company, has hired eight new staff members: Maritza Chott, manager, revenue accounting; Tom House, senior database engineer; Giuseppe Mancuso, account manager; Jack McGuire, panel manager; Emilyne van der Beken, office manager; Jessie Saal, account manager; Jolie Huang, programmer; and Bruce Wang, account executive.

Roger Green and Associates Inc., a New Hope, Pa., research company, has hired Deni Deasy Boekell as vice president, client strategist, and Michael J. Epstein as associate director, research.

Chris Goodwin, Tim Laake and Jim Linz have been named partners at Directions Research, Cincinnati.

InsightExpress, a Stamford, Conn., research company, has appointed Ashley Rusk, Stephanie Kung, Staci Cohen, Sherman Low and Jeremy Saz as project managers on its digital media measurement team.

Steven M. Smith has been hired as executive vice president, survey operations, at New York research company Arbitron Inc.

M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, has named Pam Koenig account manager and promoted Ken Keith to senior manager, online and emerging research technology.

QA Research, York, U.K., has hired Michael Fountain as head of communities research.

Information Resources Inc., an Arlington, Va., research company, has appointed Hans Jessen as executive vice president and managing director of European services and global analytics delivery.

Polaris Marketing Research, Atlanta, has named Kelly Korell and Kelly Kwon data analysts in its analytics department.

Simon Braier has joined London research company Kadence as qualitative research director.

Allan Julian has rejoined Indianapolis research company Harper as vice president of health care research.

Matt Bruce has been named national sales director for Nielsen Online, a division of New York researcher The Nielsen Company. Bruce will be based in Sydney, Australia.

London research company infoUK has hired Steve Heath as head of production and delivery.

Tom Webster has been promoted to vice president, strategy and marketing, at Edison Media Research, Somerville, N.J. 

Lightspeed Research, Basking Ridge, N.J., has added five new members to its London office: Heather Mondesir, sales coordinator; Rupak Sharma, project manager; Stacey Wright, project manager; Valle Castro Bermejo, account manager for Spain; and Sara Toribio, project manager.

Steve Davis has joined e-Rewards Market Research, Dallas, as executive vice president and COO.

Oslo, Norway, research software company Confirmit had added Todd Yancey as vice president, strategic accounts.

Based in Chicago, Anthony Milano has joined Satyam Computer Services, an India-based IT company, as vice president and head of market research and analytics. 

Baltimore direct marketing company Vertis Communications has named Jerry Cacciatore senior vice president, premedia operations.

Research Now, San Francisco, has hired Joe Cunningham as vice president, client development, in Dallas; Lamont Lambert as vice president, client development, in New York; Heather Upham as client development executive, in New York; Mauricio Vasquez as assistant client development manager, in Los Angeles; and Alexis Unzeitig as client development executive, in San Francisco.

PhoneBase Research Inc., Fort Collins, Colo., has promoted Chauncy Bjork to general manager and Richard McCaffery to director of call center operations.

Jennafer Stahl has joined Invoke Solutions, a Stamford, Conn., research company, as a research director.

Resolution Research & Marketing Inc., Denver, has hired Jacqueline Brown as research and analytics director and Jim Callihan as senior methodologist.

Lieberman Research Worldwide, Los Angeles, has added Mark Hartstone and Soumya Roy as senior marketing and research consultants to its London office.

E-Poll Market Research, Encino, Calif., has hired Deepa Iyengar as senior research director.

The Marketing Research Association, Glastonbury, Conn., has appointed Ruth Freedman as vice president of development. Freedman will take the place of recently-resigned vice president of development Lucy Haydu.

Authentic Response, a New York research company, has hired Peter Brownstein and Shane Abel as regional sales directors.

The Wisconsin Department of Tourism, Madison, Wis., has hired Sarah Klavas as brand manager.

Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group, a New York broadcast network, has named Jane Gould vice president, consumer insights.