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Synovate Hire Reflects Greater Emphasis on Interactive

Synovate has announced a significant expansion of its global commitment to interactive research offerings, and has appointed Larry Fisher, previously at TNS NFO, in the newly created, US-based post of Senior Vice President of Interactive Solutions. More

Technology researchers Aberdeen Group have appointed retail information veteran Paula Rosenblum, formerly of AMR Research, as Director of Retail Research. More

NOP World Health has named Keith Loehlein, Maureen McLaughlin and Sue Ramspacher to head its three new practice areas - Assessment and Tracking, Promotional Effectiveness and Consumer as Patient. More

MORI Scotland, already boosted in January by the launch of an expanded specialist CATI telephone centre in Leith, has announced the appointment of Steven Hope, formerly UK Head of Social Research at NFO World Group / System Three. More

Synovate has promoted Audrey Tan, currently MD of the Singapore office, to the new role of Executive Director - International Research. She will be based in Hong Kong and will report directly to Asia Pacific CEO Tim Balbirnie. More

Fast growing online survey solutions provider NetReflector has announced the appointment of William R. Derrick as the new CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Former CTO Colin Prior remains in an advisory position as co-founder and Chairman of the Board. More

Survey software company Perseus Development Corporation has announced the appointment of Dwight Galler, previously Director of Marketing Communications for Netegrity, Inc., to the position of Vice President of Marketing. More

US-based TV ad effectiveness ratings company IAG has announced the appointment of Barbara Zack as MD and Chief Strategic Officer. Zack was previously Executive VP, Director of Communication Insights for the Omnicom company, PHD USA. More

Online MR solutions provider Global Market Insite (GMI) has added to its recent announcement of an office in Hawaii with another in Chicago, Illinois, and has appointed Steven Werner, formerly a Vice President at IRI, to head it up. More

Primary Intelligence, specialist in sales optimization through market intelligence, has announced that Professors Gary K. Rhoads and David Whitlark have joined as advisors to the global research operations division. The two have already helped to enhance the company's sales optimization technology, Outcome Analytics. More

NetRatings has announced the appointment of Kenneth Cassar as Director of Strategic Analysis. Cassar will oversee a team of senior analysts providing clients with value-added e-commerce and media measurement and analysis. More

Due to an organisational change at Stockholm-based agency Observer AB, Hans Strand is leaving the company at the end of March. Strand has been acting Managing Director for Sweden and the Nordic & Baltic region for the past year, and is a former head of the Media Intelligence division. More

NOP World has appointed Barry Zimmerman CEO of its global NOP World Health sector, responsible for leading the integration of Market Measures/Cozint, Strategic Marketing Corporation and NOP Healthcare into a single global organization. More

Performance Assessment Network, Inc. ('pan') has announced the appointment of Marc Drizin as Director of Surveys and Workforce Research. Drizin was previously VP of employee loyalty research at Walker Information and is a recognised authority on employee loyalty and engagement. More

Survey software firm Perseus Development Corporation has announced the opening of a Toronto office, and the appointment of Valarie Koziol as President of Perseus Canada. More

Ipsos has announced that Richard Windle will be returning to the company after 18 months at BMRB and joining Liz Landy as joint MD of the media and social division Ipsos-RSL. He will focus on the NRS and RAJAR contracts as well as the company's expanding social and public sector business. More

Kate Langford has returned from maternity leave to manage the specialist market research recruitment team at Pricejamieson. She has over 5 years' recruitment experience following spells at research agencies including BMRB International and Pegram Walters Associates (now Synovate). More

Automotive specialist R. L. Polk & Co. has appointed Kevin McCann, formerly a regional MD at Volkswagen Group, as Senior Vice President, Asia-Pacific. He will be based in Beijing and will report directly to Chairman, President and CEO, Stephen Polk. More

The NPD Group has appointed Ross Rubin as Director of Industry Analysis for its technology tracking division NPD Techworld. Rubin will focus on the consumer electronics sector. More

UK-based agency FDS International has appointed Eric Waring to the Board as IT Director. Waring joined the company in 1999 as Systems Manager and Database Administrator. More

Synovate Healthcare has announced three more key appointments, two of them senior figures from Isis Healthcare, which will rebrand as Synovate Healthcare in October this year. More

NYC-based research firm Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, Inc. (SRBI) has launched a Consumer Insights Division, led by a team of industry veterans under Divisional President Duane Clement. More

Automotive research specialist R. L. Polk & Co. has appointed Patricia Gaulin as vice president, Toyota OEM team. Gaulin will be responsible for directing the overall profitability of Toyota within Polk's OEM organization by managing the development and delivery of products and services. More

Cincinnati-based agency MarketVision Research has appointed Tim Ryan, formerly of Catalina Marketing / Alliance Research, as Vice President with responsibility for managing and developing research business. More

Today sees the official launch of a home page for Australian researchers. MrWeb has attracted a significant audience of MR professionals Down Under for most of its 5 years, without much specific targeting, but from today is providing specific feature content, a job search and recruiter index, and directories with a more Australian focus. More

Technology specialist IDC has appointed Anne Dupuy-Cambier as Director of its Asia/Pacific Consulting team and the primary client and industry-facing representative for the group. More

Synovate has announced three CEO level appointments. Tim Bowles becomes CEO for Western Europe, Michael Spedding CEO of Synovate Healthcare and Nicos Rossides global head of Synovate Solutions. More

Research International has announced that its Italian CEO Ivana Ventura will succeed Malcolm Baker as Global MD of Research International Qualitatif, when Baker retires this year. More

Cincinnati-based global brands agency AcuPOLL has appointed Andrew Fenning as its UK-based president of European operations. Fenning, a veteran of JWT, began his career in London but has spent the last 25 years working in Continental Europe, the US, and South America. More

Stockholm-based agency the Observer Group has named Andreas Falkenmark as MD of its operations in Sweden and the Nordic & Baltic region. The company operates in the region under the Observer and Waymaker brand names. More

ESOMAR has announced that Director General Ted Vonk is to leave his position as of next month to pursue other interests, by mutual agreement. The organisation is now searching for a new DG. Vonk will continue to contribute to a number of ongoing ESOMAR projects. More

US flat panel display research agency DisplaySearch has announced its sixth key hiring in less than four months. Christopher P. Connery, the former head of monitor product management and marketing for NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display, joins as vice president of monitor market research. More

Research International has appointed Phillip Cartwright Global Senior Director, Marketing Science Centre. He will divide his time between RI France and the Group Marketing Science Centre in London. More

Online data collection specialist Itracks (Interactive Tracking Systems Inc.) is to establish a European office and has announced that Bjørn Haugland, founder of online software pioneers FIRM, will lead the initiative as President of Itracks Europe. More

After 18 months of restructuring and talent search in Australia, Millward Brown's Asia Pacific CEO Andreas Sperling has announced the completion of its new line-up, highlighting four recent senior appointments. According to Sperling, the restructure answers clients' requests for a 'mould-breaking' agency. More

US technology and financial services specialist Doxus has appointed Alan Bates, formerly a Senior Project Director at RKS Research and Consulting, as Research Analyst. More

Fast-growing agency Nunwood Consulting has announced three more appointments this month, strengthening its utility, technology and quant teams. More

The NPD Group has appointed Marc Johnson as VP of product development and data management for NPD Techworld, its technology tracking division. Johnson worked previously at online consumer discussion analysts Buzzmetrics and at Jupiter Media Metrix. More

Millward Brown has announced a further enhancement of its Asia Pacific management team, with the appointment of Neerja Wable, previously of IMRB, as Marketing and Business Development Director for the region. More

Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has appointed Scott W. Klein as its new President & CEO. Klein joins from Electronic Data Systems Corporation where he was President of the Consumer Industries & Retail business. More

Online competitive intelligence provider Hitwise has announced the appointment of Bill Tancer in the new role of Vice President of Research. Tancer was formerly Director of Market Research at LookSmart and a client of Hitwise. More

Research and advisory firm Financial Insights, an IDC Company, has announced further expansion in Europe, with two key appointments. Robert Giffords becomes Director of Research and Consulting for the EMEA Region, joined by Martin McKenna as Director of Sales. More

US healthcare research agency The Jackson Organization has announced two senior promotions. Tim Beal, formerly CFO, is now Executive Vice President of the Finance Division while Tom Hutchinson, formerly Senior VP Sales and Marketing becomes Executive Vice President of the Consulting and Marketing Division. More

Synovate has named Jerry Brandt as head of its new Media and Entertainment research unit for the Americas. Brandt is a former national industry director of the KPMG Consulting Media & Entertainment and Digital Media groups, and has held senior positions at The Walt Disney Company and 20th Century Fox. More

Juan Pablo Quevedo, a senior market researcher from South America who has analyzed the buying habits of Hispanics for some of the world's largest companies, has joined Atlanta-based Pioneer Marketing Research (PMR) as Director of Hispanic Research. More

Following the integration of TNS and NFO WorldGroup, Stephen Factor, formerly CEO of NFO WorldGroup UK, has been appointed MD of TNS in the UK. The new organisation combines the ad hoc divisions of TNS with NFO WorldGroup. More

Millward Brown continues to strengthen its senior team for Mainland Europe with the appointment of Pierre Gomy as Research & Development Director. Also this month Krzysztof Kruszewski, MD of the company's Polish subsidiary has picked up two awards. More

Seattle-based online MR software and panel solutions provider Global Market Insite (GMI) have appointed two North American Sales Directors. Mike Billingsley will be based in the Dallas Office and Sean Case in the Seattle Office. More

J.D. Power and Associates has appointed Scot Eisenfelder as senior vice president of its automotive retail practice. Eisenfelder will be responsible for the enhancement and growth of the practice area, including syndicated research, proprietary tracking, consulting, and learning and performance systems. More

Millward Brown has appointed Fabrizio Giordano as Business Development Director for its mainland European region, expanding his current development role, which focuses on leisure and entertainment business. More

US-based agency Burke Inc. has announced the retirement of CEO Ron Tatham after 28 years with the company. Current president Michael Baumgardner will add the role of CEO. The changes will be effective from October 1st 2004. More

Joan Mullen has joined ORC ProTel as Vice President, Special Projects / Industry Relations. She has extensive expertise in compliance and regulatory issues and will combine new business development with responsibility for legal compliance. More

Harris Interactive® has appointed Scott D. Upham senior vice president of the Automotive & Transportation Research (ATR) group. More

International Communications Research (ICR) have appointed James F. Fleckenstein as Vice President, Account Services. He will head a new office in NYC as well as working on senior-level business development and account management. More

John Aitchison, formerly with TNS, has set up a specialist online market research company, First Line Research, offering full service research, consultancy and training services. More

Harris Interactive has appointed Robert E. Knapp, previously EVP and Chief Strategy Officer at Gartner, Inc., as its new Vice Chairman and CEO. Current CEO and founder Dr. Gordon S. Black will continue as Executive Chairman when Knapp starts on January 26. Al Angrisani, President and COO, will continue to oversee the daily operations of the Company. More

The UK's Market Research Society (MRS) recently announced the appointment of Jeremy Bullmore CBE, former Chairman of J. Walter Thompson, as its next President. Bullmore will take up the role in Spring 2004, succeeding Professor Michael Thomas who began his tenure in 1999. More

DisplaySearch, a research and consulting firm specialising in the market for flat panel displays (FPDs), has appointed Andrew Shulklapper as vice president of television market research. Shulklapper joins from Circuit City, where he led development and marketing for advanced technologies, and previously managed the launch of DirecTV. More

The NPD Group, Inc. have appointed Luis Delahoz as vice president of sales for NPD Techworld, the company's technology tracking division. More

Online research specialist Invoke Solutions(SM), Inc. has announced three senior appointments including a new Chairman and CEO, Corey V. Torrence and two new vice presidents, Simon Blanks and David J. Rubinstein. More

Two senior level researchers have been added to the growing staff at Target Research Group. David Buchler, thirty years an agency researcher and with particular experience in foods and media, joins as a Senior Vice President while legal research expert Larry Herman joins as Vice President. More

Former Evening Standard MD Sally De La Bedoyere, appointed the new Managing Director of RAJAR last week, faces a number of immediate challenges. Ms De La Bedoyere starts on January 5th 2004 and replaces Jane O'Hara who is leaving to pursue personal interests. More

Justin Edge, former Vice President, Director of US Brand Practice at Opinion Research Corporation (ORC), has joined Knowledge Networks as Managing Director/Senior Vice President. More

Michael Fox has taken on the role of Director, Advanced Quantitative Techniques (AQT) at Australia's leading research based consultancy, The Leading Edge. More

The Non-Food Tracking division of the GfK Group and The NPD Group are formalizing and gearing up their 20 year long cooperation specializing in continuous retail research in consumer electronics markets. More

DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in flat panel display (FPD) market research and consulting, has this week recruited Jerry S. Benson Jr., former President of NEC Technologies, to the position of Vice President, Sales and Marketing. J. Norman Bardsley has also joined the firm as Director of Display Technology. More

Ipsos has announced two key senior appointments. Dr Randall Emond has joined the company as CEO of the Ipsos Forecasting, Modeling and Consulting global division, which includes the Ipsos-Novaction and Ipsos-Vantis modeling and forecasting practices. In addition, Alain Péron has been named as Managing Director (France) of the company's quality and customer satisfaction division, Ipsos Loyalty. More

The MRS Awards Dinner continues to gain momentum as an annual event - it's posh, it's popular and it now has more sponsors than Elton John doing a charity marathon. DRNO's reporter was privileged to sit only 27 tables from the front and watch Flamingo International carry off the BMRA's Best Agency Award. More

VNU has announced a new organizational structure for its largest business group, VNU Marketing Information. Steven Schmidt becomes global CEO for ACNielsen and a new unit, VNU Advisory Services, has been created to develop advanced business solutions for clients. More

London-based ORC International have appointed a housing research specialist to work with local authority and other clients. Adam Smith has more than twelve years experience working with housing organisations at a national level, most recently as Feedback Business Manager at the National Housing Federation (NHF). More

Opinion Research Corporation has announced the promotion of Frank J. Quirk to President of the Company – he will also remain CEO of the ORC Macro subsidiary, a position he has held since 1980. During his tenure, ORC Macro has increased its turnover from $3m to $115m per annum. More

NOP World have appointed Chris Davis as MD of the European Automotive operation. Davis will be based in the London office, and joins the group from Northstar Research where he has held senior posts in Canada, USA and most recently the UK. More

Pete Farrand, a former European marketing director at Nestlé, has been appointed Senior Research Associate in the new product and business development team at FDS International. More

Twelve new graduates have completed their induction training scheme at Isis, the healthcare research specialists recently acquired by Synovate. All the new arrivals spent six weeks training in the UK, but four of them have now joined overseas offices in Spain, the Philippines and Maryland, USA while their colleagues remain in London. More

Bart Gamble has joined MarketVision Research from Burke, as Vice President with responsibility for managing and developing research business. More

Nunwood Consulting is using personal digital assistants (PDAs) alongside software developed in-house to enable the uploading of interviews as they are completed, allowing researchers 'back at base' to instantly monitor, collate and view quantitative results, 'real time'. More

VNU, the parent company of ACNielsen and Nielsen Media Research, has appointed Maarten Schikker to the new position of Vice President Corporate Sustainability. Schikker's brief will be to develop a sustainability strategy for the company, demonstrating its commitment to the increasingly prominent notion of corporate social responsibility (see various recent DRNO articles). More

Renowned Australian agency The Leading Edge has appointed Diane Shelton, who at Telstra was responsible for Australia's largest ever market research budget and marketing department, in the newly created role of Director of its Melbourne Business-to-Business (B2B) division, which was launched in March 2003. More