In the US, Chris Goodwin, Tim Laake and Jim Linz have been named Partners at Directions Research with greater responsibility for the firm’s strategic direction in addition to their current duties.
Goodwin joined in 2006 as VP of Client Services; Laake has been with the firm for 11 years and was recently promoted to Senior Account Executive; and Linz joined in 2005 and is currently Group Director of Forecasting and Database Applications.
Cincinnati-based Directions Research works in the food retailing, consumer packaging, food manufacturing, financial services, technology and health care fields.