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JD Power Veteran Takes on Global Auto Role - Jan 8 2010 US-based JD Power and Associates has promoted John Humphrey to the post of Head of Global Automotive Operations, in a move to align operations globally and enhance and extend its industry benchmarks. Continue
New Marketing Head at GM - Dec 10 2009 Car giant General Motors has announced a shake-up of senior execs including the departure of Bob Lutz as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), replaced by Susan Docherty. Lutz remains in his roles of Vice Chairman and advisor on design and global product development. Continue
Launched Today: MR Trends, Technologies and Techniques - Oct 6 2009 The biggest new MrWeb section in nine years opens today with launch articles from five research luminaries. ‘MRT’ is an online home for custom panel builders, mobile researchers, data miners, neuromarketers and many others at the leading edge of what we broadly define as ‘MR’. Continue
Enprecis Appoints Asia CEO - Sep 4 2009 US-headquartered automotive manufacturing marketing research specialist Enprecis has appointed Ike Lee as CEO of its Asia operations. Continue
GfK Adds to Asian Auto Coverage; Moves US Staff - Apr 15 2009 GfK Asia is expanding its automotive coverage in five key regions of Korea. Subsidiary firm GfK Korea will start tracking the market for tyres and is planning to add engine oil and other spare automotive parts in future. Separately, GfK is to consolidate two of its Manhattan offices. Continue
Aegis To Shed 780 Jobs, Denies Merger Rumours - Mar 19 2009 British marcoms group Aegis – which owns market research firm Synovate – has announced plans to cut around 780 jobs across its global operations as part of a cost-saving plan to beat the downturn. Meanwhile CEO John Napier denied reports he has held merger talks with competitor Havas. Continue
Wheelock Launches Cleantech Research Firm - Mar 18 2009 In the US, former ABI Research leader Clint Wheelock has opened Pike Research, which will provide market research and industry analysis for the global clean technology markets. Continue
RI Merged into TNS - Feb 23 2009 The Kantar Group is streamlining its businesses after buying TNS. The TNS Custom business will merge with Research International and will be generally known as TNS. A new social research force for the UK is established in TNS-BMRB, while Kantar has four new vertical sector operating units: Media, Health, Retail and Worldpanel. Continue
Ford Marketing Chief Departs - Jan 12 2009 Anne Belec, Director - Global Marketing at Ford Motor Co., is reported to be leaving the company after nearly 24 years. Continue
Ad Groups Cut Workforce, but ‘Not MR’ - Dec 19 2008 Some of the world’s biggest advertising groups have this week announced thousands of job cuts. However, their MR firms seem to be relatively little affected so far, as do PR subsidiaries, while ad agencies themselves bear the brunt. Continue
Lerwill Departs as Aegis CEO - Nov 27 2008 Robert Lerwill is to stand down as group CEO of Synovate parent Aegis, at the end of this month. Chairman John Napier will take on his responsibilities on an interim basis. Aegis shares leapt 17% today as rumours linked the move to a possible merger. Continue
New President for JD Power - Nov 20 2008 In the US, automotive specialist JD Power and Associates has named Finbarr O’Neill as its new President, succeeding Stephen Goodhall who is retiring after 30 years with the company. Continue
Maritz Names Head of European Brand Research - Oct 29 2008 In the UK, Maritz Research has appointed Millward Brown’s Roger Sant as Divisional VP of Brand Research Europe, to work closely with the firm’s offices in Europe and the US and take responsibility for development of new customer experience measurement methodologies. Continue
Starting Line for MrWeb’s MR-a-thon - Sep 17 2008 204 weeks separate the Beijing Olympics and the start of the next games in London – precisely one week for each country that took part in the events in China. MrWeb will be following a trail across the world for the next four years, each week profiling one country and its research industry, linking also to news, jobs and suppliers. Continue
Polk Promotes Auto Veteran - Aug 26 2008 In the US, automotive research agency RL Polk & Co has promoted Kendra Rawls to SVP and MD Global Sales Operations for Polk Global Automotive. She leads the newly-formed sales operation which includes around 450 professionals. Continue
Auto Industry Veteran Joins Gallup - Jun 23 2008 In the US, Gallup Consulting has appointed Len Hunt, an automotive industry executive who previously worked at Jaguar, Audi, Volkswagen and Kia, as a Partner based in Irvine, California. Continue
JD Power Hires Auto Industry Veteran - Mar 19 2008 In the US, JD Power and Associates has appointed auto industry veteran Finbarr O'Neill as Senior Vice President and General Manager of International Operations. Continue
Global Marketing Hire for Ford - Mar 13 2008 In the US, Ford Motor has appointed Anne Bélec as Director of Global Marketing, responsible for marketing strategies and processes, brand positioning and consumer insights. Continue
J.D. Power Parent Details Job Cuts - Jan 18 2008 Information services provider The McGraw-Hill Companies has given details of restructuring carried out in the fourth quarter of 2007, with the loss of 600 jobs, c.3% of its workforce. Research company J.D. Power and Associates, a subsidiary, lost around the same proportion of its staff. Continue
Polk Names Aftermarket Specialist - Dec 12 2007 In the US, automotive research agency RL Polk has hired Mark Seng as VP – Aftermarket and Commercial Vehicle, to strengthen the group’s expansion in these two markets. Continue
Polk Hires Director to Lead New Analytics Group - Nov 1 2007 Auto specialist RL Polk has formed an advanced analytics division and appointed Lionel Yron to lead it. The firm has also hired Dan Zetu as Analytic Consultant and Bruce Giffin as Manager of Corporate MR for its Industry Analysis group. Continue
General Motors Analyst Leaves for Insurance Insight Role - Oct 23 2007 Paul Ballew, Director of Market and Industry Analysis at General Motors (GM), will be leaving the auto industry to take up a new role as Senior VP Consumer Insights and Market Research at Nationwide Insurance in Ohio. Continue
Customer is New Ford Focus - but Carmaker Angers Researchers - Oct 12 2007 In the US, Ford Motor Company has a new marketing supremo, Jim Farley, charged with ‘bringing the voice of the customer in’ to the auto giant. Meanwhile one of the company’s ad campaigns has angered researchers by setting up a fake survey firm. Continue
Telematics and Navigation Expert Joins ABI - Oct 1 2007 NYC-based ABI Research has hired Dominique Bonte as Principal Analyst, Telematics and Navigation, focusing on European markets and based in Brussels. Continue
MrWeb Partners with MRA - Aug 23 2007 MrWeb has announced a partnership with the US-based association MRA (Marketing Research Association). The deal aims to give MRA members access to daily updates of global news and job vacancies while promoting MRA’s services and programs to readers of Daily Research News. Continue
Senior Hires for Synovate Motoresearch - Aug 23 2007 Detroit-based automotive research practice Synovate Motoresearch has hired Michael Chadsey and Linda Witulski as Senior VP and VP of Account Services respectively. Continue
DisplaySearch to Track DVDs and Smaller Screens - Aug 20 2007 Flat panel technology specialist DisplaySearch is to begin tracking the DVD sector, and has hired Paul Erickson to lead this unit. Takao Tsukahara also joins, with a remit to expand the firm’s research into small and medium display markets. Continue
Big Apple Office for BIGresearch - Aug 8 2007 BIGresearch has opened an office in New York and appointed Holly Williams as Vice President of Sales to manage it. Continue
Automotive Research Veteran Joins Questus - Jul 18 2007 In the US, marketing solutions firm Questus has hired Peter Sorgenfrei as Director of Research Strategy. Continue
Ford Veteran Joins Compete - Jul 16 2007 Online researcher Compete, Inc. has hired Ford veteran Mike Jennings as General Manager of its fast-growing Automotive Practice. Continue
J.D. Power Promotes for Asian Auto Boom - Jul 9 2007 J.D. Power and Associates has strengthened its Asia Pacific management team with the promotions of John Humphrey, Dan Pavlinac and Tim Dunne. Continue
Former Harris Exec Launches Consultancy - May 21 2007 Scott D. Upham, formerly a Senior VP at Harris Interactive, has started his own market research and management consultancy, Valient Solutions, based in Rochester, NY. He has worked in the automotive sector for much of his two decades in MR. Continue
ABI Hires Former Volvo Researcher - May 14 2007 Technology MR specialist ABI Research has named ten-year Volvo veteran Mike Ippoliti as Research Director, Telematics & Automotive. Continue
Northern Expansion for Strategic Vision - May 4 2007 Consultancy firm Strategic Vision has added a Canadian unit to its existing teams in the USA and Russia. StrategicVision Canada will be led by new hire Margo Jay, whose association with the firm began more than 15 years ago as a client. Continue
Three New US VPs for MORPACE - Apr 27 2007 US provider MORPACE has appointed Graham Lane, David Myhrer and Bryan Krulikowski as Vice Presidents, based in its Michigan head office. Continue
New Starcom Role to Integrate Consumer Thinking - Apr 26 2007 Jana O’Brien is to move from her role at GM Planworks to a new global role within parent firm Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), as EVP, Chief Consumer Officer. O’Brien will lead the network’s consumer context planning (CCP) across all client brands. Continue
Former erinMedia Exec Joins GM Planworks - Apr 3 2007 Dr Michael Vinson has been appointed as SVP/Managing Director, Digital Insights and Analytics at GM Planworks, the General Motors-dedicated media planning arm of communications agency, Starcom Mediavest Group (SMG). Continue
ROHO Group Strengthens Research Team - Mar 16 2007 Illinois manufacturer The ROHO Group Inc, has named Catalina Velarde Manager of Market Research and Business Analysis, while promoting Dave Parsons to the role of Senior Vice President of Research and Development. Continue
Senior Automotive Hire for TNS - Feb 23 2007 TNS has appointed Lincoln Merrihew as Senior VP to lead the Automotive Segment for North American Custom Research. He has more than twenty years’ experience in the industry, including senior forecasting and busdev positions with J.D. Power, Standard & Poors and DRI/McGraw Hill. Continue
IAG Promotes to New Automotive Role - Feb 7 2007 Television ad effectiveness firm IAG Research has promoted Lois Miller to the newly created position of President of its Automotive division. In addition to her leadership of the division’s growth, the move recognises its knock-on effect on other parts of the firm. Continue
Ford Researcher Joins MORPACE - Jan 31 2007 MORPACE International has appointed Bill Cregan as Vice President for its key automotive practice, responsible for business development and account management. He worked previously as an Insights Manager at Ford Motor Company. Continue
Auto Industry Veteran Joins JDPA - Jan 8 2007 Gary Dilts has joined J.D. Power and Associates from DaimlerChrysler where he spent thirty years, latterly as Senior VP, U.S. Sales. Continue
Porsche Researcher Making His Marque - Dec 14 2006 David Pryor, currently head of the Product Planning and Market Research group at Porsche Cars North America (PCNA), will join the firm’s Executive Committee and assume the role of Vice President of Marketing from January. Continue
Automotive Focus for Gongos Hires - Dec 8 2006 Michigan-based Gongos Research has hired two Senior Analysts - Lynn Siluk as Research Director, Analytics and Brent Gruber as Senior Project Director. The company reports 40% revenue growth in 2006. Continue
Miles to Drive Polk’s Data Acquisition - Nov 7 2006 Automotive research specialist R. L. Polk & Co. has hired Alice Miles as Vice President, Global Data Acquisition. She was previously Director, Corporate Business Strategy for Ford Motor Company. Continue
J.D. Power Founder Joins Elite List - Oct 19 2006 J.D. ‘Dave’ Power III, founder of J.D. Power and Associates, was recognized this week as 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year in a ceremony at the USC Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles. He joins a list including Apple’s Steve Jobs, McDonald’s Ray Kroc and legendary oilman Armand Hammer. Continue
QinetiQ Company’s CEO Joins US Researcher - Sep 29 2006 Lux Research, Inc., a research firm focused on nanotechnology and the physical sciences, has appointed Joe Raguso as Vice President of Strategic Business Development. He was previously CEO of UK-based QinetiQ Nanomaterials, Ltd. (QNL), a subsidiary of major defence and security company QinetiQ Group plc. Continue
Change for Strategic Vision - Aug 31 2006 US consultancy Strategic Vision has this week named Alexander Edwards President of its Automotive Division, with responsibility for the New Vehicle Experience Study (NVES). He replaces Dan Gorrell, who has led the NVES programs since 1994. Continue
Zwolan Sitting Comfortably Client Side - Aug 30 2006 In the US Tom Zwolan, previously Senior VP at Synovate Motoresearch, has joined reclining chair manufacturer La-Z-Boy Residential in the new role of Director of Consumer Research. Zwolan will report directly to Jennifer Sievertsen, VP of Brand Marketing. Continue
Search Veteran to Drive Auto Site Intelligence - Aug 8 2006 Online vehicle information company Autobytel Inc. has appointed search and Web analytics expert Arthur Brodeur as its VP, Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management. Brodeur has worked at AOL, Alta Vista and DEC / Compaq. Continue
Moore Steps Up to Lead NPD Canada - May 31 2006 US consumer and retail information provider The NPD Group has given the leadership of its Canadian business unit to Larry Moore, a 23-year veteran of the company. Continue
Automotive Journalist Joins ABI - May 11 2006 ABI Research has appointed writer and editor David Alexander as Senior Analyst, Automotive Systems. Based in the US, he will focus initially on studies of commercial and consumer hybrid vehicles, automotive radar/lidar systems, and vehicle safety systems. Continue
Polk Leadership Enriched by Rothschild Hire - Mar 14 2006 US-based automotive researcher R. L. Polk & Co. has appointed Walter Rothschild as VP, Global Marketing & Product Strategy. As a member of the Global Leadership Team he will report to Joe Walker, president, Polk Global Automotive. Continue
J.D. Power Hire Targets Germany - Mar 13 2006 J.D. Power and Associates has strengthened its business development activity in Germany and German-speaking countries with the appointment of Volker Krüger as Director of Business Development for Automotive Forecasting, based in Frankfurt. Continue
Wheelock Joins ABI from NPD - Mar 7 2006 US provider ABI Research has hired wireless technology expert Clint Wheelock as Vice President of Research, responsible for the management of industry research content across all sectors, including its core practice areas of broadband, wireless, RFID, and transportation. Continue
Army Telecoms Expert Joins ABI London - Jan 18 2006 Technology and automotive MR firm ABI Research has appointed Stuart Carlaw, formerly of IMS Research, as Principal Analyst for Wireless Connectivity in its new London office. Continue
Management Changes at Polk Europe - Dec 16 2005 Automotive specialist R. L. Polk & Co has appointed four executives to management positions for its European operation. Kendra Rawls is MD for Europe and Dominic Clare is Director of Product Strategy, while Todd Fleischhauer and Markus Fromgen take the role of Country Director for the UK and Germany respectively. Continue
NPD Promotes Directors - Dec 5 2005 US agency the NPD Group has promoted four of its Directors - Stephen Baker, Steve Flavin, Bruce Schnur and Martin Zagorsek - to Vice President positions. Between them, they take responsibility for technology tracking; automotive and convenience retailing sales; corporate products; and games and software. Continue
Nanotech Firm Hires Forrester Analyst - Nov 25 2005 US nanotechnology specialist Lux Research has appointed Mark Bunger as Senior Analyst, formerly of Forrester Research, to expand the firm’s west coast operations. Lux focuses on the business and economic impact of nanoscale science and technology. Continue
JDPA Finds Mr Wright - Nov 4 2005 US-based J.D. Power and Associates has hired Rodney N. Wright, formerly of Accenture, as leader of its Automotive Retail Practice, which includes its Customer Service Index (CSI) and Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) studies, as well as proprietary automotive dealer programs. Continue
iKnowtion Expands Behavioral Sciences Team - Oct 27 2005 US marketing and analytic consultancy iKnowtion has appointed Nichole Yim and Christopher Anzellotti as Marketing Analysts in its Behavioral Sciences team. Continue
Maritz Flies in Aviation Expert - Oct 24 2005 Maritz Research has appointed Joanne Paternoster as an Executive Consultant in its Hospitality Research group to specialise in the aviation industry. She has more than 30 years’ experience in the industry, having headed up customer service for four New York airports. Continue
J.D. Power Appoints Ad Research Director - Oct 13 2005 J.D. Power and Associates has appointed Gene Cameron, previously President and CEO at BBDO/West Advertising, as Executive Director of its Media practice area (advertising research). Tom Healey, former Director of the practice, will continue with the company as a special adviser in the firm’s US Automotive Group. Continue
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