Research Now Adds Three to Healthcare Sales Team

Digital data collection specialist Research Now has expanded its Healthcare sales team with the appointment of Nick Portaro, Michelle Haaf-Seifert and Erika Kopald.

The firm has been managing healthcare panels in North America since 2006, and they now comprise millions of opted-in consumers, physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. Portaro joins as Vice President of Client Development, responsible for leading the Healthcare sales team and developing new business opportunities. He has more than twenty years' sales leadership, experience, fifteen of which were spent at Gartner, where he developed and led the Healthcare practice.

Kopald and Haaf-Seifert will work together to grow the existing client base, both with the title of Healthcare Sales Specialist. Haaf-Seifert has more than 25 years' business development experience, gained in leadership roles at Novartis, Epocrates, Survey Sampling International and ReachMD. Kopald brings more than fifteen years' market research-related sales and leadership experience. Most recently, she served as a Senior Account Executive for Major Accounts at Gartner, prior to which she was Director of Sales for Survey Sampling International.

Tom Johnson, EVP of Americas Sales, comments: 'I am thrilled we have added such exceptional depth to our Healthcare team. They bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the company, and their thorough understanding of the unique challenges of healthcare research will enable us to further innovate and grow Research Now's presence in the healthcare and pharmaceutical space'.

Web site: www.researchnow.com .