India-based research and marketing analytics agency AbsolutData has beefed up its US team with the appointment of DANA HAYMAN as SVP and general manager of CRM strategy and analytics, CAROL FRANCZEK as vice president of client services, HEATHER KLUTER as director of client services and LAURA DeYONKER as a consultant. Hayman has previously worked for Epsilon, Franczek at Information Resources, Kluter at Hyundai Motor America and DeYonker at Ross Stores.

NATHAN SHIPLEY has been appointed director of client development in the automotive aftermarket team at The NPD Group in the US. Shipley was previously a relationship manager at Nielsen where he was part of a client development team that worked on-site at a major client’s headquarters.

Canadian pharmaceutical firm Intrinsiq has appointed RAOUL RAMIREZ as vice president to lead its market research activities. Ramirez has spent 15 years in the industry and was most recently with P\S\L Research where he designed and managed qual and quant studies focusing on therapeutic areas.