InnovateMR has announced the hiring of three industry veterans to its US team: Chris Kosar, Veeraj Keshwala, and Kristen Vance. Chris and Veeraj will support the team’s client development initiatives following investment from CIVC Partners, and Kristen advances the team’s programming and hosting offerings.

CIRQ (the Certification Institute for Research Quality), an International Standards Organization (ISO) audit and certification body that is a subsidiary of the Insights Association, has announced a new training program for Quality Managers and other individuals responsible for their company’s ISO audit preparation and management.

GutCheck’s Interactive Concept Developer uses a hybrid approach combining choice-based and adaptive methodologies, enabled by machine learning, to simulate real world decision making.

RealityMine has announced the addition of Embedded Browsing to its reporting. Clients can now measure the web browsing that users perform within social media apps.

Schlesinger Group Acquires Opinion Capital, a Canadian-based programmatic sample provider.

A team of four Computer Science majors from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has won GfK’s annual NextGen Data Science Hackathon Competition, capturing a $5,000 grand prize. The NJIT group proposed data-driven systems for making FMCG ecommerce experiences more personalized.

Adience, a B2B market research agency, continues its strong growth by opening a London office and hiring James Keeling as a VP.

Schlesinger Group announced that Chawntae Applegate has been appointment to Executive Vice President of Global Client Solutions, to support its growing global client base.

Empower Translate has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. It is one of five Welsh businesses to receive a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The agency has been recognized for its excellence in international commercial success, and its outstanding growth in overseas trade.

To better service the needs of its growing membership, the Insights Association has expanded its team. Joining IA are Aman Ayalew, Director, Marketing; Charlene Darko, Director, Chapters, Committees & Councils; and Cindy Neumann, Director, Research. All are newly created positions.