United Sample Expands with Six Hires

In the US, online sample specialist United Sample has expanded its executive, new business development and sales teams with six new appointments.

Daniel Ross takes on the role of Vice President of Information Technology, having previously managed private label branded communities for MySpace's international advertisers, and before this, served as Director of Operations at goZing and worked as Team Leader at Greenfield Online.

As Director of Online Panels, Lisa Wilding-Brown joins with seven years' market research experience, most recently serving as Harris Interactive's Panel Loyalty and Retention Manager where she led the development of more than 40 specialty panels.

In the sales team, Dennis Uhlir becomes Senior Director Survey Solutions. He previously held sales and marketing positions with e-Rewards Market Research, Relizon, BFI, and Scotts.

Edward Russo becomes Vice President of Marketing, after a career spanning more than 20 years in branding, marketing, sales and operations. Before joining, he spent 11 years with Hilton Hotels, and eight years on Wall Street.

Robyn Tas joins as Senior Vice President of Business Development, from her previous role as EVP of Business Development and General Counsel for Sportgenic. She was previously an Attorney for Martin, Clearwater & Bell and Ficksman & Conley.

Brad White joins the new business development team as Director of Business Development, after most recently working at ad network Adconion Media Group, where he was responsible for building relationships with several hundred online publishing partners.

'Providing quality online sample requires a mix of both superior technology and creativity in finding active panelists - and we've built an outstanding team of people who excel at those challenges,' said Matt Dusig, co-founder and CEO. 'We're thrilled to have the expertise of each of these specialists to help us achieve that mission.'

United Sample, which was launched in 2008 by former goZing founders Dusig and Gregg Lavin, is online at www.unitedsample.com .