Burke Inc. Names Thomas SVP, MD of Healthcare Arm

In the US, full service marketing research and insight education agency Burke Inc. has promoted John Thomas to the position of Senior Vice President, Managing Director of Burke Healthcare.

Burke Inc., which is 100% employee owned, is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with regional offices across the US. In addition to offering a full range of MR services, the company runs the Burke Institute, which has trained more than 85,000 participants through more than 4,000 public and in-house MR seminars.

Thomas (pictured), who has more than 22 years' healthcare marketing research experience, joined the firm in 2009 as VP, Client Services, having previously worked at Clear Seas Research as an Executive Director, and spent more than thirteen years at Market Strategy International (MSI), where he latterly served as VP, Healthcare Delivery Systems Group. More recently as Burke Healthcare's VP, MD, he built the research practice, while supporting colleagues with their separate businesses.

Tara Marotti, SVP and Head of Client Services, comments: 'Over the past year, John has launched initiatives to encourage knowledge-sharing and training within the healthcare practice and he has contributed to attracting a broad array of healthcare clients to Burke. Under his leadership, Burke Healthcare is poised for strong growth.'

Web site: www.burke.com .