Innovate Hires dataSpring's Nagai as MD, EMEA

In London, on-demand panel and sample company Innovate has appointed former dataSpring exec Rie Nagai as Managing Director, EMEA.

Launched in 2014 by uSamp co-founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin and their former colleague George Llorens, Innovate enables clients to pinpoint global panelists on demand and delivers sample via connected APIs. Nagai (pictured) joins from panels and technology company dataSpring, where she served as SVP for Global Business Development, responsible for building the company's UK efforts, while overseeing sales and operations offices in eight locations, including London, Los Angeles, New York, and Singapore. Before this, she worked for Research Panel Asia (later rebranded as dataSpring following a share swap acquisition deal), latterly overseeing the entire global sales and marketing function.

Commenting on the news, Dusig said: 'Our company has worked extensively with clients in Europe for many years. The growing needs of those clients makes it important for us to build a strong team with robust and localised panel assets. We're excited to have Rie join the team because of her extensive experience in the market research industry.'

Web site: www.innovatemr.com .