The increases in staff numbers have seen a 15% rise in headcount at the company, and have been complemented by 17 internal promotions.

At Reach3 Insights, Jenna Shuster has been promoted to senior vice-president, where she will serve as a team leader.

Other promotions include William Buxton as senior research director, who is a financial services team lead, and Katie Lahman as senior research director.

Terrence Wong has been named senior director, leading technical operations, and Christine Nguyen has become senior research director. 

At Rival Technologies, Phoebe To was promoted to vice-president of Engineering, overseeing technology development and implementation.

Aarathi Ramnath has become director of product marketing, where she will drive outreach for the company’s conversational research platform, and Bobby Calise has been named senior account executive in sales and client relationship management.

Bill Cinco has been appointed as senior software engineer, tasked with directing software development projects, while other promotions include Ritika Aggarwal to senior product manager, Eric Hong to senior software engineer and Paul Catoira to chief marketing officer.

Matt Kleinschmit, chief executive and founder at Reach3 Insights, said: “Our teams are at the forefront of creating innovative new methods and approaches that are being embraced across the industry.

“By developing these cutting-edge skills, they are positioning themselves – and our companies – to lead in the emerging AI-accelerated, mobile-first insights landscape.”