To increase customer engagement, Verve launches their second annual hackathon. The ideas generated by employees are reviewed by customers to get immediate feedback on market potential.

Fresh on the heels of a partnership with HARMAN, J.D. Power is now also partnering with Nielsen to provide data for Nielsen's new 'Auto Cloud' platform. See the full press release in our show notes.

comScore's revenue is on the mend after losses in 2017. Revenue is up 2%.

Dynamic Yield raises $32 million in Series D funding, which they will use to accelerate the development of their personalization APIs. See the full press release in our show notes. UserTesting grows their c-level executives. Michelle Huff is their new CMO and Carol MacKinlay is the new Chief People Officer.

DRG hires a new Chief Strategy Officer: Davis Walp.

Russell Winer joins GBH Insight's advisory board.

Adjust, a mobile measurement firm, is expanding operations to India where Ashwiny Thapliyal will lead the team.

Toni Green joins Smarty Pants as Research Whiz. Full disclosure: I am wildly jealous of that job title. Also check the link in our show notes for the most adorable picture of Toni when she was little. FIND US ONLINE: www.happymr.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/happymrxp Twitter: @happymrxp Instagram: @happymrxp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/happymarketresearch/