Digital Brewing Company has named MELISSA TRIMBLE its director of business development. Trimble will be responsible for driving new business development, client relations, and alliance development for both offline and online advertising and marketing.

Coupons, Inc. has promoted chief operating officer JEFF WEITZMAN to president and COO. The company has also promoted JIM WIDMANN, regional vice president sales, to vice president of sales. Weitzman will be responsible for all technology, operations, marketing, and finance functions. Prior to joining Coupons, Inc., Weitzman was senior director, client services, at Yahoo! Inc. Widmann will oversee the growth and management of the company’s sales organization; he was a member of the original management team of Valassis Communications, Inc.

PAUL IAFFALDANO has been promoted to senior vice president of national sales and advertising product development at the Weather Channel. Most recently, Iaffaldano served as chief revenue officer of weather.com. He oversaw all revenue streams for the website, with particular emphasis on ad sales, content partnerships, and new technology applications.

MARC USA has named MICHELE FABRIZI president and CEO of its nationwide advertising and integrated marketing communications group. Fabrizi joined MARC USA in 1982, was named president of the Pittsburgh office in 1998, and then CEO two years later.

MessageGate, Inc., a provider of enterprise messaging management software and services, added BILL BUNKER, vice president of marketing and product management, and YASH TALREJA, vice president of engineering, to its management team. Prior to MessageGate, Bunker served as vice president of financial services for Onyx, where he was responsible for strategy and execution including sales, business development, alliance development, and product management. Most recently, Talreja held a senior management position at Amazon.com where he managed the Item Merchandising team.

Advertising agency Elberson Senger Shuler has named ZACHARY GROVE to head its business development effort. Grove comes to ESS from Concentric Marketing, where he was director of brand development.

GAYLE LAMBERT has joined SMITHSONIAN Magazine as travel account manager. Lambert most recently worked at Health Magazine. She began her career at Leo Burnett where she served as media supervisor and media planner.

RICHELLE PARHAM has been named vice president/general manager for Digitas' Chicago office. Parham will relocate from the agency's Boston headquarters. She will oversee day-to-day operations of the Chicago office, assuming responsibilities for finance, staffing, human resources, technology, and facilities. In addition, she will help drive key client relationships and new business development. Parham joined Digitas in 1994 and most recently managed its relationship with InterContinental Hotels Group.

EILEEN Z. WOLTER has been named director of business development for Knitting Factory Entertainment, a newly created position. Wolter's responsibilities will include creating targeted marketing opportunities and developing new strategic business initiatives.

Grey Direct Media has hired BURIM NEZAJ as media supervisor. Nezaj will be managing various accounts, including Adobe and Xerox. Nezaj joins the agency from OgilvyOne Worldwide, where he spent 4 years specializing in direct and email media marketing.