THOMAS SHAW was named chief marketing officer for CreditReport.com.

MICHELLE BOOCKOFF-BAJDEK was named vice president of marketing at Quaero.

The VIA Group hired KEVIN FREIDBERG as a senior copywriter and STEVE GOULBOURNE as a senior art director.

DAVID KANG joined gsi interactive as vice president of client services. Prior to joining GSI, Kang held dual client and new business roles as senior partner and new business director at Beyond Interaction.

St. John & Partners added ROBERT TAYLOR and ALLISON MCHENRY as account coordinators to service its Ford Dealers business.

Novus Print Media Network named PATRICK SOLI as vice president of business development. Most recently, Soli was national sales manager at the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Mr. Youth hired LAURA LEVITAN as senior vice president of brand development; MATT MCGREGOR as executive creative director; and DEDE SOLLEY as vice president of operations.

Canoe Ventures named DAVID VERKLIN, the former CEO of Aegis Media Americas, as CEO, effective August 4.

DOMINIC SCHMITT was tapped to be general manager of TENNIS.com. Previously, Schmitt was vice president of client services at TACODA.

DAVE MORGAN, founder of Real Media and TACODA, has become chairman and a partner in The Tennis Company, owner of TENNIS.com, TENNIS and SMASH Magazines, and partners in the Pacific Life Open and the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.