Ari Perler has been named vice president, market research & strategic sales insights, NBCUniversal Cable & New Media Distribution and NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution.

CrowdTwist hired Adam Trisk as head of marketing, and Fred Brown as head of business development & alliances.

TouchPoint Integrated Communications hired Brooke Sparacino as the director of operations and analytics; Chris D’Onofrio as the director of search media; and Gerald Halloran, III as an associate media director.

R&R Partners acquired Phase Line Strategies, a Denver-based global communications and consulting firm. Leading R&R’s Denver office will be Sean Tonner, founder and president of Phase Line Strategies, who will serve as managing director.

Hybris hired Andy Nicholas as vice president of sales.

Tap.Me hired Ian Sohn as senior vice president, client strategy and marketing and Meghan Kludt as senior director of sales.

The Mill has appointed Alex Conaway as group director of marketing. Conaway joins The Mill from Wieden+Kennedy, London, where he served as global business director and head of account management.

Brunner named Kelly Slothower as vice president, director of planning and research. Most recently, Slothower worked at Big River Advertising as director of strategic planning.

Patrick Cartmel joined Undertone as vice president of national accounts. Cartmel joins Undertone from Wunderman where he was vice president and global client services director for team Microsoft.

BCF announced that John Runberg has rejoined the agency as partner / digital strategist.