ValueClick turns 10, plus other interactive industry hires, partnerships, launches and announcements.

Epsilon announced the appointment of Sally Cates as EVP of strategic communications.

Experian CheetahMail, a provider of email marketing and customer intelligence technologies, announced the addition of several brand leaders in industries including retail, travel and entertainment, to its vertically diverse client base. Holland America Line, J.Crew, Lamps Plus, Oreck and Starz Entertainment are just a few of the leading companies to recently contract with Experian CheetahMail to manage their permission-based email marketing programs.

Gigya announced that Todd Sims has joined the company as EVP of corporate and business development.

Gorilla Nation launched GNMulticultural, its newest vertical market aggregating dozens of leading web properties servicing the African-American and Latino communities.

Heavy.com, the web's leading independent video site, today announced the hiring of Richard Rocca for the newly created position of VP of business development.

Jumpstart Automotive Media announced that Joe Kyriakoza, who has been Jumpstart's VP of product strategy for the past two years, has been appointed to VP of national advertiser solutions.

Kontera announced an advertising partnership with Microsoft and LinkedIn. Kontera will serve contextually relevant reference information from Microsoft in advertising units appearing on LinkedIn's "Answers" service for its IT community.

MediaWhiz announced the acquisition of LeadROI's Lead Management System, which enables advertisers to better manage, optimize and monetize their lead generation campaigns.

Navic Networks announced that advertising veteran Alec Gerster has joined the company in the newly created position of chief marketing officer.

Operative, a global advertising resource management platform provider, announced the appointment of Vedant Sampath as CTO.

Q Interactive, a U.S.-based online marketing services provider, announced the expansion of its TrueLeads online lead generation service into the U.K. market.

The Laredo Group announced that Keith Norman joined the company as VP of business development.

ValueClick commemorated its 10th anniversary, representing a decade of performance and leadership across all major channels of online advertising.

WebTrends announced the appointment of Daniel E. Stickel as its new CEO.

Zeta Interactive announced the appointment of Anil Unnikrishnan as the company's new president of India Operations.

Editor's note: We list the companies and people alphabetically according to what company hires what person or another company. Our biweekly column is always looking for announcements, so please email them to mediamotions@imediaconnection.com.

Michael Estrin is an associate editor, iMediaConnection.