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Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Served as the CMO’s trusted advisor to drive marketing strategy and bring profitable growth to the organization. Provided guidance and consultation on complex and often sensitive strategic issues.• Improved efficiency by consistently operationalizing programs and monitoring their impact and success. From the implementation of new performance evaluation programs and promotion processes to creating a competency framework that is leveraged as a growth benchmarking tool for all marketing employees. • Governed highly strategic projects involving the CMO to ensure success. Worked across multi-stakeholder teams within Marketing and other areas of the company to establish plans and timelines. Analyzed and reported on performance, and shared key insights with CMO, CEO, and entire executive leadership team. • Partnered with the Executive Recruitment Team to hire 5 new marketing leaders in 2021. Led transition coaching to enhance the effectiveness and ensure the success of each leader. • Drove strategies that were adopted at scale in support of an ever-evolving marketing organization.• Coached leadership to enhance effectiveness, drive accountability, and enable cohesive relationships with CMO. • Nurtured and mentored junior talent. Launched an internship program in 2021, in tandem with the global Publicis Sapient internship program, dedicated to developing first-generation college students with an interest in marketing.

Deland, Fl, Us

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

• Supported the President of an $11B in revenue global technology consulting firm on a variety of strategic initiatives to drive execution in global delivery, management consulting, alliances & partnerships, M&A activity, and regional management.• Drove management of President’s office through engagement with executive and senior leadership teams.• Executed executive communications strategy and executive engagement planning.• Adviser and representative for Infosys Foundation USA, for which President is Chairperson. Engaged with the Foundation's Board, full-time, and extended teams.• Change management and organizational culture development around Infosys’ US Talent and Localization Strategy. Infosys committed to opening 6 technology and innovation hubs in US cities and creating 10,000 US jobs in 2017. Partnered with Talent Planning, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, and Project Execution teams to ensure success against commitment and plan.• Served as trusted adviser to President, offered guidance and input to complex organizational issues, planning for key client meetings and developed overarching strategy.• Reported on business performance, on monthly and quarterly cadence, against plan to Board of Directors.• Handled sensitive and confidential information with ease.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

• Served as a trusted advisor to the Chairman and CEO, addressed complex operational issues, planned for key meetings, and developed strategy.• Developed CEO’s brand and voice – integrated his authentic style with Dun & Bradstreet’s brand positioning and current relevant news.• Established and promoted CEO’s media, social, and communications strategy, worked closely with the PR, social and communications teams.• Executed quarterly global town hall meetings by partnering with various leaders within communications, finance, marketing, and technology teams, to ensure complete engagement within the organization.• Championed employee engagement to boost team member energy, productivity, results, and engagement scores.• Drove innovations and changes needed towards enabling Dun & Bradstreet to reach competitive business goals.• Built consensus and coordinated cross-functional work.• Reported on business performance for quarterly Board of Directors meetings.• Created and managed plan for CEO engagement with top customers and prospects.• Partnered with Customer Experience Leader to monitor customer issues and escalations, using the appropriate techniques and technologies. Monitored/reported the quality of contacts, interpreted and communicated the outcomes and trends to operational teams to improve business processes and drive customer satisfaction.

Cologny, Geneva, Ch

• Managed event logistics and operations for the World Economic Forum yearly event series, including the Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, as well as regional summits in various cities within Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, South East Asia, Africa, the People's Republic of China, among others.• Crafted and developed agendas for 47 CEOs, within the Consumer Industries, to ensure active engagement at the Annual Meetings.-Worked collaboratively to write and develop session structures for specific workshops within larger event programming.• Acquired four new partnerships through strategic business development efforts, leading to $1.5M in increased revenue.• Managed client relationships with key consumer partners (including: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., LVMH Moët Hennessy, Swarovksi, Nike Inc., Walgreens Boots Alliance) to facilitate and support their business priorities in sustainability and corporate social responsibility. • Created a business development pipeline analysis for North American retailers, to support strategic growth of the community.• Partnered with cross-functional teams within the World Economic Forum to executive various events. • Prepared communication strategies for event marketing, including writing and editing internal and external communications.• Facilitated time and deadline management for a team of 14 people, including senior executives and junior associates.• Managed two external consultants.• Executed a salon style event-series with prospective clients.

Cologny, Geneva, Ch

• Provided client management services to the 14 retail & consumer goods, and luxury & lifestyle partners of the Forum.• Managed logistics and operations for all external meetings/events, with world leaders from government and business, including the Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, and regional meetings in the People’s Republic of China, Myanmar, and Jordan. • Executed business development efforts to contribute to the growth of the community of Luxury and Lifestyle partners.• Established key industry connections in order to develop engagement strategies for both existing and prospective clients.• Developed and used the internal CRM for data entry, client management, communications, and meeting management.

Cologny, Geneva, Ch

• Provided support and membership services to the 20 accounting, management consulting, and legal partners of the Forum.• Ensured partners contributed to official Forum projects and initiatives by designing a competitive-bidding platform that allowed them to apply and allocate in-kind resources.• Provided administrative support to the Professional Services Industry Team.• Coordinated and verified content and distribution of materials and tools.• Managed logistics and operations for all external meetings/events.

New York, Ny, Us

• Assisted in content development, speaker recruitment for events, onsite event management, writing and research.• Coordinated travel planning and logistics for recruited speakers.• Liaised with staff to prepare documents for use on website and in press releases.• Formulated marketing and communications collateral and fulfillment of deliverables.

New York, Ny, Us

• Managed a team of four responsible for assisting with marketing activities.• Maintained and developed relationships with new and existing clients through CRM system.• Developed a six-month communication plan to execute all social media, direct mail, and email marketing strategies.• Worked as a liaison with other members of the team to perform duties and aid business and organizational development.

Bachelor Of Arts, International Business And French

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