Kate Barker Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Mission-driven health and wellness lifestyle brand creating nutritious plant-based beverages and lifestyle products that support equine rescue and donkey-facilitated wellness for people managing stress and anxiety through sister organization Zen Donkey Experience (ZDx), a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit. Focused on facilitating well-being in body, mind, and soul through clean plant-based products, nature, and experiences with rescued donkeys.Specialty: Functional beverages, Raw organic cold-pressed juices, Plant mylks, superfoods, clean self care items, and cruelty-free lifestyle products with easy online ordering and Kansas City area delivery, with select products available for nationwide shipping. Many ingredients are grown on our owned, in-house managed farms using a regenerative agriculture approach and all packaging is designed with the planet in mind. All products are 100% plant based and support our donkey rescue and donkey-facilitated wellness mission. www.zendonkeyfarms.comwww.zendonkeyexperience.org

New York, Ny, Us

I returned to Ipsos to serve as SVP of Strategic Growth team for US segment of 2B multinational and publicly traded market research and consulting firm. Founded in France in 1975, Ipsos has grown into one of the leading global research companies with a presence in 90 countries, serving more than 5000 clients across the world with 75 business solutions.While I enjoyed over a decade in experience management and consulting, I left Ipsos to pursue my entrepreneurial dream and remain grateful for colleagues, clients, and partners who were part of the journey to finding my true calling.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Responsible for building global strategic alliances and informing CX product strategy for leading social intelligence and natural language understanding platform as independent consultant and C-suite advisor.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Independent C-suite consultant in partnership with boutique experience advisory practitioners, helping brands find their respective paths to an enlightened customer experience ecosystem.

Paris, Fr

In 2016, I was recruited to Ipsos to lead business development strategy, with focus on developing client relationships through global technology partners. I provided consultative oversight for global brands across a broad spectrum of research initiatives – from enterprise customer experience ecosystems to strategic market entrance and brand-level insights. SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS✔ Overhauled GTM approach and replaced with streamlined, data-driven practice for broad spectrum of business development initiatives from lead generation to closing strategy and client launch.✔ Global Commercial Lead for large technology partnership. Responsible for driving opportunity creation across 3 continents, designing partnership structure and developing joint pursuit strategy. ✔ Top sales performer, leading team to win engagement with $12B specialty retailer and orchestrating a successful program launch. ✔ Team leader at $50B Shipping/Logistics brand. Developed new prioritization practice which was adopted by client’s leadership as key process/exercise for the leadership team.✔ Created curriculum for Ipsos Schools and conducted relationship-building/business development strategy workshops for team of 80 Ipsos leaders.✔ Designed, organized and launched a US-based cross-business unit contest to drive global growth.✔ Published two thought leadership white papers posted on the Ipsos global website and executed external webinar for creating a customer-centric organization.

Remote-First Organization , Us

I was recruited as Director of Sales and grew quickly into Director of Client Development role, tasked with building a new department from the ground up dedicated to global client expansion for a $50M privately held AMA Gold Top 50 international market research firm. As a key member of the business development and product strategy team, I drove commercialization and internationalization of SMG’s Stevie Award winning SurveyMini – a proprietary geo-location based mobile research application. Led client service initiatives, building end-to-end customer experience management programs for fortune 500 companies across diverse industries, leveraging expertise in the retail segment.SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS✔ Led 50 multi-year contract negotiations across wide range of industries and stakeholders, expanding contract value for 100% of clients and exceeding annual sales quota.✔ Created and presented 100 custom geo-location based brand research solutions annually to diverse and iconic brands including $25B restaurant, $19B retailer, $2.7B sporting goods retailer, $6.9B pet specialty retailer, $19B financial services company and $100B grocer.✔ Engagement with $19B retail client led to 1,100-store operational customer touch-point adjustment, increasing engagement of front-line employees and yielding greater customer satisfaction.✔ Developed 60-day curriculum and led business intelligence product training for 180 internal employees and partners

Spearheaded lead generation and sales for rapidly growing Inc500 SaaS Company in variety of markets. Consulted manufacturers, retailers, and executive management teams to bring training solutions to retail floor in core and emerging markets, with specialized focus on driving tactical product campaigns for the Department of Defense.

Lausanne, Ch

As an athlete, I represented Team USA in the Modern Pentathlon event, and was one of four women to compete in the US and internationally as a member of the US Olympic Development Team. A training accident led to the end of my athletic career 45 days before trials for the 2012 London Games.

I believe we are made of our aggregate work and life experiences, and while LinkedIn doesn’t have an official “bucket” for this, I believe the early days and seemingly trivial jobs truly laid my foundation for success. A few “other” jobs that have shaped me include: retail manager, wedding banquet server, restaurant hostess, promotional marketing coordinator in the music industry, professional rodeo athlete, horse trainer, ranch manager, fence painter, house cleaner, failed tech startup founder, yacht club membership manager, 4-H leader

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Political Economy (Business Focus); French And Spanish Languages

The Foundry @ Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, Entrepreneurship

Spanish Language And Literature