Leading organization focused on delivering friction-less, user-centric experiences in areas of Analytics, Communications, Operations and Technology. Also leading HR strategic planning and c-suite support as Chief of Staff to the CHRO.

Lead strategic planning and day-to-day operations for CHRO and 200+ HR organization. Responsibilities include executive communications, strategic planning, project management, process development, event planning, budget oversight.

Built first-ever L&OD operations team with responsibilities including contract negotiations/management, budget management, capacity planning, process management, project development, strategic planning. Also developed first-ever L&OD communications capability for the organization. - Led strategic planning efforts which resulted in a 100% increase in annual budget- Enabled delivery of nearly 800 hours of learning that touched 3,200+ employees

Recruited by division CMO to establish the first U.S. marketing operations function, integrating a diverse, 400+ marketing community to grow consistently against a common platform of competencies and learning experiences. Also responsible for leading a cross-functional team of marketing, commercial and IT partners to redefine end to end process and technology needs for marketers to deliver higher quality, consumer-centric marketing with greater efficiency and effectiveness, impacting a $1B budget.• Led technology transformation for U.S. marketing organization to digitize work and save $500M in year 1.• Led development of global marketing transformation effort to pivot strategy from brand-led to consumer-led, impacting a $4B+ budget and 3,000 associate community.• Increased US marketing community capability scores by 15% in 12 months. Also designed marketing capability strategy that delivered 20% budget savings through training content re-use. • Led Privacy by Design and change management initiatives to transform marketing engagement.

Executive leadership development position reporting to Chief Technical Officer. Led strategic planning and operational communications for 4,000 employees across corporate technical and field division; included integration work with Strategic Planning, Finance, Public Affairs, Commercial Leadership and Global Marketing.• Strategic and tactical support to Chief Technical Officer on a variety of business opportunities based on rotating priorities to drive more effective collaboration and improve operating effectiveness.• Led business transformation and change management initiative for supply chain/manufacturing division (3,000 employees) which resulted in $20M+ in year 1 savings.

Recruited by CIO to lead optimization of bottler sales and marketing processes and supporting digitalization in start-up style team. Areas of focus included communications, value chain assessments, marketing technology solutions (including SAP), and best practice sharing. • Rebooted Commercial Capability function in a new revenue generating, start-up team type dynamic. Team intended to deliver $6M revenue with additional 5 year business development pipeline plan.• Led new staffing, on-boarding, branding/communications, and account management strategy design and execution for department• Selected to represent Coca-Cola for Women in Technology Association’s “Executive Readiness” program for high potential female leaders. Graduated in Q3 ’14.

Recruited by Chief Commercial Officer to lead operational communications strategy and digitalization for frontline sales teams, including sales performance methodology and training; daily communication of account priorities; enabling sales technology; post-sales measurement and tracking to 8,000+ sales professionals across 71 bottling partners.• Led cross functional initiatives to implement sales execution measurement standards, anticipated to drive $10M+ gross profit improvement in first year.• Stabilized department retention rate from 40% to 10% and improved organizational engagement.

Led a broad scope of responsibilities including stewardship of PMO-like innovation processes as well as revamping of SKU optimization capability, impacting 700-800 SKUs across 71 bottling partners.• Redesigned the SKU optimization process for Coca-Cola Refreshments/U.S. organization, driving $5 million in savings.

Initiated digital transformation through development of a new capability and supporting organization. Led a cross-functional team in strategic design and implementation of internal online eco-system to support of sales and marketing planning, point of sale customization and inter-system e-commerce. Directly managed/influenced $10M budgets and multi-year strategic initiatives.• Created and gained alignment on vision for first ever U.S. e-business capability, responsible for merging business strategies with technology platforms to support 8,000+ sales and marketing associates.• Successfully developed and launched internal commercialization website which created $5 million in efficiencies and continues to function as a central resource for sales and marketing efforts across a 70+ bottler system, supporting 10,000 users and 20,000+ documents.• Supported first-ever B-to-B e-commerce capability in company’s U.S. division and led its integration into strategic planning tools to ensure robust end-to-end execution of business priorities. Integration enabled dated, manual tools to be sunset and for more precise financial measurement resources to be implemented.

Recruited to lead organization responsible for national marketing activation of priority Foodservice channel initiatives and top 10 retail customers including: Walmart, Safeway and Publix. • Drove employee engagement for department by 20 points within six months by restructuring the work to align with customer needs and implementing staff development best practices.

Accountable for all aspects of marketing relationships with four national drug accounts: Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid and Brooks/Eckerd, in partnership with sales teams. Also managed relationships with National Association of Chain Drug Stores and provided subject matter expertise on channel work.• Enabled transition of key customer relationships from a transactional dynamic to a more consumer-oriented, partnership approach through innovative shopper-centric messaging strategy.

Selected for internal high potential talent program. Led diverse, international team through intensive six month brand and marketing business case project for premier market unit within Coca-Cola’s Global system. • Presented recommendations to CEO and Corporate executive committee. Resulted in revisions to company brand strategy to selected market unit.