Chief Innovation Officer and Member of the Executive Team at AAA, reporting to the CEO. Responsible for growth, new services, and new businesses to transform AAA to the next century by offering new Member services in auto, home, financial sectors. Responsible for multiple P&L leaders, R&D and M&A. Head of A3Ventures (a3.com), a corporate innovation and venture capital unit that seeks to create, scale and sustain new services in the areas of future and shared mobility, autonomous transportation, home care and family financial services. Based in Berkeley, CA with P&L responsibilities over multiple businesses. Our team has successfully launched services for Autonomous Vehicles, On-demand Car Sharing, Car Buying, Home Maintenance, Identity Theft Protection, Financial Services and more.

Member of the Executive Leadership Team. Global leadership of teams for marketing strategy and operations, growth, GTM, product marketing, e-commerce, partner marketing, channel marketing, sales operations, partner and field marketing, and system engineering. Managed business turn-around and M&A integration.

Member of Executive Leadership Team that completed successful sale of private equity owned company to J.M. Smucker. Leader of transformational, organic growth for the organization with an entrepreneurial innovation program and team that are recognized as among the best in the industry. Member of the Leadership Team that sets strategic agenda and governs the organization. Responsible for annual revenue and profits.

Marketing Leadership, Business Growth, Strategy and Innovation. Created new business model that delivered sustainable sales growth and profits ahead of estimates. Pioneered big-data analytics and partnership programs. Launched several e-commerce initiatives including online ordering, social gifting, loyalty campaigns. Provided strategic marketing leadership to build a new-to-the-world mobile-payment platform for a consortium of top US retailers including Darden, Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, Shell, Old Navy etc.

Led innovation globally for the Coca-Cola Company across all core categories/brands and new platforms. Global leadership of new beverage platforms to create transformational growth. Renovation to major global businesses such as Sprite, Fanta, Nestea, Diet Coke, Minute Maid, Powerade. Led teams managing global platforms for new categories, packaging, sustainability, sweeteners, interactive vending etc.Responsible for more than 30 new product or new business launches across the US and 20+ countries that exceeded business targets and won awards.

P&L and Brand Marketing leadership for All Purpose Cleaners Category and New Products leadership for Home Storage Category with multiple brands.Responsible for achieving business turn-around in one of the core categories as well as expanding categories into new areas of growth. Led distinctive partnership programs with key retailers including Wal-Mart.Head of Marketing and Sales for Indian Operations (1996-2000) and project lead for strategic innovation and growth in BRIC markets (Brazil, Russia, India, China).