Rethink Possible - connecting you and your organization through emotional trust with your customer. I excel at the creation and execution of strategic marketing programs that build consumer awareness, deliver exceptional experiences, and ultimately drive loyalty to brands. Brand Marketing, Digital Marketing, Field Marketing, Social Media, Consumer PR and theatre-based activation application of Loyalty are areas I specialize in coaching. I bring a 'WHY' 'HOW' 'WHAT' approach to developing culture and solution leadership to organizations looking to grow or change from a good organization to a superb organization. Customer happiness is a must. I've lived this philosophy sense my early work at Apple as leader of innovation and trends. I've incorporated WHY in my discipline and facilitated this practice toward customer happiness with my clients for over 25 years. Purpose is the key to innovation, leadership/culture, customer happiness and market/product initiatives.

C-Suite Executive – 30+ years as an accomplished executive leader recognized for my impact and results, in culture, operations, marketing and sales. I have proven leadership in building, scaling, and managing comprehensive business strategies. I possess executive maturity, with experience serving as a thought partner and peer to executive teams. I having successfully developed and communicated cohesive digital innovations to rapidly scale businesses, leveraged big data analytics to competitive advantage, and utilized technology to launch new product offerings and build scalable operating platforms. My team will find me highly collaborative and agile with an innovator’s mindset. I utilize my strong business acumen to create a wide range of marketing and business strategies designed to establish customer motivation and loyalty. I thrive at reenergizing a tired culture and transitioning a change-resistant industry to what people want now; clear communication, timely support, personal choice, flexibility and an intuitive experience.

We love to learn here. We love to explore, to experiment, to find new flavors, to embark on adventures, to try new things, to try old things, to discover subtleties, to appreciate nuances. We also love to develop new processes, to improve in ways that are logical and sensible but also in ways that benefit our planet and, specifically, our natural resources. We are a team devoted to our industry and we are a team who cares- a lot- about wood and about our planet and about the people on this earth. We promise to put the customer first, to treat everyone with respect, to always provide a quality experience and to always make ethical, sustainable and responsible choices.Minnesota barrel cooper Russ Karasch invented new ways to use wood for flavor as a solution to an Oak tree shortage. Russ had already been toying with production of a square Oak barrel, but when he was unable to source Oak for his traditional barrels he realized there was a way to create a barrel that doesn’t rely on wood for its structural shape: a barrel that uses wood only where it is actually needed and truly valuable. Russ- already the inventor of the wood spiral, the honeycomb insert, and the grooved barrel- had this epiphany: What if a smaller piece of wood could be used? What if the structure of the barrel was reusable? What if we could use less wood to build a barrel? Do people realize only 30% of a traditional barrel’s wood creates flavors? Perhaps one of the first disruptive barrel technologies since the Celts invented the wooden barrel some 2000 years ago, Squarrels are designed to bring the barrel into the 21st century. I am helping take this technology to the market and getting the company organized to respond to the growing demand.

Sunrise Banks is the most innovative bank empowering the underserved to achieve. The bank has a dynamic social entrepreneur at its helm, leading a team that innovates in the financial services industry and strives for financial inclusion for all. Sunrise Banks is a family owned national chartered bank headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota and has a long history of serving inner city communities in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Commercial Lending & LeasingRelationship BankingNational Products, including a growing Payments divisionGovernment Lending focused on New Markets Tax Credits and SBA lendingAll of the business lines are not only held to financial sustainability goals, but also demonstrate progress in achieving positive social impact.

Within every client engagement, we apply StrengthsFinder™ to People, on Teams and within Culture. Knowing our Strengths is just the beginning.The uniqueness of People is discovered through the ongoing exploration of talents. It is our objective to shape a Culture that intentionally aligns People around a Strengths philosophy. We believe that ultimately it is within a Team where People gain insight into others while sharpening their own Strengths’ potential, capacity and influence.

I'm proud to be a Director and board member of Simon Says Give a fabulous not for profit where kids celebrate kids that was conceived and founded by 7 year old Mandi Simon. Please visit our website http://www.simonsaysgive.org/ to learn more. I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks Jeff

Creating creative intelligence through real time audience interaction. Keep your audiences engaged by creating a customizable, interactive mobile platform in less than five minutes accessible via the web. Event interactions, conference Q&A, instant polling, stadium crowd engagement, trade shows, virtual registration, voting, education, town-hall meetings, feedback, marketing campaigns, content development and email marketing, all easily exactable with Voice Hive.

HandsOn Twin Cities is a nonprofit organization committed to promoting and facilitating meaningful volunteerism, education and leadership development in the Twin Cities Metro Area. This effort aids in continuing the outstanding volunteerism in Minneapolis and St. Paul; which has again ranked #1 in the nation for volunteerism. Building on 90 years of experience as the Nation's first Volunteer Center, HandsOn Twin Cities and our 300 plus affiliates give communities the opportunities to Be The Change. Mission: We bring people together to strengthen communities through meaningful volunteer action.

Givvor is an innovative cloud based technology platform developed specifically to provide givers and receivers, of any size, customizable and affordable solutions to better manage fundraising activities. Whether it’s development management, donation management, or sponsorship management, the Givvor technology platform streamlines and automates processes, deepens social engagement, and drives overall impact.Givvor helps fundraisers reach, engage and retain the community they depend on to help create a better world! Givvor is rooted in principles of community, philanthropy and transparency. Givvor is focused on empowering your fundraising to attain remarkable results unachievable through other means. The Givvor platform is your ’Go To’ for better fundraising. Givvor helps fundraisers reach, engage and retain the community they depend on to help create a better world! Most donors give 2/3rds of their annual giving to a single cause. And, they like to talk about it with their friends and family, their community. That’s why Givvor can help you become their fav and adopt you into their community. That’s how important you want to become to your supporters. So not only do you get them as a donor but you get their community.

The easiest way to get involved with Bunker Labs is through your local community and the easiest way to do that is through Bunker Brews, which is a high impact speaker series and networking event to get you in front of the right people at the right time.You will connect with your city’s top leaders, gain actionable insights, and take your career or company to the next level.

One Flexible, Scalable and Sustainable SolutionThe Happiness Practice (THP) is a single, sustainable solution that can be fully tailored and scaled to meet the needs and goals of your organization. Collaborating closely with your executive leadership team and employees, Experience Happiness provides empathic and empowering THP facilitation, coaching, web-based delivery and train-the-trainer education. At every step of this transformative journey, progress is tracked, analyzed and reported with our proprietary Return On Happiness™ (ROH™) system and supported with Happiness Huddles™, webinars, digital reminders and reflections, plus a variety of other tailored strategies and tools.

Communication CoachingWe are are full service communication coaching agency. We ensure clients connect with audiences with your most relevant ideas, clearly worded, and delivered genuinely. As a team of working professionals, we are unique in our practical focus and the objective measurement we use to get you there.

Developed and lead strategy to new market success while raising capital for growth.

Sales strategy & development for major consumer product marketing, promotions and sales clients

Sprint PCS Childrens Grand Prix of Minnesota road racing event to raise money for Cancer Kids Fund of Childrens Hospitals

Established and maintained a genuine customer experience with Fortune 500 clients.

Lead company to be major force in innovative market positions for our clients.

Explored trends, innovations, adoption cycles to lead company to future opportunities.