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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Work with our dedicated third party rep organization to successfully position reps and Xylem product and solutions. Lead Marketing Taskforce and responsible for sales messaging and targeting. Work with product line management on new product development and explore adjacent markets/applications for our products and services. Responsible for training.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

As part of the North American Commercial Buildings Marketing team work closely with sales, the rep channel and product management to identify opportunities to grow the CBS business and create marketing programs to enable growth. Develop and execute marketing communications programs and sales tools to increase awareness and demand for Xylem Bell & Gossett.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Lead the segment communications strategy, messaging, positioning and content development initiatives for Xylem's Applied Water Systems business for the Global Industrial and Americas Commercial Buildings segments.Globally responsible for initiatives including communications strategy and content for new product introductions and launches, the treatment of.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Work with clients on a contract and project basis to accelerate development and execution of their strategic marketing programs.Worked with a leading global water technology company to deliver marketing initiatives focused on improving the visibility and growth of their global industrial and commercial buildings segments.

St. Paul MN - Milwaukee WI

Responsible for market positioning, market strategy and execution of marketing and sales communication programs for Trane’s Global Controls business. Work with regions to develop controls competencies and regionalize offerings to meet local market needs and organizational capabilities.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Expanded global communications role serving as the functional leader for regional communications in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East working across all regions to drive consistency, facilitate best practice sharing and improve overall communications capabilities. Work with teams for development and approval of communications for brand.

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Three year assignment in Brussels, Belgium establishing a central communications capability to support the Europe and Africa Building Efficiency business and global line of business partners. Gained significant.
• Created core communications team and support model for key business regions.
• Supported business leaders through significant restructuring and resulting organizational change.
• Led corporate rebranding initiative for Building Efficiency across Europe
• Led the communications team that successfully executed the first Euro Med Energy Efficiency Forum in April 2010.

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Led North American marketing communications team with the addition of global responsibilities for external communications and branding. Support regional communications leaders in China, Latin America and Europe to.
• Acquisition integration support and brand transition through a number of acquisitions including the 2005 acquisition of York which doubled the size of the business from $5 to $10B.
• Served as business lead on corporate global rebranding project. Worked closely with corporate and agencies to provide the divisional perspective and drive implementation.
• Served as communications lead for two significant organizational changes for our Service and Systems businesses. In each case participated as a member of the core team to create and execute the change plan to.

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Responsible for marketing communications for Building Efficiency business of Johnson Controls including advertising, tradeshows, branding, trademark, web, presentations and employee communications support.
• Directly managed North American marketing communications team.
• Directed the communications design and production team which manages the local communications program that supports the North American Branch organization. Currently supports over 300 local tradeshows and over 100.
• Oversaw the centralized literature distribution system including print purchasing, managed the outsourced fulfillment vendor. This program is currently saving approximately $6 million USD on an annual basis.
• Managed advertising agency of record relationship.

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Provided communications support to multiple markets. Assumed additional responsibility of in-house print and distribution departments.
• Led the team that outsourced the print and distribution functions going from a team of twenty-two to four employees to manage the contract and build new communications support tools which significantly improved service.
• Transitioned local communications to a web-based system.

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Provided communications support to multiple markets. Assumed additional responsibility of the in-house graphics department.
• Created branch communications program to support most common communication needs of the field sales force such as local advertising, tradeshows and case studies.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Supported vertical market business partners with communications planning and execution

Humanities

Completed courses in British mass media, history and culture. Traveled extensively in England and Europe.

Ba, Journalism/Advertising

Mba, Marketing

Graduated with distinction