Mark Ignatowski Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Drive execution and communication of CEO’s rolling 90-day plan and organizational change management activities, including:
• Strategic Alignment: Lead quarterly planning and execution of cross-functional outcomes as part of the annual strategic planning cycle, including executive leadership team alignment and prioritization based on revenue.
• Program Management:- Acquisition integrations: Serve as functional and cultural integration leader following acquisition by Miovision, leading communications and coordination to optimize workstreams and realize deal.
• Governance: Develop, maintain and update stage-gate execution framework, program status updates, and quarterly planning process and templates
• Executive Leadership Support: Serve as a trusted advisor to and extension of the C-suite, providing project and program accountability and communications

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Guided strategic alignment and execution across all levels of the organization in three key areas:
• Lean: Mapped and improved cross-functional, company-wide processes and facilitated more than three Kaizen events/workshops per quarter
• Growth: Drove increase in incremental revenue via Hoshin Kanri planning and execution framework
• Leadership: Cultivated growth-oriented thinking and coached 10-member process improvement team on fundamental business system tools

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Managed performance and development of three direct reports to deliver high-quality content, digital campaigns and events/social media
• Implemented Agile marketing project management framework to increase deliverable throughput and quality
• Created and executed strategic communication and promotion plans and provided budget oversight (~$1.7M/year), forecasts and financial guidance to Vice President of Marketing

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Defined digital marketing campaign strategy and removed roadblocks in customer journey through rapid experimentation and marketing automation
• Drafted, edited and designed communication content including video, thought leadership articles, press releases, product literature, presentations and case studies/customer testimonials

Stow, Ohio, United States

• Selected by senior leadership for 12-week immersive development program for high-potential employees to solve major business challenges through personalized coaching and mentoring
• Led mobile app UX enhancement project testing value propositions and personalized experiences to improve conversion rates 14% and increase connection between customers and distributers
• Created experimentation funnel and playbook; presented results and recommendations to executive leadership team

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Supervised or covered more than 10 local government, business and community news beats while coaching and mentoring five interns and new hires on news policies, production workflows and industry best practices

Chilton, Wis.

• Improved reporting and design quality by applying journalism best practices to 4,400 weekly circulation newspaper without direct supervision and with limited human and capital resources
• Developed and maintained website and social media accounts

Sheboygan, Wisconsin Area

Sheboygan, Wisconsin Area

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Emphasis in Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship

Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Daily Cardinal, Hoofers Ski and Snowboard

High School, General Studies

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Swim team captain