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Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Responsible for building the industry & solutions marketing discipline at Databricks - global leader in data & AI; world's fastest-growing company >$1Billion in revenue; pioneer of Data Intelligence; and originator of the most impactful, fastest growing category in technology - the Lakehouse. Across industries (Retail/CG, Manufacturing, Media/Entertainment, Telco, Gaming, Public Sector, Financial Services, Energy, Healthcare/Life Sciences) and solutions (Marketing, Cybersecurity, Digital Native), I lead a team of subject matter experts driving strategy and execution for messaging, content, events, AR/PR, and world-class digital experiences. Create impactful campaigns with all major cloud providers (Microsoft, AWS, Google), global systems integrators (Accenture, PWC, Cap Gemini, Deloitte) and customers like Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Rolls Royce, John Deere, Walgreen's, Amgen, Providence Health, CDC, DOD, Disney, Paramount, Goldman Sachs, S&P Global, Geico, and thousands more. We drive acceleration and scale through thought leadership, engagement with decision-maker audiences, and sales enablement - translating product and company innovation through context, relevance, and business value outcomes.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Lead team responsible for the strategy, definition, positioning, and storytelling for Microsoft's Industry Clouds in Retail, CPG, & Manufacturing. My charter includes creation of 1st party solutions by defining the right combination of Microsoft business applications, AI, Cloud, Insights, ISV extensions, 3rd party capabilities, and our Citizen Developer tools - combined with training, documentation, demos, presentations, and web content – to solve our customer’s experiential, operational, and industry challenges. In addition, I act as a subject matter expert, working directly with global customers, partners, and analysts, while driving alignment for strategic initiatives cross-Microsoft including Microsoft Stores, Priority Scenarios, and Marketing Sales Plays - accelerating adoption of Microsoft technology and establishing Microsoft as the inevitable winner in targeted industries.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for building retail marketing discipline for Amazon Web Service’s multi-billion dollar retail and consumer packaged goods verticals with annual growth of 40%+. Lead strategy, demand generation, customer engagement, and sales enablement, while creating and delivering new AWS Retail messaging through physical, digital, and social channels. Built prioritization and customer growth strategies in AI/ML, Microservices, IoT, Data Lakes and CRM to help companies like Nike, Under Armour, Ralph Lauren, Sainsbury, Levi’s, P&G, and Georgia Pacific, transform store, digital, supply chain, and customer engagement through higher quality recommendations, more accurate forecasting, and real-time analytics. Responsible for GTM integration of other Amazon retail business like Go Stores, Fulfillment, Pay, as well as emerging technologies like computer vision and voice.

Stamford, Ct, Us

Lead Global Marketing & Communications for Pitney Bowes' industry-leading, high growth Retail and Ecommerce portfolio - "Commerce Complete for Retail" - featuring end-to-end capabilities across the physical and digital landscape including: demand generation/loyalty; cross border retail in 200+ countries; marketplace for China, India, Japan and beyond; "anywhere to everywhere" global sourcing, fulfillment, & returns; API's/Services for delivery, location awareness and more. Deliver strategy, content, and execution empowering global retail group for industry leadership, opportunity acceleration, customer retention, performance, and scale. Drive industry brand transformation and cross-functional marketing organization responsible for messaging framework/value proposition, content development, demand generation, and social outreach. Engage key industry influencers, develop key messages, and act as spokesperson with analyst/press community. Work closely with leaders across sales, operations, and engineering to identify and exceed metrics in support of P&L growth/profitability objectives.

Durham, North Carolina, Us

As part of the Executive Management team, drive investment decisions and strategic direction for the entire world-wide commerce portfolio , hardware & software, with direct P&L accountability for Omni-channel solutions including point of sale/mobility, store management, merchandising, order management, payments, self-checkout and more. Provide overall direction and decision making to functional areas (marketing, development, customer support, finance, legal and manufacturing) as it relates to the portfolio. Responsible for both lifecycle management of existing offers while also expanding into new strategic areas - location awareness, recommendation technology, natural user interfaces, cloud and more - for both solutions and associated services. Act as TGCS spokesperson for strategy, go-to-market, trends, and innovation to industry analysts and press. Work directly with strategic customers to define opportunities and build lasting relationships.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Drive strategy, solution roadmap, marketing, and go-to-market as leader of the Microsoft Dynamics Global Retail & Commerce business. Lead and empower global retail group to maximize scale and performance. Responsible for Retail & Commerce solution portfolio including point of sale/mobility, store management, merchandising, payments/e-commerce, CRM, and ERP. Create value proposition and identify technology investments to uniquely differentiate Microsoft and establish industry leadership. Identify strategic global partners and engage both Microsoft and 3rd party hardware/services providers to accelerate business performance. Act as Microsoft spokesperson for strategy, go-to-market, trends, and innovation to industry analysts and press. Work directly with strategic customers to define opportunities and build lasting relationships.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Enable growth and manage the launch of Microsoft’s Retail business applications in across SMB and Enterprise segments. Drive roadmap, pricing, packaging, distribution, and support strategies. Create value proposition and messaging as foundation to build meaningful sales tools for global subsidiaries. Manage strategic relationships with enterprise ISV’s and hardware OEM’s, while acting as spokesperson to Retail industry analysts and press. Interface directly with partner channel and key customers to guide strategy.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Drove growth into new markets of NCR’s $140 million self-service kiosk business. Managed new acquisitions – Kinetics and Galvanon - while driving product management for NCR’s core self-service technology offering – EasyPoint 42. Drove next generation Kiosk program creation and launch.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Managed all aspects of new product launch for NCR’s $75 million flagship POS/Kiosk platform – RealPOS 70 – and directly engaged in sales strategy/presentation to ensure market share growth in Hospitality/Retail segments and key customer wins including: 7-Eleven, Rite Aid, Darden Restaurants, Disney, Quick Trip, Circle K, and Applebee’s. Developed product requirements, pricing frameworks, marketing strategy, and distribution methodology for solution leveraged in point-of-sale, kiosk, self-checkout, and bill payment environments. Lead large cross-functional team with representation from engineering, operations, quality, sales, professional services, and software. Managed project with $1.6 million R&D budget. Lead special project teams.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Information Technology

Executive Program, Leading A High Performance Organization

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Marketing

Global Strategy