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Toledo, Oh, Us

Cicero, Il, Us

As a board member, I work with the local ANA chapter to foster a community of B2B marketers through luncheons, breakfast talks, networking events, programs and content. Together, we encourage the sharing of best practices and new innovations in brand and marketing.

New York, Ny, Us

• Led the Experience Transformation Strategy group at iCrossing, integrating business strategy, brand strategy, user experience, product strategy and content practices.• Developed human-centric experiences to revolutionize the industry and drive innovation.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to bring the best thinking to create impactful strategies.

Columbia, Md, Us

Grew and extended cross-functional leadership as gyro was brought together with other B2B agencies to form the Merkle B2B supergroup. Merkle is a leading data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. For more than 30 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. The company’s heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive hyper-personalized marketing strategies. Its combined strengths in performance media, customer experience, customer relationship management, loyalty, and enterprise marketing technology drive improved marketing results and competitive advantage.

New York, New York, Us

As part of the leadership team at (formerly) gyro, I had the privilege of heading up a brilliant group of multidisciplinary strategists. I was also a member of our THINK FRONT, a global team of futurists, thinkers and architects of the never before in B2B marketing.As the world’s first full-service global creative B2B powerhouse, our mission is to create ideas that are humanly relevant. We are Advertising Age’s 2016 B2B Agency of the Year, B2B Marketing's 2018 U.S. Top Shop, and the ANA’s 2014-2016, 2018, and 2019 Global B2B Agency of the Year. Our 700 creative minds in 16 offices work with top companies, including Aflac, Danone, eBay, Google, HP, John Deere, Teva, USG and Vodafone. gyro is a part of the Denstu Aegis Network, which is the 2018 and 2017 MediaPost Holding Company of the Year.

London, England, Gb

As Head of Strategy this side of the pond, I partnered with businesses on their most critical endeavors – transforming their brands, launching new initiatives and attracting the best talent through digital and traditional marketing.This meant spending time with our clients to understand the challenges they face, helping them articulate their vision to their target audiences, and identifying new opportunities to be successful in their marketplace (and within their own organizations). • In the past few years I’ve worked on brand, corporate, marketing, digital, content and messaging strategy; customer experience, mobile apps, VR and AR; executive workshops and thought leadership• Common activities included facilitating research, directing strategy teams, collaborating with creative and development teams, business development, thought leadership, mentoring• Drove strategy articulation for Fortune 500 with 80k employees, directly with global executive boardRecent engagements:• Digital Transformation | Global Real Estate Firm• Corporate Strategy Articulation & Rollout | Global Professional Services Firm• B2B Digital Strategy | Global Energy Company• Global Talent Acquisition Strategy | Fortune 100 Pharmaceutical Company• Employer Branding | International Professional Services Firm • Software Product Launch | Fortune 500 Technology Subsidiary• Brand Strategy & Product Naming | International Real Estate FirmOmobono is the digital agency for business brands. We help large businesses manage their digital presence both internally and externally – with customers, employees and stakeholders. By enabling them to use communication as a tool to create better products, better service, better working environments and better business practices, we in turn enable them to sell more and be more efficient.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

As a member of the leadership team, my responsibilities included:• Communicating with C-level executives and marketers in mid-market companies• Planning business growth and leading early-stage strategy with new engagements• Coordinating client-side and agency resources for successful project launches• Creating ongoing marketing outreach processes and executing multiple successful campaigns• Collaborating on a thought leadership platform with strategists and subject matter experts• Developing and stewarding relationships with key strategic partners and industry associations• Implementing CRM, business intelligence, and digital marketing platformsNotable client engagements:• Empowering a logistics and packaging business to go-to-market with a re-energized brand following a private equity-backed merger• Transformation of a global credit bureau and risk management company following a change in leadership• Working with an international professional services firm to define brand values and create alignment across all employees

As founder of TripleSpoke, a marketing communications and design company, my responsibilities included:• Leading strategy and creating marketing communications for 100+ mid-market companies in critical growth stages—such as launching a new product or attracting investment• Creative direction and leadership of cross-functional team of strategists, designers, writers, developers• Cultivating long-term client and partner relationships• Driving growth of the firm through marketing strategy, business development and sales• Financial P&L, legal, operations, business process and planning• Establish account management and project process to ensure accuracy and efficiency• Attracting, hiring and mentoring employees

• Provide strategic direction for marketing and roll-out of marketplace connecting private equity investors and health care businesses• Create name and brand identity for online deal-matching platform• Pressure-test business model with market research, interviews and product demos• Launch campaign to reach over 16,000 venture capital firms and investment bankers• Create program to identify, attract and engage potential clients• Inform change in direction for platform based on findings

• Created company and product brand identity for digital media startup • Worked with developers, designed product visual interface and UX through prototype and market release• Developed full suite of marketing communication and sales enablement tools to support national sales team• Established client side creative department for ongoing channel programming• Work with founders to garner interest, won multiple rounds of investment and ultimately led to an acquisition

New York, Ny, Us

• Teamed with agency’s NYC-based Brand Integration Group on transformation of Sears brand• Addressed strategic challenges for Fortune 500 brand in the midst of significant market shifts• Defined new visual direction for multiple fashion / soft good lines to better appeal to target audiences

Glen Ellyn, Il, Us

• Led graphic design and web design courses for second- and third-year students• Reframed real-life client challenges into assignments for students to engage • Infused classroom with an experienced practitioner perspective• Enhanced existing syllabus to create personalized curriculum• Mentored students and provided career advice and feedback

• Concepted, designed and implemented identity systems, marketing collateral, and sales tools• Led digital design capability: front-end design, image optimization, html and motion graphics• Maintained client communications about ongoing projects• Collaborated with CEO on new business opportunities and marketing of the firm• Initiated new engagements with potential clients

• Designed new identity, marketing collateral• Initiated web design capability and built team of developers• Clients included a range of residential service businesses and real estate developers

Bfa, Graphic Design

Graphic Design & Advertising