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Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Greater Detroit Area

• A provider of marketing, product development and project management services that enables clients to increase business growth through innovation and flawless execution of proven best practices.
• Go-to-market planning and implementation.
• Brand development, research, demand/lead generation and pipeline mgmt. systems.
• Product planning, project management, new product and service development.

Charlotte, MI

Member of the leadership team that is responsible for marketing across five business units, corporate communications, product development and key growth initiatives. Marketing scope: brand management, demand generation, PR/MR/IR communications, strategic planning, market research, digital mktg. (CRM, pipeline mgmt., SEO, website development, social media.

Managed marketing, strategy development, business planning and communications for this supplier of automotive systems, modules and components to global automotive OEMs. Supported M&A and business development functions. Cadence employs 4,200 people in six countries.

Portland, Oregon Area

Hired as a Brand Manager and promoted to Marketing Director. Managed the team responsible for the consumer / SMB marketing function supporting 17 product categories, multiple brands / sub-brands, multiple customer touch-points and selling motions (retail, distribution and DTC / e-commerce). Retail distribution system consisted of six channels and over.

Managed the marketing function globally for this $2.5 Million SBU. B2B company delivering highly engineered systems and modules to automotive OEMs around the world.

Penske Auto Centers: A chain of 860 privately owned automotive service centers located primarily at Kmart stores. Company officer with P&L responsibility managing sales and marketing

Greater Detroit Area

J. Walter Thompson: A top three global advertising and marketing services agency owned by WPP.Managed the team responsible for Goodyear brand and product advertising.

Yokohama Tire Corporation: Designs, engineers and manufacturers tires globally for automobiles. Managed all elements of the marketing function in the USA - including distribution, pricing, and promotion - for two brands (and private label products) across three channels of distribution.

1988 - 1990 Account Supervisor managing the account team on the Michelin Tire account in New York City. Stewardship of the Michelin Baby campaign, "Because so much is riding on your tires".1983 - 1987 Account Executive working on the Volkswagen account team in Detroit. Account Executive working on the Comshare account in Detroit.