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Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Reimagining the automotive platform's marketing function — playing an instrumental role in driving all aspects of B2C & B2B marketing, transforming the business model, and fast-tracking the brand into high growth.

Oak Brook, Illinois, United States

• Recruited by PE-backed (Abry, Parthenon) Millennium Trust’s CGO to serve as interim CMO and leadership team member — playing a key role in transforming the niche retirement services provider into a diversified financial wellness company.• As Interim CMO, redesigned, restructured, and scaled every facet of the marketing function — growing the team from seven to 20, onboarding multiple agency partners, instilling an open culture of process & accountability, and driving strategy & execution to support the company’s rapid B2B & B2C expansion.• Built the company’s consumer business from the ground up — overseeing development of the monetization strategy, market research, segmentation, positioning, value proposition, product / technology roadmap, go-to-market, and messaging. The effort drove engagement & retention KPIs to exceed expectations driven by a data-led rapid iteration framework.• Co-led re-brand initiative to transform Millennium Trust into Inspira — internally serving as a voice of the consumer while driving cross-functional collaborations to conduct research and weave refreshed mission, vision, and values into a new positioning, name, identity, and campaign platform across all touchpoints.• Executed phase 1 of an advanced MarTech stack implementation to support the CRM / consumer data-focused activation strategy — rolling out Salesforce, Twilio, and Experian while mapping out the phase 2 plan for Snowflake, Tableau, and Faraday AI to further scale team capabilities, automate workflows, and empower decision-making.• Provided due diligence support for six acquisitions valued at $1B+ — leading the integration of marketing & consumer product functions and realigning systems, processes, and capabilities to achieve financial projections.• Built out the marketing, design, and CX teams — meeting personnel with empathy & situational leadership to build trust, restore morale, elevate performance, and create momentum on both the corporate & human levels.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Recruited to lead sales for Leaf Group’s lifestyle media business’s central region — implementing innovative, data-driven strategies to reinvigorate key accounts and expand the client base.• Represented the publisher as a chief conduit and long-term partner to client leaders and their agency partners — providing ongoing counsel to help develop & execute data & insight-led campaigns that successfully set the brands apart while driving measurable brand & sales lift, CPA, and ROAS.• Responsible for the company’s flagship client, Target — penetrating new categories, expanding into upper-funnel brand initiatives, and increasing the programmatic business via data partnerships & creative deal structures, driving significant account growth for three consecutive years.• Played a key role in building a data-led, insights-driven approach for ideation and campaign development — enabling the creative / marketing functions to deliver stronger ideas that achieved client business objectives, attained a 2X lift in internal sales close rate, and unlocked higher CPMs.• Opened new business with Walmart, Rocket Mortgage, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Dyson, Whirlpool, Sherwin Williams, and Masco, among others.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Co-founded & boot-strapped consumer product startup — hiring & co-leading the 25-member cross-functional team, building the business & its products from zero-to-one, and growing to over $11M in revenue with client roster including Target, Walmart, Amazon, Urban Outfitters, and Kohl’s.• Led marketing strategy & execution across brand, trade, experiential, public relations, sports marketing, and media — securing & managing external agency partnerships to develop brands, create campaigns, and execute media plans while identifying ways to maximize exposure & sales with minimal investment, including:- Establishing relationships with A-list influencers like Will Ferrell and David Feherty, managing press campaigns, and securing coverage in national media outlets such as NY Times, CBS Sunday Morning, and CNN.- Diligently supporting sales efforts to grow B2B channels with cooperative advertising campaigns, CRM lead gen / nurturing email efforts, and creatively driving booth traffic at trade shows.• Developed and executed an e-commerce business plan for owned and Amazon channels — driving funnel conversion from paid, earned, & owned channels by rapidly optimizing messaging, offers, and creative, ultimately delivering 8X growth over five years.• Played a key role in building the product development process & systems from concept to shelf — driving costing, design & development, factory sourcing, and margin-conscious manufacturing efforts.

Chicago, Illinois, United States / Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Recruited to become a member of the iconic comedy brand’s senior leadership team — working closely with the Board, overseeing & mentoring a team of eight direct reports, and transforming the business from a regional newspaper into a digital-first cross-media platform and successfully increasing revenues by triple-digit-percent in four years.• Served as a primary driver of growth within the organization — architecting & leading initiatives to increase traffic & ad sales by revamping the core business and launching new ventures, including:- Reimagining the digital vision for Onion.com and AVClub.com — building the financial model and developing the business case to transform it from a passive newspaper website into the #1 digital destination for daily comedy.- Evaluating, negotiating, and implementing strategic marketing alliances with major media & technology organizations to increase online audience in four years and further drive revenue growth.- Launching an early podcast that remained #1 on Apple iTunes for years and the video-based Onion News Network.- Implementing product innovation, pricing strategy, full-funnel marketing activation, and improving SEO to reinvigorate the Onion Store e-commerce platform — further expanding channels through licensing for books, greeting cards, and calendars to exponentially grow revenue & profitability.- Partnering with Sales to secure & build high-value strategic partnerships with a mix of top brands — creating bespoke campaigns and programs with Axe Body Spray, Dewar’s, Ford, Foster’s, and many more.

• Senior business executive on two independent film projects, Blackballed starring Rob Corddry & Rob Riggle and The Fearless Freaks: The Story of the Flaming Lips — negotiating funding & distribution and liaising with the studios to cooperatively execute marketing strategies.

Richfield, Minnesota, United States

• Hired by the retail giant to help evolve the business for the emerging digital media era — working closely with senior leadership internally and at platform partners like Apple, Audible, GameFly, Netflix, Rhapsody, and Sony to create & negotiate opportunities that future-proof Best Buy’s market position and maximize revenue growth.

New York, New York, United States

• Brought on to drive growth in the entertainment category for the cutting-edge digital agency in a hybrid marketing & business development role — partnering with A-list artists to define their digital presence and leverage the Internet.

New York, New York, United States

• Entered career in the music industry — collaborating with artists on 100+ releases while receiving a masterclass in brand development and orchestrating successful market entrances from top professionals in their craft.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategic Management & Finance

Activities and Societies: • Business & the Environment Seminar | INCAE, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism & Advertising