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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.
• 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 &.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 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.

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.

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.

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