Grows high-performance brands with disciplined marketing processes & collaborative relationships. Maximizes business and brand objectives through research-fueled user insights, creative exploration, process-driven planning, team-alignment and optimized resources. Provides business, brand, & marketing planning & strategy advice & execution to financial, education, arts & culture, retail and CPG clients. A classically-disciplined marketer at a billion-dollar branding & advertising agency with an $80 million portfolio of highly respected national and regional consumer brands, who helped pilot The Richard Group’s proprietary branding process & went on to lead & facilitate 34 design thinking projects. Builds trusted relationships to achieve consistent professional services growth. Co-founded a boutique marketing firm with $4 million in annual revenues and team of eight serving local CPG, start-ups & non-profits. Founded & sold two start-ups.