Experience
40+ years of experience
Strategic Marketing Leadership
With 40+ years of experience across agency, corporate, and consulting roles, I specialize in helping small B2B service businesses and manufacturers build marketing strategies that drive growth.
As a Fractional CMO, I provide executive-level marketing leadership without the full-time cost, ensuring your marketing efforts are focused, effective, and aligned with business goals.
Areas of Expertise
- Marketing Strategy & Brand Positioning: Developing clear, actionable strategies that define your competitive edge and strengthen brand identity.
- Sales Enablement & Lead Generation: Aligning marketing and sales with customized communication, automation, and training to drive results.
- Marketing Audits & Optimization: Identifying gaps, strengths, and opportunities to refine your marketing approach.
- Customer Personas & Messaging: Crafting targeted messaging that speaks to the right audience, at the right time.
- Sales & Marketing Collateral: Creating compelling presentations, sell sheets, and content to support your sales efforts.
Fractional CMO Capabilities
- Strategic marketing leadership, when you need it
- Scalable support that grows with your business
- Full CMO expertise with the flexibility of a consultant
- Execution oversight, ensuring strategies turn into results
Ready to take control of your marketing? Let’s talk.
Industry Experience
I’ve worked with widely diverse sectors: automotive, financial services, healthcare, technology, and business services. Adaptable and quick to integrate, I focus on delivering effective, timely solutions.
Ready for a strategic partner? Let’s elevate your business together.
Work Experience
- Marketing Consultant since 2014
- Solera Holdings, transportation technology company in 2022
- Misix Inc, a data-driven marketing agency from 2012 to 2014
- Kain Automotive, a car dealer training organization, in 2012
- Dealer Communications | Digital Dealer Conference from 2010 to 2012
- Cars.com dealer marketing from 2002 to 2010
- DraftWorldwide (marketing agency now called FCB) from 1999 to 2002
- Jacobs & Clevenger (marketing agency) from 1998 to 1999
- Frankel (marketing agency now called Arc Worldwide) from 1996 to 1998
Education
- MLA, DePaul University, School for New Learning, with a focus on teamwork and leadership
- BA, DePaul University, School for New Learning, Communications