Functional Skills
Post-Merger Integration
Product Strategy
Market Research
Technology Strategy
Industry Expertise
Software Skills
Microsoft Office
Sector Experience
Business Services
Consumer Goods
Financial Services
Retail
Technology
Fortune 500
Experience
Creative Circle
Corporate Strategy & Development
Brand Strategy Agency and Freelance Consultant
12/2017 - Present
Key Clients: Omron, IBM, Ingram Micro, Red Bull, Disney
• Diagnostic & Prescriptive Analysis of all facets of clients’ brand, growth opportunities, and Marketing activities
• Brand Development, Brand Architecture, Brand Naming, post-M&A Brand Migration Strategy, Brand Expression, Brand Messaging, Positioning, Brand Voice, Mission, Vision, Brand Launch, Brand Alignment (internal)
• Diagnostic & Prescriptive Analysis of all facets of clients’ brand, growth opportunities, and Marketing activities
• Brand Development, Brand Architecture, Brand Naming, post-M&A Brand Migration Strategy, Brand Expression, Brand Messaging, Positioning, Brand Voice, Mission, Vision, Brand Launch, Brand Alignment (internal)
Capital One Financial
Marketing
Senior Manager, Enterprise Brand Architecture & Naming Strategy
8/2016 - 11/2017
• Define, curate, position, differentiate, and evolve the Capital One master brand and product brand portfolio by partnering with cross-functional business leads to deliver cohesive, powerful brand experience across customer touch points by developing and deploying Capital One's first Enterprise Brand Architecture + Naming Tool for all internal and external offerings; principles were adopted and integrated into all R&D, M&A, & product dev workflows; Naming Tool deployed to guide all future names
Freelance Consulting Services
Media & Communications
Consultant
1/2014 - 8/2016
Brand Strategy, Research, Development, Management, & Lecturing
• Provide clients a broad range of strategic services to develop and manage a brand’s verbal, visual, and digital expression
• Brand Strategy & Marketing lecture audiences include universities, marketing organizations, and businesses
• Provide clients a broad range of strategic services to develop and manage a brand’s verbal, visual, and digital expression
• Brand Strategy & Marketing lecture audiences include universities, marketing organizations, and businesses
Innovation Protocol
Corporate Strategy & Development
Sr. Brand Strategy Consultant
6/2010 - 7/2014
Key Clients: PayPal, eBay, Google, Nestle, USC, IBM, Ixia, Evite, Republic Services, 21CT, X.commerce
-Owned multi-year client relationship with PayPal where I designed, led and launched series of projects requiring cross-functional leadership buy-in to build PayPal's Global Brand Architecture and resulting internal Naming Tool for entire portfolio of PayPal and other eBay Inc. brands
-Owned multi-year client relationship with PayPal where I designed, led and launched series of projects requiring cross-functional leadership buy-in to build PayPal's Global Brand Architecture and resulting internal Naming Tool for entire portfolio of PayPal and other eBay Inc. brands