Tim OBrien
Vice President, Marketing at Taylor Guitars- Claim this Profile
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Kathryn Martinez
I have worked with Tim O'Brien for the past three years as an agency partner. Tim is an exceptional marketer with strong strategic abilities but also practical business sense. Accustomed to leading a large marketing team in a highly competitive, ever-dynamic business environment, Tim's ability to constantly re-prioritize and focus his team while still delivering the business is impressive. He provides an excellent balance of fact-based and intuitive decision making to optimize results. Tim's work ethic and integrity are above reproach, creating a high standard and an excellent example for those around him to follow.
Jeremy Netka
Having worked with Tim across multiple companies, as both an internal client and most recently a direct client, I can honestly say that our discussions regarding various dimensions of business and marketing, have been some of my most enjoyable work-related discussions. Tim possesses a very rare ability to take infinitely complex and abstract marketing and business issues and simplify them into logical and orderly constructs anyone can comprehend. Tim's leadership and raw intellectual and analytic horsepower allows him to efficiently cut through the everyday complications that can often paralyze, and develop pragmatic and impactful strategies and tactics that others can fully internalize and act upon.
Kathryn Martinez
I have worked with Tim O'Brien for the past three years as an agency partner. Tim is an exceptional marketer with strong strategic abilities but also practical business sense. Accustomed to leading a large marketing team in a highly competitive, ever-dynamic business environment, Tim's ability to constantly re-prioritize and focus his team while still delivering the business is impressive. He provides an excellent balance of fact-based and intuitive decision making to optimize results. Tim's work ethic and integrity are above reproach, creating a high standard and an excellent example for those around him to follow.
Jeremy Netka
Having worked with Tim across multiple companies, as both an internal client and most recently a direct client, I can honestly say that our discussions regarding various dimensions of business and marketing, have been some of my most enjoyable work-related discussions. Tim possesses a very rare ability to take infinitely complex and abstract marketing and business issues and simplify them into logical and orderly constructs anyone can comprehend. Tim's leadership and raw intellectual and analytic horsepower allows him to efficiently cut through the everyday complications that can often paralyze, and develop pragmatic and impactful strategies and tactics that others can fully internalize and act upon.
Kathryn Martinez
I have worked with Tim O'Brien for the past three years as an agency partner. Tim is an exceptional marketer with strong strategic abilities but also practical business sense. Accustomed to leading a large marketing team in a highly competitive, ever-dynamic business environment, Tim's ability to constantly re-prioritize and focus his team while still delivering the business is impressive. He provides an excellent balance of fact-based and intuitive decision making to optimize results. Tim's work ethic and integrity are above reproach, creating a high standard and an excellent example for those around him to follow.
Jeremy Netka
Having worked with Tim across multiple companies, as both an internal client and most recently a direct client, I can honestly say that our discussions regarding various dimensions of business and marketing, have been some of my most enjoyable work-related discussions. Tim possesses a very rare ability to take infinitely complex and abstract marketing and business issues and simplify them into logical and orderly constructs anyone can comprehend. Tim's leadership and raw intellectual and analytic horsepower allows him to efficiently cut through the everyday complications that can often paralyze, and develop pragmatic and impactful strategies and tactics that others can fully internalize and act upon.
Kathryn Martinez
I have worked with Tim O'Brien for the past three years as an agency partner. Tim is an exceptional marketer with strong strategic abilities but also practical business sense. Accustomed to leading a large marketing team in a highly competitive, ever-dynamic business environment, Tim's ability to constantly re-prioritize and focus his team while still delivering the business is impressive. He provides an excellent balance of fact-based and intuitive decision making to optimize results. Tim's work ethic and integrity are above reproach, creating a high standard and an excellent example for those around him to follow.
Jeremy Netka
Having worked with Tim across multiple companies, as both an internal client and most recently a direct client, I can honestly say that our discussions regarding various dimensions of business and marketing, have been some of my most enjoyable work-related discussions. Tim possesses a very rare ability to take infinitely complex and abstract marketing and business issues and simplify them into logical and orderly constructs anyone can comprehend. Tim's leadership and raw intellectual and analytic horsepower allows him to efficiently cut through the everyday complications that can often paralyze, and develop pragmatic and impactful strategies and tactics that others can fully internalize and act upon.
Experience
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Taylor Guitars
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United States
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Musicians
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200 - 300 Employee
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Vice President, Marketing
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Jan 2013 - Present
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LG Electronics
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South Korea
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Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President, Marketing
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Sep 2008 - Dec 2012
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Mars
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Director Marketing & Innovation
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Jul 2001 - Aug 2008
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business.com, a Centerfield company
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Marketing
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Jul 2000 - Jun 2001
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Microsoft
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Manager
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Aug 1999 - Jun 2000
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Procter & Gamble
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant Brand Manager
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Aug 1994 - Jul 1997
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Education
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1997 - 1999
UCLA Anderson School of Management
MBA, Strategy -
1997 - 1999
University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing/Marketing Management, General -
1989 - 1993
Miami University
BS, Finance & Marketing
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