Bio
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Principal Consultant
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StrategyWorks®
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California, United States
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Principal Consultant
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1990 - Present
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California, United States
Strategy Works provides exceptional marketing thinking and strategic guidance. Innovative strategy, ideas & opportunities, and lucid articulations. Organizational mission, branding, targeting, differentiation & positioning, messaging, and creative strategy. Clients have ranged from global...
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American Express
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New York
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Idea Generation / Business Development / Sales Strategy
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1986 - 1989
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New York
Responsible for generating & evaluating hundreds of product/service/business ideas & potential acquisitions for all divisions (payment systems, travel, insurance, retail banking, entertainment, etc.). Worked closely with and held in high regard by division presidents/EVPs/SVPs. Examined h...
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TBWA\Chiat\Day
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Los Angeles
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Account Planning
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1984 - 1986
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Los Angeles
Worked for the original Chiat\Day L.A., when run by Jay Chiat and Guy Day, long prior to TBWA acquiring the company. Developed profoundly effective advertising by bringing strategic clarity to the most talented advertising creatives in the world. Worked on Apple, Axlon Games (Nolan Bushnell), Hom...
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Grey Advertising
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San Francisco
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Marketing Research & Account Management
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1982 - 1984
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San Francisco
Provided humanized understanding of customers and target audiences based on excessive amounts of quantitative data. Was recognized for providing accessible and useful information, and for sustaining productive and congenial relations with very senior clients. Primary client was Bank of America (a...
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Hibernia Bank
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San Francisco, CA
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Marketing Research
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1981 - 1982
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San Francisco, CA
Quantitative analysis for market segmentation and branch location evaluation. Hibernia Bank was founded as Hibernia Savings and Loan Society in 1859 as a bank for Irish immigrants, which became a pillar San Francisco society. Bank of Italy, later renamed Bank of America, was founded 45 years late...
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Colonial Hotel
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San Francisco, CA
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General Manager
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1980 - 1981
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San Francisco, CA
First job after college (age 21), was resident GM of 100-room hotel amid San Francisco's most prestigious Nob Hill hotels and residences. I lead the property from loss to profit, and drew the attention of Bill Kimpton, who founded Kimpton Hotels in 1981 when he purchased it and renamed it Vin...
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Education
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University of Rhode Island - College of Business
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