E-commerce leader + CRM Expert + Customer strategist + ex-consultant with deep experience in leading happy teams, growing customer lifetime value, and driving enterprise change at startup speed
Partnered with product teams to develop & test tactics to provide relevant and personalized site experience. Ensured tests were executed and measured accurately
Prepared annual and quarterly forecasts and budgets for channels; manage expenses within budget
Built net-new "customer center of excellence"
Designed audience strategy, identified and built actionable customer segments for use across channels
Responsible for customer-centric, data-driven strategies and implementation of lifecycle strategies, including paid, owned, and earned marketing channels and customer touchpoints (in-app, online)
Worked with merchant teams to lead development of personalized promotion strategy to increase CLV
Partnered with data engineers to analyze business and partner data to identify trends and KPIs and design strategies that drive desired outcomes
Responsible for forecasting, budgeting, and delivering CRM revenue goals
Provided vision and led teams to manage email, SMS/MMS, and push strategy
Developed new Moda Rewards loyalty program to mitigate significant churn / one-and-done behavior
Sr. Director, CRM & Customer Strategy
Neiman Marcus Group
10.2020 - 08.2022
Worked across Customer (now digital) org to design growth plans that drove maturation and CLV
Built first customer P&L at Neiman Marcus
Defined customer journeys and worked with product/service teams to deliver suite of integrated experiences that drove maturation and lifetime value
Collaborated with insights leaders to identify pivotal conversion points & designed engagement strategies to minimize leakage
Led promotions team to deliver margin-accretive public offer program and augment with personal, triggered offers that drive specific customer actions ('next best action')
Built digital capabilities to enable personalized experiences/services beyond core customer
Led Loyalty and proprietary credit (PLCC) team
Core stakeholder for Capital One card partners
Underwent effort to overhaul program, expand service offering, and build mobile-first ecosystem
Director of Customer Cultivation
Neiman Marcus Group
01.2019 - 10.2020
Center of excellence for luxury customer
Managed team of 10 cross-functional leaders (marketing, product management, creative, insights) to build center of excellence for luxury customer in scrum agile approach to test engagement tactics
Launched first-ever private offer / next-best-action platform at NMG in partnership with data science)
Owned loyalty program and proprietary credit (PLCC)
Led customer SWAT team through COVID-19 pandemic. Deployed promotions, services, experiences (many of which were net new to NM) to keep customers engaged. Led to promotion to Sr. Director and expanded role
Director of Marketing Strategy
Neiman Marcus Group
01.2014 - 01.2018
Served as strategic advisor and Chief of Staff to CMO
Owned InCircle loyalty program and proprietary credit card, maintained best-in-class loyalty, spend, & card metrics
Owned ~$150m gift card program
Owned all payment partnerships
Achieved meaningful improvement in co-marketing dollars / ROI for 3 of 5 partners; negotiated terms and launched digital wallets
Led NMG's digital styling development (personal styling delivered digitally). Drove innovation in e-commerce service at startup speed within legacy enterprise. Product now scaled to >75 stylists and key growth arena
One of four Directors selected to lead cross-functional effort to unlock +$20m in EBITDA; delivered over $30M
Instrumental in opportunity sizing / identification for mytheresa.com acquisition
Engagement Manager
Oliver Wyman Group
01.2007 - 01.2014
Member of retail group at elite strategy consultancy
Managed teams to deliver high-impact, accretive value to retail and other clients
Global leader of Women of Oliver Wyman, advancing women consultants
Sample projects included:
For North American wholesale club, redefined omnichannel pricing strategy; delivered measurable gains in member acquisition, development, retention
For largest software company in US, developed go-to-market playbook for B2B services
For third largest grocer in North America, led team of consultants in strategy diagnostic to lay out three-year business transformation plan
For same grocer, led promotions transformation: optimized promotional program, with view to drive margin benefit from a) eliminating margin-destroying promotions without negatively impacting topline; and b) improve overall promotional 'utility' by building superior promotional plan. Delivered over $180M in margin benefit
For large electronics retailer, developed and executed field operations and category management plan that resulted in incremental $35M in run-rate margin for client
For Alaskan wireless provider, designed strategies to deliver value with view to obtaining 50% market share in 12-24 months, including product and pricing overhaul
Director of Marketing
Alaska Communications Systems
07.2008 - 01.2009
Reported to CEO, focusing on go-to-market product strategy, post-launch momentum
Successfully launched BlackBerry in Alaskan market, as well as location-based services, and push to talk products
Consultant
Altman Solon
06.2004 - 04.2007
Supported telecom, media, and technology clients (mostly investors) in heavy analytical role
Integral in building go-to-market plan for initial rollout of Verizon FiOS
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics and Environmental Studies
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
06.2005
Skills
Omnichannel retail
Loyalty CRM
Customer strategy segmentation
Analytics, including AI/ML A/B testing
Proprietary credit stored value (gift card) strategy
Digital transformation
Strategic planning
Agile change management
Passions
Travel, especially hiking in the mountains
Architecture and design
Cooking (and eating)
Spending time with our daughter, Paige, son, Arthur and four (!) dogs