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MARK SCHULER

MARK SCHULER

Tampa Area,FL

Summary

High-achieving senior marketing and operations executive with 25+ years of progressive experience driving product and process transformation. A customer-focused leader with a proven record of delivering business value, simplification and improved efficiencies. A problem solver and decision maker who excels at driving business goals through collaboration internally and externally across brand, marketing, operations, sales, technology, supply chain management and risk management.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

SVP, Brand and Marketing

Enhance Health
04.2022 - Current
  • Developed and executed strategic initiatives to drive business growth, resulting in higher revenues and market share expansion.
  • Enhanced company performance by implementing new strategies and streamlining operations.
  • Delivered exceptional customer service by implementing best practices and fostering a culture of accountability within the organization.
  • Championed innovation by encouraging cross-functional teams to pursue creative solutions to complex challenges.
  • Oversaw brand, marketing, advertising and new product development.
  • Collaborated with executive leadership team members to develop Mission and Vision.

Director, Brand Management

United Services Automobile Association, USAA
01.2020 - 04.2022
  • Enabled transformation of credit card marketing ecosystem across marketing, operational and technical processes.
  • Propelled culture shift through relentless focus on continuous improvement and challenging the status quo.
  • Drove successful completion of first risk assessment across the 14 experiences of the end-to-end credit card
    marketing campaign process to enable a return to market with improved controls, processes and technology.
  • Spearheaded cross department effort to return to marketing for balance transfer offers to existing members.
  • Partnered across Product, Brand, Marketing, Omnichannel and Technology to transform the Bank marketing
    technology and process ecosystem to improve efficiency and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Director, Business Management Consultant

Spinnaker Consulting Group
01.2017 - 01.2020
  • Utilized product management and operational experience to deliver business critical results on behalf of clients.
  • Led development and launch for a new collections and recoveries application for large financial services client.
  • Implemented innovative solutions to solve complex problems, resulting in increased productivity and streamlined operations.
  • Worked with clients to develop innovative solutions.

Senior Director, Product Management and Marketing Operations

Capital One Financial Corporation
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Led US Credit Card Marketing Operations and Product Teams responsible for strategy, development and management of systems and processes used in acquiring 7MM+ new credit card customers annually.
  • Drove product management for agile teams owning prequalification, application and credit underwriting platforms responsible for processing 20MM+ credit card applications annually and generating $2B+ in value.
  • Facilitated the digital transformation of credit card acquisitions utilizing cloud technologies
    to reduce costs, improve speed to market and streamline process.
  • Improved operational processes and customer experience while reducing risk and ensuring regulatory compliance
    (e.g. Reg Z, FCRA, Reg B) through successful replacement of the credit card application website and process.
  • Partnered closely with Business/Credit Analysis, Third Party Management, Compliance and Legal teams in
    developing technology solutions for acquiring new credit card customers.
  • Managed team of over 30 underwriters responsible for manual processing and underwriting of applications.

Director, Marketing Operations

Capital One Financial Corporation
01.2013 - 01.2015
  • Developed the Credit Card Marketing Operations Team to ensure flawless execution for acquiring new customers.
  • Re-engineered processes and technologies for updating, communicating changes, storing and managing Credit Card
    Agreements that govern 60MM+ US Credit Card accounts.
  • Implemented comprehensive regulatory compliance and risk management process that reduced 80% of customer
    facing issues and shortened issue management cycle time by 50%.
  • Transformed marketing processes using agile principles to improve quality and efficiency of customer acquisitions.
  • Spearheaded cross-functional project to determine moments that matter in a credit card customer’s lifecycle and design
    a customer back strategy for improving advocacy of new credit card customers.
  • Delivered multiple successful internal and external audits of credit card acquisitions processes and experiences.

Senior Manager, Supplier Management

Capital One Financial Corporation
01.2007 - 01.2012
  • Drove performance of Supply Chains across categories of Direct Mail Marketing, Print Operations, Digital Marketing, Payments, Non-Credit Data and Credit Data.
  • Oversaw $1B+ in annual expense for Supply Chains fulfilling the marketing and servicing of credit card accounts
    including the production and delivery of 2B+ pieces of mail annually.
  • Negotiated annual savings of $50MM+ over 5 years within Direct Mail supply chain.
  • Initiated and executed large creative automation program to revolutionize direct mail process within Supply Chain
    reducing cycle time by 30% and significantly reducing error rates.
  • Led request for proposal (RFP) process within the credit data and data infrastructure supply chain to select
    suppliers and negotiate the contracts to deliver an industry leading real-time pre-qualification capability.

Manager, Marketing Platform Management

Capital One Financial Corporation
01.2003 - 01.2007
  • Supervised a team of platform managers and system specialists accountable for 30+ business systems and processes that supported 1,000+ users across Brand, Marketing, Compliance, Operations and Print Production.
  • Saved $1MM+ annually enhancing multiple technology systems used to store digital assets, route PDFs, manage
    production specifications, invoice suppliers and create direct mail solicitations.

Senior System Specialist, Response Channel Setup

Capital One Financial Corporation
01.2000 - 01.2003
  • Executed the set-up of systems and processes to take and decision customers' applications for new credit cards across the telemarketing, internet and mail application response channels.
  • Utilized Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to develop and implement numerous process improvements
    that included automating the marketing campaign setup process.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting Information Systems

Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
05.1995

Skills

  • Leadership & Engagement of Top Talent
  • Process Re-engineering & Improvement
  • Digital Technology Product Management
  • Brand Management
  • New Business Development
  • Operational Excellence
  • Strategic leadership
  • Customer Experience Strategy Development
  • Regulation Adherence & Monitoring
  • Budget and Cost Analysis
  • Supplier Performance Management
  • Agile, Lean and Six Sigma Methodologies

Affiliations

  • Goodwill of Central and Coastal of Virginia Advisory Board, Vice Chairman/Chairman, 2016 to Present
  • TransUnion Bank Advisory Board, Member, 2012-20177
  • Auriemma Marketing Operations Roundtable, Member, 2015-2017

Timeline

SVP, Brand and Marketing - Enhance Health
04.2022 - Current
Director, Brand Management - United Services Automobile Association, USAA
01.2020 - 04.2022
Director, Business Management Consultant - Spinnaker Consulting Group
01.2017 - 01.2020
Senior Director, Product Management and Marketing Operations - Capital One Financial Corporation
01.2015 - 01.2017
Director, Marketing Operations - Capital One Financial Corporation
01.2013 - 01.2015
Senior Manager, Supplier Management - Capital One Financial Corporation
01.2007 - 01.2012
Manager, Marketing Platform Management - Capital One Financial Corporation
01.2003 - 01.2007
Senior System Specialist, Response Channel Setup - Capital One Financial Corporation
01.2000 - 01.2003
Virginia Tech University - Bachelor of Science, Accounting Information Systems
MARK SCHULER