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Mathew Johnsrud

Racine,WI

Summary

Results-driven executive with extensive experience in strategic leadership and operational excellence. Proven track record in driving growth, optimizing processes, and fostering team collaboration. Exceptional skills in strategic planning, financial management, and stakeholder engagement. Adaptable and reliable, consistently achieving high-impact results in dynamic environments.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

VP of Audience Revenue Forecasting and Planning

Lee Enterprises, Inc.
09.2019 - Current

Formulated annual plans for all facets of audience revenue among Lee's entire product portfolio. Created revenue forecasts based on trends, market variables, pricing, and other strategic initiatives for the current fiscal year or longer as required by the executive team. Analyzed revenue and cash flow results with the objective of defining source attributes of variances to plan or forecast targets. Collaborated with audience marketing and operations teams to create initiatives to achieve targeted revenue and cash flow results. Identified and executed opportunities to improve audience revenue through pricing. Managed third-party agreements for outsourced applications to drive audience revenue. Oversight for audience operations in Lee's largest market.

Director of Audience Operations

Lee Enterprises, Inc.
09.2015 - 09.2019
  • Oversight for all attributes of audience operations among assigned markets. The scope of initial responsibility included four markets with eventual integration of approximately one-half of all Lee's audience operations. Optimized performance in fulfillment of the print media products and improved cash flow through revenue initiatives and cost efficiencies. Facilitated best practices and standardized processes among the markets. Collaborated with onsite market leadership and product managers to achieve cross-functional goals.

Audience Director

Lee Enterprises, Inc.
06.1997 - 09.2015

Director of audience in four of Lee's markets during the assigned interval among markets in Iowa, Montana, and Wisconsin. Onsite leadership for product fulfillment, marketing, pricing, and customer service within the audience division. Drive results to achieve metrics for consumer satisfaction, cost targets, audience subscription revenue, and cash flow.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Fianance

University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
La Crosse, WI

Skills

  • Critical thinking
  • Market trends and analysis
  • Project management
  • Operations oversight
  • Strategic planning
  • Risk management
  • Process improvement
  • Contract negotiation
  • Budget oversight
  • Price structuring
  • Performance metrics analysis
  • Forecasting

Accomplishments

  • Entrusted leader with oversight of planning and forecasting for Lee's audience product portfolio exceeding $300M in annual annual revenue.
  • Contributed to consistent achievement of audience cash flow targets.
  • Achieved targets to improve the average subscription rate of print and digital products.
  • Increased revenue yields through third party agreements for archived content.

Timeline

VP of Audience Revenue Forecasting and Planning

Lee Enterprises, Inc.
09.2019 - Current

Director of Audience Operations

Lee Enterprises, Inc.
09.2015 - 09.2019

Audience Director

Lee Enterprises, Inc.
06.1997 - 09.2015

Bachelor of Science - Fianance

University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Mathew Johnsrud