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Robyn Gilson

Robyn Gilson

Saint Augustine,FL

Summary

High-energy, results oriented customer experience leader with 20+ years experience developing and implementing strategies improving customer experiences. Possesses an entrepreneurial attitude and strong cross-functional, inclusive leadership skills. Creates strategic alliances with leaders in large organizations and external strategic partners to drive customer centered growth. Accomplished at building and retaining high performance teams by creating a learning culture and hiring, developing and motivating skilled professionals. Interfaces with executives on all levels.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work History

VP, Healthcare Experience Practice

Acquis Cortico-X
New York, NY
05.2021 - Current

Developed strategic plans to grow an adjacency start-up business with year over year revenue growth, bringing in new brands for the firms largest bet and building a strong $15M pipeline for long-term growth. Gained brand awareness and recognition as an expert in customer experience transformation in healthcare. Created a tailored operating model for hospital scheduling and revenue cycle operations proven to increase revenue, improve patient satisfaction, reduce cost of service and employee attrition.

Founder and Advisor

RevealHX
Milwaukee, WI
08.2023 - Current

Creator and CX go-forward advisor to a start-up providing new benchmark data informing healthcare leaders on where to focus efforts across the end to end journey.

Advisor

The Shepherd Company
11.2020 - Current

Customer experience advisor to a tech start-up focused on creating a simple digital solution to help caregivers manage care real-time.

Senior VP, Segment Strategy

U.S. Bank
Minneapolis, MN
10.2020 - 05.2021

Developed a unique value proposition and marketing pilot to engage targeted consumers in a different way and improve experiences. Built a playbook to attract working women. Owned the journey and led agile teams to develop a new digital storefront and campaign with advanced analytics helping manage the experience, resulting in new growth and a $3M savings at launch through campaign optimization.

Senior VP, CX/EX Center of Excellence

U.S. Bank
Minneapolis, MN
01.2019 - 02.2021

Built and led a team of over 100 analysts, consultants, user experience researchers, marketers and IT professionals to deliver a single source system in Qualtrics for real-time customer and employee listening and behavioral analytics (Quantum Metric) quantifying pain points, monitoring campaigns and the brand experience in addition to sensing potential complaints before they escalate. Drove adoption of north star customer, employee and brand metrics across the company accelerating the omnichannel strategy and one bank experience movement.

Senior VP, Customer Experience Office

U.S. Bank
Minneapolis, MN
09.2014 - 7 2018

Developed the Customer Experience Office providing standard enterprise measurement & management, CX KPIs and executive scorecards, diverse segment strategies and an innovation incubator to test out new differentiated experience to attract and/or retain customers. Drove diverse segment growth plans, overhauled marketing and spurred DEI talent development. Spearheaded an enterprise task force to build the infrastructure, marketing, an operating model and strengthen the employee resources groups. Led one of 4 DEI pillars for the organization. Acted as the diversity and inclusion champion for all marketplace efforts and was the founding virtual advisor for the Nosotros Latinos Business Resource Group.

Staff VP, Multicultural Marketing & Strategy

Anthem
Indianapolis, IN
10.2011 - 9 2014

Built a business case to better attract and service Hispanic consumers. Spear-headed an initiative building needed infrastructure (Spanish digital assets, call center, care management services, company wide cultural competence training, in language marketing, bilingual sales and agency teams). Led Affordable Care Act Hispanic campaigns to attract the uninsured, the outreach resulted in over 120k leads in the first open enrollment, a 44% increase in Hispanic applicants and significant improvements in share across target markets. Named by DTC Perspectives as Outstanding Health Marketer for 2014, influenced Covered CA and toured Capitol Hill to share the Anthem BCBS impact story informing change across other markets.

From Mgr to Staff VP Across Many Areas

Anthem
Indianapolis, IN
03.2000 - 2 2011

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Held several product development, marketing, research and planning roles building out data management op models to support data driven decision making for business line leaders and up to the c-suite. Received a Pinnacle award, the highest recognition for achievement at Anthem.

Marketing Consultant

Chamness Consulting
Milwaukee, WI
02.1999 - 02.2001

Therapist (Child Life), Support Group Director

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
Temple, TX
04.1992 - 05.1999

Education

Executive Leadership Program

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
2008

Master of Arts - Advertising

University Of Texas At Austin
1997

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Southwestern University
1992

Skills

Growth Strategy

Marketing Strategy

Brand Strategy

Data Management

Change Management

Market Intelligence

Human Centered Design

Complex Problem-Solving

Talent Development

Team Leadership

Accomplishments

Reduced employee attrition, improved employee engagement and patient satisfaction at a large regional health system

  • Led an insights to action culture movement raising the voice of employees and patients to the c-suite level resulting in process optimization, service recovery and service design efforts improving experiences. Changes resulted in improved revenue of $12.4M, reduced employee turnover by 33% and 18% increase in employee likelihood to refer the organization as a good place to work.

Tackled Latinx health equity gaps and created a culture movement at a large regional health system

  • Overhauled how a large regional health system problem-solved Latinx access to care. Introduced human centered design resulting in an improvement initiative with an estimated $51M 3 year ROI addressing pain points for employees, patients and family members. https://view.highspot.com/viewer/65b954a5d6f61a12bdfa4d5e

Developed a diagnostic system in banking improving customer experiences

  • Developed a robust experience management program to prioritize bank-wide improvement and identify opportunities for differentiation. The bank identified opportunities they otherwise wouldn't have found resulting in improved customer and employee satisfaction, significant cost saves, staffing synergies and a multi-million annual ROI through clearer opportunity identification.

Modernized marketing via cultural insights and relevance to achieve growth in banking

  • Brought new data, ways of working and segmentation to top 5 U.S. Bank changing marketing strategy and operations. Changes resulted in improved awareness and consideration with diverse segments (Hispanic, Black, Asian, LGBTQ+), improved Diversity Inc. ranking, top awards for digital solutions, incremental growth (estimated at $70M over 5 years).

Improved financial education at a large regional bank, improving outreach to youth and access to multicultural consumers

  • Initiated a financial literacy program and campaign with online education courses on budgeting, savings and building credit reaching hundreds of thousands over several years (doubling engagement) and 95% of students stated they learned something new they can apply. Acted as a Financial Coach for U.S. Bank.

Timeline

Founder and Advisor

RevealHX
08.2023 - Current

VP, Healthcare Experience Practice

Acquis Cortico-X
05.2021 - Current

Advisor

The Shepherd Company
11.2020 - Current

Senior VP, Segment Strategy

U.S. Bank
10.2020 - 05.2021

Senior VP, CX/EX Center of Excellence

U.S. Bank
01.2019 - 02.2021

Senior VP, Customer Experience Office

U.S. Bank
09.2014 - 7 2018

Staff VP, Multicultural Marketing & Strategy

Anthem
10.2011 - 9 2014

From Mgr to Staff VP Across Many Areas

Anthem
03.2000 - 2 2011

Marketing Consultant

Chamness Consulting
02.1999 - 02.2001

Therapist (Child Life), Support Group Director

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
04.1992 - 05.1999

Executive Leadership Program

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

Master of Arts - Advertising

University Of Texas At Austin

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

Southwestern University
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