Meet Our Team

Matt Benner

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP, The Planet
• SVP of Retail, Reliant Energy
• Director of Marketing/CMO, Barclays Bank, PLC
• SVP, Fidelity Investments
• VP, AT&T Consumer & Small Business
• Category Manager, Kraft Foods
• Brand Management, Procter & Gamble

Ron Greenberg

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP, Worldwide Marketing, Avid Technology
• CMO & SVP, Digital Media, TouchTunes Interactive Networks
• EVP, Marketing & Business Development, Actimize
• General Manager, Global Marketing, Enterprise & Partner Group, Microsoft
• VP, Global Industry & Solutions Marketing, IBM
• CMO, Asia Pacific, IBM (based in Tokyo)
• SVP, Director of Client Services, Dentsu Corporation (US)

Tara Weymon Leonard

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Head of Global Enterprise Planning | MillerKnoll (formerly Herman Miller, Inc.)
• Vice President, Global B2B & Field Marketing | Herman Miller
• Vice President, Marketing | The Estée Lauder Companies
• Head of Global Marketing, Food & Skincare Brands | Unilever
• Head of Marketing, Beverage Brands | Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages
• Various Marketing Roles | The Procter & Gamble Company

Christa Martin

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• VP of Marketing, Product Development, UPS, The UPS Store
• SVP of Marketing,  Culture Partners (formerly Partners In Leadership)
• AVP Marketing for The Forbes School of Business and Technology, University of Arizona Global (Formerly Ashford University)
• Director of Global Marketing and Sales, Rhino Linings
• Principal, The Strategen Group, LLC
• Associate Director, The Ohio Academy of Science
• Faculty - Marketing, Sales, Technology Management, PR, University of Phoenix

Kramer Reeves

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Executive Vice President, Work-Relay, Neostella
• CEO, Work-Relay (acquired by Neostella)
• CMO, Work-Relay (a Salesforce ISV)
• Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, Foundation AI
• CMO and Global Head of Marketing, IBM Automation, IBM
• CMO, Sapiens Decision
• Director, Product Marketing and Product Management, IBM Collaboration Solutions, IBM
• Limited Partner, Idea Fund Partners

Dorian Quispe

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Principal Owner, Division One
• Chief Marketing Officer, Broadvoice
• Chief Marketing Officer, Shutterstock.com
• Chief Marketing Officer, ManyChat.com
• Chief Digital Officer/Acting CMO, LegalZoom.com
• Vice President, Marketing, LegalZoom.com

Beth Somplatsky-Martori

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• VP of Marketing and CMO, Niagara Conservation Corporation
• VP of Marketing, Overhead Door Corporation
• VP of Retail Channel, Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath
• VP of Strategic Marketing, Compass Home
• Sr. Director of Strategic Marketing, Philips Lighting Company
• Director of Consumer Marketing, Philips Lighting Company

Anka Twum-Baah

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP, Customer, Content & Products, Red Ventures (TPG)
• VP, Loyalty & Cobrand Cards, Gap Inc.
• Interim Vice President & GM, Demand, Brand & Digital, Apptio, Inc.
• Head of Product Marketing, Microsoft 365 Enterprise, Microsoft Corporation
• General Manager, Consumer Payment Products, Amazon Company, LLC
• VP, Customer Marketing, Loyalty & Digital Products Asia-Pacific, Marriott International
• Head of International Rewards & Platforms, American Express Company

John Hannula

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Revenue Officer, Dwellwell Analytics
• Chief Revenue Officer, Bevi
• Chief Revenue Officer/Vice President Sales, Social Tables (acquired by Cvent)
• Vice President Sales, Account Management, and Support, Sestra Systems
• Vice President Sales, Frontpoint

Joan Blackwood

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Marketing Officer, West Coast University/ACC
• Chief Marketing Officer, National Vision
• Chief Marketing Officer, University of Phoenix
• Chief Marketing Officer, Zumba Fitness
• Chief Marketing Officer, 1800 Contacts/Glasses.com (Walmart)
• Chief Marketing Officer, Monster Worldwide
• Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, CA (Computer Associates)
• Senior Vice President, Bank of America (FleetBoston Financial)

Renato Pelissaro

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Growth Officer, Bank Safra
• VP, Products Strategy, Pluxee
• Chief Growth and Strategy Officer, dr.Consulta
• Global Consumer Sr. Director, PayPal
• Market Development Director, Yahoo!
• Associate, McKinsey & Company

Brett Keirstead

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• VP Sales, Sense
• Interim Chief Revenue Officer, LandrumHR
• Chief Revenue Officer, GVL (GlobalVetLink)
• Vice President, Client Acquisition, Avionte
• SVP Sales and Operations, Knowledge Marketing
• Vice President Sales, Jobs2Web/Successfactors
• Vice President, Ceridian

Bill DeWitt

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP, Enterprise Database Marketing at Wells Fargo
• SVP, National Home Equity Marketing at Wells Fargo
• VP, Marketing Strategic Planning & Analysis at Wells Fargo
• VP, Marketing & Product Management at Bank of America

Jeff Loeb

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• CMO, Logically
• CMO, Vidyard
• CMO and Executive VP, Ipswitch
• VP of Global Marketing, dynatrace
• VP of Product Marketing, Compuware
• GM of Managed Services, NaviSite
• Senior Director of Product Marketing and Market Development, RSA Security
• Senior Director ebusiness, Oracle

Kim Salzer

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• CMO, Ozobot
• GM (CEO), Gifts.com
• GM, Citysearch
• VP Marketing & Product, Linden Lab/Second Life
• VP Global Brand Management, Activision
• VP Marketing, The Learning Company
• Director of Product Marketing, Electronic Arts
• Brand Manager, Leiner Health Products
• Brand Manager, The Clorox Company

Sean Klunder

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP, Product Management and Marketing – Korn Ferry International
• VP, Marketing and Digital Development – World Book, a Berkshire Hathaway company
• Divisional VP – ETA/Cuisenaire

Rex Bull

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Product Line Marketing Executive, Navitaire, Inc.
• VP of Marketing and Product Management, SoloMio Corporation
• Executive VP of Marketing and Operations, ViAir, Inc.
• SVP of Worldwide Marketing, Concur Technologies, Inc.
• Sr. Director Marketing and Product Management, Ameritech Corporation

Tad Egami

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Marketing Officer, ProService
• Vice President, Strategic Marketing/Sales Enablement, Fusion Connect
• VP of Account Management and Relationship Marketing, MegaPath
• VP Marketing – Service Provider Division, MegaPath
• Director of Marketing, LifeScan
• Americas Marketing Manager, Ericsson
• Senior Product Manager, Philips Medical Systems, New Ventures Group
• Product Manager, DemandTec

Deborah Fell

Area Managing Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

Rob Godlewski

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• President, Hallmark Lighting, LLC
• VP/GM, Air Comfort Products, Emerson Tool Company
• Director of Marketing, Ridgid and Craftsman Wet/Dry Vacs, Emerson Tool Company
• Director of Marketing, Pro-Team Commercial Vacuums, Emerson Tool Company
• VP Marketing, Powr-Flite, A Tacony Company

Rob Talbot

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP, Marketing, RealtyTrac
• VP, Marketing, M-GO (Technicolor and DreamWorks Animation)
• VP, Marketing, Napster (A Best Buy Company)
• VP, Marketing, Move, Inc./Realtor.com
• VP, Marketing, Sony Pictures Digital Networks
• VP, Business Development, Lifetime Television
• Director, Marketing Strategy, Home Box Office
• Industry Experience: Entertainment, Consumer Products, Real Estate, Technology, E-commerce, Music, Fashion, Beauty, Construction and Digital Media

Allen Hwang

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Operating Officer, Publisher Services, Inc.
• SVP & Chief Marketing Officer, DentalOne Partners
• Vice President, Consumer Marketing, American HomePatient
• Chief Marketing Officer, 1-800 CONTACTS
• Director of Marketing, Pabst Brewing Company
• Modelo Brand Manager, The Gambrinus Company
• Assistant Brand Manager, The Procter & Gamble Company

Mark Green

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• CRO, Business Development, Pharma/Payor/Clinical Solutions Sales & Marketing, Televox, Inc.
• Chief Sales Officer, Clinical & Commercial Services, Strategic Pathways, LLC
• VP, Business Development Clinical & Commercial Medical Solutions, IQVIA
• Principal & Founder, Strategic Pathways, LLC
• VP, Global Sales Enablement, EMC Inc.
• Senior VP, Business Development Medical Solutions, Health Answers (a division of Sudler & Hennessey)
• Executive Director, Business Development & Training, Johnson & Johnson

Thomas Park

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Founder, Commercial Performance, LLC
• Chief Commercial Officer, Honeywell SPS
• GM NA Productivity Products, Honeywell SPS
• P&L leader Ackermann and Global Tracking, Honeywell SPS
• Multiple C-level roles Fortive/Danaher–Gilbarco Veeder Root
  • Vice President Global Product Management
  • GM of Payments
  • GM Automation
  • Vice President of Global Engineering
• Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton

David Vroom

Managing Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP and GM, Sargento Foods Inc
• VP Business Development, Pactiv/Reynolds Group Holdings Ltd.
• VP Marketing and Business Development, Brunswick Corporation
• VP Global Marketing, Kellogg’s Company
• VP Convenience Foods and New Products, Kellogg’s Company
• Brand Management, Procter & Gamble Company

Tom Arduino

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• CMO, Head of Marketing, Paybotic & Paybotic Financial
• CMO & Head of Marketing, Great American Finance & Castle Credit
• Vice President, Client Marketing, Synchrony
• Vice President, Marketing, MB Financial Bank
• Manager Brand Strategy, Partnerships, Capital One & HSBC

Sarah Polk

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP, Marketing & Sales, Sommetrics, Inc.
• Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Inline Distributing Company
• VP, Marketing, Medical, Immersion Corporation
• VP Marketing & Business Development, Clarian Health Partners
• VP, New Business Development & Strategy, Hirons & Company, Inc.
• Global Strategic Marketing Manager, Cook Medical, Inc.
• Partner, FGI Analytics and Research

Ahmet Abaci

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• VP Brand Strategy & Product Marketing, Spalding / Dudley / AAI
• VP Marketing, Mizuno USA
• VP Marketing Americas Region, SSL International (Reckitt Benckiser)
• Global Director of Strategy, Bausch & Lomb
• Global Marketing Director, Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Martin Vann

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP Sales and Marketing VPS, and VCS, Videndum PLC (formally Vitec Group)
• Consultant, CEO MelroseTec
• SVP Worldwide Sales and Professional Services, Avid Technology
• VP Sales, Marketing and Services and Division General Manager, Autodesk M&E
• Executive Advisor, ASG LLC
• GTM Advisor, Twelve Labs
• GTM Advisor, Caton Technology

John Rindlaub, Jr.

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• VP of Marketing & Consumer Experience, Medicare, Centene Corporation
• VP of Marketing, Health Net
• VP Marketing, Express Scripts
• CMO (interim), Earthlink Wireless
• CMO (interim), Blockbuster Online
• EVP, CMO, Eos Airlines
• SVP, Director of Corporate Marketing, FleetBoston Financial
• VP Marketing, Barnes & Noble.com
• President and CMO, ShopLink
• VP, Director of E-commerce and Marketing, Citibank
• Director of Marketing, Pepsi-Cola

Robert Pruter

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Revenue Officer & Co-Founder (Advisor), SPHER, Inc.
• Chief Revenue Officer (Fractional), BOLA AI
• Director of Sales, Interoperability, Infor Healthcare Solutions
• Vice President of Sales, Aventura
• SVP of Sales & Marketing, Aspyra
• National Sales Director, Ambulatory Care Sales Group, AGFA
• Western Zone Sales Director, Merge Technologies/RIS Logic now IBM Watson Health

Dennis Hupp

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Senior Vice President, Omnichannel Sales & Marketing, Highlights for Children
• Chief Commercial Officer, Slingshot Coffee Company
• President & Chief Commercial Officer, SunTree Snack Foods
• Divisional Vice President, Sales, Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company
• Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, FlixChip Corporation
• Senior Vice President, Sales, Universal Music Group
• Director & Walmart Team Leader, The Walt Disney Company

Anil Singh

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• CMO, Lurn.com & IDAgent.com
• CMO, Envision Experience (Acquired by WorlSrides)
• CMO, Tigrent, Learning Inc. (Acquired by Investools/TD Ameritrade)
• SVP Marketing, TheMarkets.com (Acquired by McGraw Hill Financial)
• CMO, PayTrust.com (Acquired by Intuit)
• VP, Ecommerce and Marketing, Advanta Corporation (Acquired by Chase)
• VP / Executive Promotion Director, Time Warner, Inc.

Stas Wolk

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Executive Vice President, Commercial Excellence, Apkudo Inc.
• Chief Operating Officer, Link Labs
• Senior Vice President, Telecom Carriers, XPO Logistics
• Vice President of Global Strategic Alliances, Cellebrite
• Mobility Sector Vice President, Jabil Global Services
• Vice President of Sales, SourceRight Solutions
• Vice President of Sales and Head of Global Mobility Practice, Neverfail Group
• Senior Vice President of Sales, Omnilink
• Director of Sales and Account Management, BlackBerry

Craig Levinsohn

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• EVP and CMO Global Marketing and Corporate Strategy (corporate officer), Merrill 
• General Manager and SVP (corporate officer), CEC
• CMO and CSO, Paisley
• CMO and SVP of Strategic Alliances (corporate officer), HighJump Software, A 3M Company
• Board of Directors, Ecova (an Insight Venture Partners portfolio company)
• Board of Directors, Tongal (an Insight Venture Partners portfolio company)

Kim Chau

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Bluum
• Vice President of Business Marketing, T-Mobile
• Vice President and General Manager of Marketing, Zones
• Vice President of Marketing, Product Creation Studio
• Senior Director, Head of Marketing for Enterprise Business Unit, Sierra Wireless
• Director of Product / Partner Marketing, Microsoft

Tom McCrary

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Senior Marketing Director, Embassy Suites Hotel
• Senior Marketing Director, NRG/Reliant Energy
• VP, Operations, Marketing and Business Strategy, WhatWorks (Incubator)
• VP, Marketing (CMO), Pro Staff
• VP, Marketing (CMO), Northeast Savings
• Head of Marketing (CMO), Tony Roma's Restaurants
• VP, Sales and Marketing, Lessonware
• Strategy Consultant - Transformational Change, King Chapman and Broussard"

Beth Brady

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• CMO, Principal Financial Group
• President Nielsen Global Segmentation Solutions, The Nielsen Company
• VP of Marketing, Progresso Soup and Foods/Meals Division, General Mills Inc. (Pillsbury)
• VP of Marketing, Wholesome Snacks, General Mills Inc.
• VP of Marketing, Refrigerated Baked Goods/Frozen Baked Goods, General Mills Inc. (Pillsbury)
• Director of Marketing, Desserts and Mixes, General Mills Inc. (Pillsbury)
• Director of Marketing, Related Snacks, Wise Foods Inc.
• Senior Product Manager, Mazola Oil, Best Foods, CPC International Inc.