Meet Our Team

Denise Steinbring

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Marketing Officer, Starkey Hearing
• Vice President Of Strategic Marketing, Steris
• VP, Strategic Marketing, Cantel Medical / Medivators
• Sr. Director of Global Marketing, Medtronic, plc, Diabetes Group
• Sr. Director of Global Marketing, Medical Education and Service, Medtronic, plc, Coronary Structural Heart
• Director of Global Marketing and Medical Education, Perfusion, Blood Management, Medtronic, plc, Coronary Structural Heart
• Director of Global Marketing, ACIST Medical Solutions

Sajal Sahay

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Head of Marketing, Twin Prime
• SVP, Marketing, Fairchild Semiconductor
• VP, Marketing, Mobilisafe, Inc.
• VP, Channel Marketing, Hewlett-Packard, Inc.
• Senior Director, Product Marketing, T-Mobile USA, Inc.
• Director of Marketing and International Operations, Botanical Laboratories, Inc.
• Global Director, Strategic Marketing & Planning, Sonicare Toothbrushes, Philips, Inc.

Ian Gomar

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Managing Director, Pheasant Hill Partners, Inc.
• CEO, The Picture People
• Chief Marketing and E-Commerce Officer, Sears Holdings
• President, Retail & E-Commerce, Steve Madden Ltd.
• President, North America, Olsen Fashion
• President, North America, Athletes World / Bata Shoe Company
• SVP Marketing, Footlocker Inc., Champs Sports Division
• VP Marketing, Starter Corporation
• VP, International, Wolverine Worldwide
• Group Brand Manager, Bacardi Imports
• Brand Manager, Cola-Cola Company, Minute Maid and Hi-C Fruit drinks

Atul Minocha

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• President, AuntMinnie.com
• VP & CMO, Kodak Health Imaging
• VP & CMO, Smith & Nephew Orthopedics
• GM, Covance Cardiac Safety Services
• Director of Product Management, Honeywell Automotive
• Senior Marketing Manager, Cummins Power Generation
• Marketing Manager, Toyota

Michael Morrison

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Marketing Officer, Loyale
• VP, Marketing and Communications, PE/Private Credit/Alternative Investment Co.
• SVP, Marketing and Communications, D.A. Davidson
• President, Davidson Travel

Slade Kobran

Managing Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Managing Partner, Chief Outsiders
• CMO, Infogroup Inc.
• SVP of Global Marketing, Opinion Research Corp
• VP of Marketing, InfoUSA National Accounts
• VP, Marketing, Planning & Business Development, ADP
• VP, Telesales & Channel Development, ADP
• VP, New Business Development & Marketing Services, ADP

Susan Kelly

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP/CMO Marketing, New Horizons
• CMO, CompTIA Academy
• CMO/EVP Apollidon Learning
• VP Global Alliances, Xerox
• VP Enterprise Communications and Marketing Services, Xerox
• CEO/CRO K/P Corporation
• SVP Sales, Marketing and Product Development, R. R. Donnelley
• Founder and Managing Partner, Raine Media Consulting
• Head of Pitney Bowes, Canadian Division

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)

Gary Stockman

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP & CMCO, DXC Technology (merger of Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] and HP Enterprise Services)
• VP & CMCO, CSC
• Global CEO, Porter Novelli
• President, Porter Novelli
• Senior Partner, Copithorne & Bellows

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

Yvonne Brown

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• CMO Omega Engineering (Interim)
• CMO Paperless Solutions
• VP Strategic Initiatives, VP Market Development, VP Business Development, PowerTrunk Inc (A Hytera Company)
• President, Volny Consulting
• VP Marketing, Comverse Technology
• Director of Marketing, Staffware (now TIBCO)

Mike Rosenberg

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Revenue/Marketing Officer, NowRx
• Chief Revenue/Marketing Officer, Content.ad
• Chief Marketing/Operating/Revenue Officer, Propel Media
• CMO, LeadPoint
• SVP, Marketing and Media Services, Autobytel
• VP, Business Development, AOL
• Marketing GM, H.J. Heinz Company
• Consultant, Bain & Company
• Brand Manager, Procter & Gamble

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

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

Todd Chambers

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, BrightView Landscapes
• Founder & Independent Marketing Strategy Consultant, THC LLC
• Chief Marketing Officer, Courion Corporation
• Chief Marketing Officer, Presstek
• Chief Marketing Officer, Onyx Software
• Vice President, Marketing, Authoria, Inc.
• Vice President, Americas Marketing, Parametric Technology Corporation
• Senior Partner/Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather/OgilvyInteractive Asia/Pacific

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

John Blessing

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Operating Officer, Forensic Analytical Consulting Services
• Vice President of Sales, GE Capital Fleet Services
• CEO, Marketall
• Vice President Sales, CrossCom National
• Sr Director Strategic Solutions, Earthlink
• Vice President Sales & Marketing, Jayhawk Acceptance

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

Molly Spatara

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• VP and GM, Marketing, SAP Intelligent Spend and Business Network
• VP, Brand Experience, SAP Intelligent Spend and Business Network
• VP and CMO, SAP Fieldglass
• Marketing Director, Accenture Analytics
• Marketing Director, Digital Marketing, Accenture Digital
• Senior Director, Digital Marketing, Accenture

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

Stuart Johnson

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Head of Marketing, Model No.
• Chief Marketing Officer, Norwood Industries (Fractional)
• Chief Marketing Officer, ProService Hawaii (Interim)
• Chief Marketing & Digital Officer, Accell Group North America (Raleigh, Daimondback, Redline, Ghost brands)
• Vice-President, Digital Marketing & Ecommerce, Pacific Market International (Stanley, Aladdin brands)
• Vice President/General Manager, Aladdin, Pacific Market International
• Vice President, Marketing, Newton Running
• Strategy Director, Fitch
• Global Brand Category Director, Starbucks Coffee Company
• Strategy Director and Senior Brand Manager, PepsiCo/Frito-Lay
• Global Strategy Director, Performance Footwear, Reebok International

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

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.

Jim Plewa

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Sales Officer, Performance Health 
• Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, Pacific Brain & Spine Medical Group
• Chief Executive Officer/Board Director, Sanarus Technologies
• Chief Commercial Officer, Dataphysics Research
• Vice President, Global Sales & Customer Care, NDS Surgical Imaging
• Senior Vice President, Cardinal Health
• Vice President, Sales & Business Development, Allegiance Healthcare Corporation 

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

Doug Reifschneider

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• VP of Marketing, Pita Pit, USA
• VP, Marketing, Firehouse Restaurant Group, Inc.
• Director of Field Marketing, Fazoli’s System Management, LLC
• VP of Client Services, Brann Forbes (Pizza Hut account)
• Director of Marketing (Area), Hardee’s Food Systems Inc.
• Steering Committee Member, National Restaurant Association’s Marketing Executive Group (MEG)

Angela Hill

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Fractional CMO, Andrews Cooper (Engineering Services)
• Fractional CMO, Charbon Plus (Health & Beauty Products)
• Fractional CMO, DVC Dry Vapor Cleaner (Hardtech Products)
• Fractional CMO, Hall Private Wealth Advisors (Wealth Management Services)
• Fractional CMO, Managed Solution (MSP/IT Services)
• Fractional CMO, Repositax, Inc. (Fintech Software)
• CMO/COO, eBank Communications (Fintech Software)
• CMO, RG Alliance (Accounting & Back Office Services)

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

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

Ed Valdez

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Innovation Officer, Momentus (a Softvision company)
• President/COO of Parrot N.A. (French wireless and drone company)
• VP, Solutions Marketing, SUN Microsystems (now Oracle)
• Global Director of Marketing, Motorola

Dawn Werry

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• VP, Global Marketing at Brink’s
• VP, Marketing at Milliken
• Global Marketing Leader at DuPont

Evan Eckman

Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• CMO, Beiersdorf, Inc.
• CMO, Hero Group North America
• Director of Global Marketing, Business Manager, International Paper Co.
• Director of Global Marketing, Energizer Holdings, Inc.
• Group Marketing Manager, Nestlé S.A.

Jeff Larson

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Marketing Officer, SVP Marketing and Brand Strategy, Princess Cruises
• Vice President, Consumer and Business Engagement, Golf Channel
• Vice President, Content Planning & Development, Walt Disney Parks And Resorts
• Vice President, Marketing Strategy, Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney Parks And Resorts
• Vice President, Global Advertising, Walt Disney Parks And Resorts

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

Tom McCarty

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• CMO, Zovio
• CMO, Bridgepoint Education
• SVP, University Strategy, Product Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Apollo Education Group
• General Manager, Aptimus
• VP, American List Counsel/Impower

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

Todd Lunsford

Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• Chief Growth Officer, Prospero Health
• Partner, TopRight Partners (Marketing Strategy Consultants)
• Chief Marketing Officer, Envision Healthcare
• Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, AMSURG
• Head of Retail Marketing Strategy, ING US Financial Services
• SVP Marketing, ING Advisors Network

Paul Sparrow

Area Managing Partner, Chief Outsider

Executive Marketing Experience

• SVP of Sales & Marketing, WebMD Transaction Services
• SVP of Sales & Marketing, Benefitfocus
• Northeast Region Business Director; Product Director, Johnson & Johnson
• Chief Manager & President, Huckleberry Farms LLC
• SVP of Sales & Marketing, Cambar Solutions
• VP of Sales, GreenWizard