About
Dynamic, accomplished business partner with over 20 years of experience in Consumer Insights & Strategy leadership assignments. Skilled in driving business growth through consumer insight and innovation and leading high performing teams. Proven track record of identifying and understanding unmet consumer needs, reinventing and managing established businesses, identifying white space opportunities and creating new products.
Experience
Director of Consumer Insights & Strategy - Prepared Foods Innovation (Retail and Foodservice)
Tyson Foods · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Associate Director, Consumer Insights & Strategy
Tyson Foods · Greater Chicago Area
Senior Manager, Consumer Insights & Strategy
Mizkan Americas, Inc. (Formerly R&B Foods, Inc.) · Mt. Prospect, IL
Consumer Insights Lead for Ragu and Bertolli Pasta Sauces (Innovation and Base Businesses)
Associate Director, Consumer Insights & Strategy
Kraft Foods · Northfield, IL
Enhancers Division A1, Grey Poupon & Miracle Whip (11/13 - 3/15)
Senior Marketing Research Manager
Nestlé USA · Northbrook, IL
Nestlé Pizza Division DiGiorno (7/12 - 10/13) California Pizza Kitchen and Tombstone (3/10 - 7/12)
Roles of Increasing Responsibility: Sr. Marketing Research Analyst to Sr. Marketing Research Manager
Kraft Foods · Glenview, IL
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S., Marketing Research
DePaul University
M.S., Human-Computer Interaction
Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.S., Finance
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