Cmo Moves

Lara Hood Balazs, CMO of Intuit, has worked for several of the world’s top companies: Amazon, Visa, Nike, Gap Inc., General Mills and now, Intuit. What does this serial B2C marketing leader take with her in every role? Scrappiness. Something she learned when she first graduated with honors and couldn’t find a job. Instead of being dismayed, Lara designed her own job where she pushed herself to try new things on a daily basis in order to build out her skills. From that point forward, Lara has always stayed on top of her game by never settling for the status quo and by learning from the experiences she creates in every role that allows her to push the boundaries. Join us as we dive deep into how Lara is thinking about technology at Intuit, where AI and ML become part of the equation, how she creates diverse teams and ensures that everyone has a full voice at the table to drive growth for Intuit, and how she’s stayed scrappy throughout her career to rise to top, consistently. See acast.com/privacy for privacy a

Tariq Hassan, CMO of Petco, is a true “champion” of transformation in every sense of the word. Not only is he championing change within Petco in the name of pet parents everywhere, but he’s also fueling his organization with new thinking and lifting up diverse talent to be part of ongoing solutions. In fact, he was just celebrated at Adweek’s Champions’ event, as part of our inaugural class of those exceptional leaders that rise up and reach back. His recipe for success inside and out? Empowerment, engagement, incentive, inclusion, and transparency. Tune in to hear more from Tariq on how he’s thinking of pet parents, their lifelong journeys and the oxytocin that surrounds his universe to drive meaningful transformation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Janey Whiteside, Chief Customer Officer of Walmart, is modeling a new role to evolve the customer experience of Walmart, bringing together what once used to be disparate functions together under one roof.  In Janey’s role, she is responsible for four critical pillars: customer, product, marketing, and Jet. Tune in to hear her deep dive into all four! Also, don’t miss her exceptional career advice and how she has grown in her career to earn her unique leadership role at the world’s largest company. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With a string of exciting career moves, from launching his own boutique to Gucci to Barneys, CMO of Sotheby's International Realty Kevin Thompson has very quickly become a mastermind at luxury brand reinvention.This global luxury real estate brand associated with the iconic 275-year-old Sotheby's auction house, went from $4 billion in sales in 2014 to $112 billion in 2018, serving 72 countries with close to 23,000 agents. So when Kevin came in, his role was to step on the gas and pioneer the future with digital disruption knocking on their door, amidst the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth ever – somewhere in the neighborhood of $24 trillion that will pass to millennials.Tune in to hear more on how Kevin is leveraging his vast experience with luxury brand psychology and transformation in this latest episode of CMO Moves. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Digital and Diversity. These are the top two trends of the 21st century according to media-tech maven Steven Wolfe Pereira. And he's building direct-to-consumer brands with exactly that at the heart of it all with his new venture Encantos. After a fascinating career in tech, telecommunications, finance and media, Steven is focused on building direct-to-consumer brands that truly represent the modern day family. And they are off to a strong start with their already Emmy-nominated brand Canticos, a bilingual series of nursery rhymes exclusively on Nick Jr. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Valerie Hernando Presse, Global CMO of Danone, has been on a mission for the past 18 months with Danone’s 2000 global marketers to reimagine marketing.  As the first Global CMO of Danone, Valerie’s prior role in Strategy and Corporate Affairs (along with some candid family feedback) inspired her to take this course to better connect marketing, business and purpose by putting people in the center of every brand, in particular, manifesto brands. This episode is packed full of incredible advice on how to transform into a “people-powered” marketing team. I can’t do justice in one short summary, so join us as we dive deep into each step and hear from Valerie directly on how she is challenging herself and her team to live up to Danone’s promise of “One Planet, One Health”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Simon Lowden, President of Global Foods at PepsiCo, loves his new role in building the PepsiCo foods portfolio from indulgence through to nutritional. After 22 years and a number of roles at PepsiCo, including his latest role as CMO, Simon’s move to President is, by design, to keep him from getting too comfortable with what he knows and continuously pushing him into new territory. Now, his mission is to develop the longer-term strategic intent for the business, drive market share growth and evolve capabilities for the future. Tune in to hear more from Simon on how he thinks about balance when working with agencies, how he’s focusing on sustainability and his priceless tips for career success. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"I have a really weird background for a marketer..." As I sat with Ty Shay, hearing about his career path—from Wall Street to P&G to launching Hotwire.com to now, Global CMO for one of the largest Cybersecurity companies in the world—I was reminded that sometimes taking the not-so-obvious path gets you to exactly where you should be. On this episode, Ty and I discuss the challenge of balancing the art of telling effective brand stories with the measurement science of customer engagement - something he refers to as "performance storytelling". And when it comes to protecting more than 50 million customers from growing cyber crimes, Ty believes using "fear is a very limited way to attract customers", despite the behind-the-scenes action of cyber warfare looking close to what you see in the movies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Gail Tifford, Chief Brand Officer of WW International, formerly known as Weight Watchers, has had a very exciting and unusual career! From lawyer to assistant brand manager on Q-Tips (her parents “loved” that moved) to leading global brands at Unilever and now Chief Brand Officer of WW – but wait, there's more. While at Unilever, Gail co-founded #SeeHer with Shelley Zalis, CEO & Founder of The Female Quotient. #SeeHer has already had monumental impact on how women are portrayed in media and has catapulted industry-wide reform in partnership with the ANA and The Alliance for Family Entertainment. With all this momentum and impact, there is no question why we at Adweek tapped Gail Tifford to be Chairwoman of the new Women Trailblazers Council. Tune in to hear Gail’s heart-stopping personal challenge which almost made her pass on the role of Chief Brand Officer of WW International 20 years later. Hear how she’s stayed true to her gut, her 3 critical career tips and how she is now impacting lives across th

Heidi Browning, CMO of the National Hockey League (NHL), first inspired me to launch the Gen ZEO series after talking with her last year on all the cool ways she was enrolling Gen Z into her brand formula, taking the NHL from the first 100 years into the next 100 years. A lot has happened since that pivotal conversation, including today’s announcement that the NHL officially launched their Power Players council that consists of fans ages 13 to 17. Tune in to hear how Heidi has been busy weaving together a number of new innovations into the NHL fan experience, like the glowing puck data center and sports betting as well as how Hockey is truly a team sport both on the ice and off the ice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Emily Culp, President of Cover FX Skincare knows what it takes to move from CMO to President. From starting her career on the agency side with Digitas and Ogilvy, to leading digital and omni-channel marketing for brands like Clinique, Unilever and Rebecca Minkoff to the CMO of Keds, Emily is not one to shy away from stretch-opportunities. On this episode, Emily talks about the importance of finding and joining a board that is the right fit – in commitment, expectations and chemistry – and how that helped prepare her for her now role as President. Tune in to hear about her search for "purple squirrels", the difference between weight lifting and meditation, and the wonderful quote she leaves us with at the end. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When Seth Freeman, CMO of Buffalo Wild Wings, reached out and asked if I wanted to talk Sports, Bars, Wings and Beer, I mean come on, how could I resist? His ferocious excitement around how he was rejuvenating the Buffalo Wild Wings brand to become the Great American Sports Bar had me completely intrigued. The former Wall Street darling brand seemed to have lost its way and Seth is on a mission to bring it all back with ROAR. Literally, tune in and you’ll hear Seth ROAR. Join us in this fun adventure through how Seth created a new brand architecture and is actively tearing down old walls while opening up new spaces with his marketing and agency teams and the 80,000+ employees, aka brand ambassadors, to bring back free-spirited camaraderie. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“There's something very special about working in a category that has so much impact on people's lives.” Meredith Verdone, CMO of Bank of America, unequivocally loves her job. And with 20 years of experience with the bank, Meredith has not only seen growth in her role – now taking on all brand, media and creative strategy for the enterprise – but also in the way the brand connects with consumers on the sometimes sticky subject of money. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Debra Bass, Global CMO and US President of Nuvo is not only an authority on village movements, she’s led and been supported by villages of all kinds in her unconventional career. Growing her marketing expertise through AT&T, Procter & Gamble, Bristol Myers Squibb, Panasonic, followed by 15 years at Johnson & Johnson, Debra is now making another unconventional move to lead Nuvo, a radical new technology company focused on reinventing pregnancy care for the 21st Century. Tune in to hear her incredible career tips as well as some fun personal learnings from her global travels. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cynthia Chen, CEO of General Mills China, is on the cutting edge of all things “China fast” and radically different marketing approaches to grow a global brand. In a world where Häagen-Dazs, owned by General Mills in China, is considered a lifestyle brand that earns 2.4B impressions in a single event, and where red pleather pants and dumpling-decorated red hats are co-created with General Mills and their partners, it’s easy to think you are living in an alternative universe. Tune in to hear how Cynthia is setting new standards for partnerships, growth, risk, speed and role models in the C-Suite. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maria Menounos is a celebrity, a host, an author, a podcaster, a wrestler and the CEO of a revolutionary new type of network, AfterBuzz TV, which produces more than 150 hours of programming each week and develops the careers of hundreds of new hosts each year which has earned billions of downloads all over the globe. Beyond her success from Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, The Today Show, Nightly News and now AfterBuzz TV, Maria has always been committed to supporting the community around her. While quarterbacking her mother’s stage 4 brain cancer care, Maria discovered she herself had a brain tumor and faced a pivotal point in her life and career. Tune in to hear more from Maria! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today is a fun day. It’s #BacktotheBar day which means that more than 7,000 Bacardi employees across 130 global cities will storm 1000+ bars during a sixteen-hour period. I had the great honor of chatting with John Burke, who is the CMO of Bacardi and also the President of Bacardi Global Brands in preparation for this beloved day. With honor, I share his incredible story of how he is leading the Bacardi brands, and more importantly, the Bacardi teams with a single mission to stay focused on the consumer and give back to the communities from where they came. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris Brandt, CMO of Chipotle, is on a mission to help make Chipotle a lifestyle brand versus just a food brand, which means creating emotional connections with consumers who buy into the brand, not just buy it. In this episode, Chris dives deep into the critical marketing skills required - storytelling, innovation and collaboration - to deliver exciting new ways to engage consumers every day. Chris also shares his perspective on the difference between finance and “marketing math”. Tune in to hear his incredible journey and how he’s learned to focus, measure and celebrate not just the touchdowns, but all the first downs required to deliver long-term results. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Julian Duncan, CMO of the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars, is one inspirational guy. From the first moment we started talking, I was blown away by his humble and joyous demeanor. This is someone who grew up without many role models for where he is today and managed to play professional football and create his own roadmap to CMO just by being himself, funko pop addiction and all. Tune in to hear more from Julian on his incredible journey, how he uses culture as his career guide, how he keeps himself at the forefront of marketing and how he’s become the deadliest player at Taboo. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nick Drake, EVP of Marketing & Experience of T-Mobile shares his many important career and life lessons from the Rugby field to the inside of agencies to the ocean on a surfboard and into the Outback as a Jackaroo. Nick’s life adventures are mesmerizing and despite his humble and gracious demeanor around his opportunities in life, his spirit of always “going into the unknown and amazing things will happen” has shaped his career and all the companies he has led into greatness. Tune in to hear more about how Nick is leading T-Mobile with “Are you with us” and don’t miss his point of view on the efficacy of advertising today and the role that 5G will play in ferreting out the brands and agencies that will truly win in the future. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.