Years of experience: 28

PartnerMarketing DirectorMarketingConsultingBrand Marketing ManagerAdvisor

Trust Score

Exceptionally trusted; proven professional excellence.

80%
Michael's Career Path
PresidentJan. 2008 -
Present
Business and brand optimization advisors and consultants. We provide senior management, boards, and investors with perspectives, frameworks , and processes to increase enterprise value through proven paths that drive and continuously evolve sustainably profitable differentiation and growth. Leveraging our Brand with a capital B™ framework and Brand Genome™ methodology, we help organizations u...
Senior Vice President, Chief Brand OfficerJan. 2004 -
Dec. 2008
Panera BreadSenior Vice President, Chief Brand Officer
Recruited by the Chairman/CEO to transform brand strategy and marketing after providing three years of successful consulting on competitive differentiation and culture-building. • Key driver in doubling sales from $1.25B to $2.5B and achieving 24% annual EPS increases. • Played an important role in the company's dramatic share price growth, with foundational work that helped catalyze increase...
PresidentJan. 1991 -
Dec. 2004
Established and led a consulting company specializing in optimizing the linkage between unusually clear and precisely articulated brand strategy and high-level creativity to shape new products, services, identities, cultures, and marketing communications across a wide range of industries. The outcomes consistently set new benchmarks for client success. • Long-term clients included: Anheuser-B...