Top 10 Chief Marketing Officer - 2022

A growth catalyst for business, products, teams, people & culture. Unique business and technology leader with a proven record of eliminating large corporate inefficiencies & building effective, dynamic, communities that deliver the impossible. Skilled at motivating large groups, technology, strategy, market development, new business model change, leadership growth and all forms of development. Experienced with organizations ranging from small to large teams, 30-60k people, and working with businesses from $10M to $25bn of product and service business, with personal experience in innovation, rapid prototyping, global business, negotiation, cultural sensitivity, marketing, acquisition, sales, integration, standardization, large project change, new product development, drilling rig architecture and drilling automation.

Accomplished and globally oriented executive working in the senior leadership team of a Fortune 500 public company from 2013 to present. CEO direct report roles from leading a P&L business unit to Chief Marketing Officer. I serve as an enterprise leader for Xylem followed by engaging with our senior leadership team, board of directors, customers, sales – marketing - product management teams, and other prioritized stakeholders in media, government and several industry associations. I also serve on the board of directors for the WateReuse Association, geared to educate and support recycling water as a sustainable solution to climate change. Guided by a core set of values and empowered to work for a company with authentic purpose and a vision to change the world on things that matter. Love competing at the intersection of leveraging digital/technology and business models to solve some of the hardest environmental/societal challenges for a broad set of stakeholders.

 

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Technology Reinvented the Modern Marketplace

By: Joseph Vesey, Chief Marketing Officer,Xylem

“In the coming five to ten years, digital will become pervasive, and tons of data will be available and processed through AI (artificial intelligence) for insight, productivity and better decision making”

Executive and entrepreneur, Matt has over 20 years experience architecting and building marketing and creative teams that deliver business impact. For the last 7 years he has lead all brand and marketing at Compass (COMP) from less than 100 employees to the #1 independent real estate company in America with over $6 Billion in revenue in 2021 and over 30,000 agents & employees. He was the first marketing hire in October 2014 and has built every aspect of the brand including hand-picking the creative and marketing leadership and building a scalable in-house marketing services group with over 400 team members across 40+ US cities delivering design, strategy, production, media, and performance marketing.

A results-focused, creative, and empathetic Chief Marketing Officer with 20 years of combined experience across the Finance, Banking, and Media industries. A thoughtful and pragmatic leader with demonstrated success in businesses of all sizes, from start-ups through Fortune 100 enterprises. Expertise in strategy, brand building, consumer-based integrated marketing, and digital marketing driven by actionable metrics. Interested in joining a growing business focused on transforming marketing strategy, marketing operations, and client experience while growing market share.

Jed Berger is the Chief Marketing Officer at Foot Locker and is a business and organizational leader. He is a highly accomplished executive with a track record for understanding and reaching today’s consumer, exceeding revenue, driving long term growth and leading culture. Specialties: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Organizational Leader, Revenue Driver, Brand and Business Builder, CRM, Omni-Channel Expert, Idea Generator, Problem Solver, Strategic Planner.

Benoit Garbe’s goal is to inspire and transform businesses, making them more digitally powered, creatively inspired, and purpose driven. He believes that higher purpose and human insights are the new catalysts for business growth, inspiring employees, touching consumers, and building stronger communities. With over 20 years leading high-impact marketing and strategy projects, he has breadth of experience and perspective that comes from working across many industries, as a marketing practitioner, management consultant and strategist. He has led teams in the USA and across Asia, built high performance culture and highly collaborative and innovative environments.

Susan Somersille Johnson is leveraging the Power of Marketing and Technology to Change Minds and the World. Award-Winning CMO. Dynamic Speaker. Voice of Purpose and Confidence. An engineer by training, she enjoys marrying the science of technology with the art of marketing to break the mold of what a brand should be. At SunTrust Bank, Somersille has reinvented the marketing playbook, bridging technology and creativity to revitalize the brand while spearheading a cultural movement to inspire confidence through personal finances. Launched in 2016, The onUp Movement has made national headlines and has inspired more than 6.2 million people, and growing daily, to take steps toward financial confidence.

Fernando is a global marketer with a passion for growing brands and businesses. With more than 200 Lions in Cannes (12 GPs, including 2 Titanium GPs), 16 D&AD Yellow Pencils and 1 Black, and 4 Grand Effies in US, Fernando is known for pushing the creative boundaries to drive business growth. Fernando joined Activision Blizzard as CMO in April 2021. He is now responsible for the marketing initiatives of some of the most exciting titles in the gaming industry (Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Candy Crush, among others). Fernando spent 7 years at Restaurant Brands International (Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons) prior to Activision. His focus was to infuse the brands with purpose (incl. sustainability), improving product quality, modernizing design, and inspiring the organization around tech, digital and brand development.

Carolyn Dawkins is a seasoned executive with 20+ years of global experience in all areas of marketing, digital and leadership across beauty, tech, CPG and healthcare industries. As the SVP of Global Online, Consumer Engagement and Product Marketing at Clinique, Carolyn champions breakthrough innovation to maximize consumers connection to the brand. Previously Carolyn held senior marketing positions in GSK, Google and L’Oréal. She started her career at P&G and Kellogg’s.

Proactive marketing and sales leader with the ability to evolve large organizations in the areas of brand evolution, lead generation, sales enablement, and process improvement. Successes have been the result of building a strategic long-term sales funnel process enabled through excellent team members and innovative ideas. Specialties: A proactive leader with the ability to evolve large organizations, using increasing revenue and controlling costs as equal barometers of success. Successes have been the result of excellent leadership techniques, an analytical perspective of objectives and measurements, and visionary thinking.