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I teach the skills to lead hybrid, distributed & remote teams | Keynotes, Workshops, Cohort Programs I Delivered transformative programs to thousands of enterprise leaders I 14 yrs leading distributed and remote teams

Greater Philadelphia
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I’ve been on the inside. I spent 18 years of my career as a marketer, business leader, and an innovator – both agency and client-side. Here’s the remote work twist …

I became a remote work pioneer for The Clorox Company in 2010. I worked remotely for 8 years while at Clorox leading large, hybrid teams responsible for over $250M of sales and $25M in marketing budget, and working with up to 7 different agency partners remotely at any given time. I was the first fully remote member of the Leadership Team that ran a $1B division. And I co-founded the first-ever Virtual Workforce Employee Resource Group, which grew to over 750 global members.

The way we work was changing prior to the pandemic, it was dramatically impacted with the rapid transition to remote work, and is changing yet again as many organizations move to hybrid - yet leaders had not been taught the modern leadership skills to be effective in today’s virtual world of work.

I have experienced first-hand how hard it truly is to lead across distance. My team at Virtual Work Insider uses my battle-tested strategies and tactics to teach teams and organizations how to lead, communicate, collaborate and drive culture across distance. Check out our Virtual Leadership Skills Programs at www.virtualworkinsider.com

Virtual Work Insider has counseled and trained clients across many industries, including Toyota, Sephora, Eventbrite, Vanguard, Under Armour, L’Oréal, Highwire PR, Gilead, and Cisco. 

Since the launch of the company in late 2018, Virtual Work Insider has delivered over 375 training sessions, executive team workshops, and other speaking engagements on the topics of hybrid and remote work – to audiences of 10 to 1,000+.

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    CEO

    Virtual Work Insider

    - Present 6 years 10 months

    Greater Philadelphia

    Virtual Work Insider prepares people leaders and individual contributors to lead, communicate, collaborate, connect and build culture in hybrid, geographically distributed, and remote teams.

    Virtual Work Insider has led transformational training programs with clients across many industries, including Toyota, Eventbrite, Vanguard, Under Armour, Sephora, L’Oréal, Optum Healthcare, Highwire PR, Beam Suntory, Raytheon Technologies, and Cisco. 

    Since the launch of the company in…

    Virtual Work Insider prepares people leaders and individual contributors to lead, communicate, collaborate, connect and build culture in hybrid, geographically distributed, and remote teams.

    Virtual Work Insider has led transformational training programs with clients across many industries, including Toyota, Eventbrite, Vanguard, Under Armour, Sephora, L’Oréal, Optum Healthcare, Highwire PR, Beam Suntory, Raytheon Technologies, and Cisco. 

    Since the launch of the company in late 2018, Virtual Work Insider has delivered over 375 training sessions, executive team workshops, and other speaking engagements on the topics of hybrid, distributed, and remote work – to audiences of 10 to 1,000+.

    Our most popular customized Virtual Leadership Skills Training Programs include:

    1. Virtual Leadership Foundations: mitigating distance bias and creating virtual team norms

    2. The Art of Successful Hybrid & Remote Reporting Relationships

    3. Driving Culture in Hybrid, Distributed, and Remote Teams

    4. Building Influence and Exposure Across Distance

    5. Leading Effective & Inclusive Hybrid and Remote Meetings

    https://virtualworkinsider.com/

  • The Clorox Company

    The Clorox Company

    8 years 7 months

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      Director of Marketing and Studio Leader: Pine-Sol, Liquid Plumr, Clorox Fraganzia, Green Works

      The Clorox Company

      - 2 years 11 months

      Berywn, PA

      - Accountable for the short term and long term business health of a portfolio of brands worth $260M NCS.
      - Sat on SBU Leadership team to influence business decisions across $1B Home Care portfolio.
      - Owned integrated marketing plan development across TV, digital, social, PR, and shopper marketing for both general market and Hispanic consumers.
      - Led business strategy work, along with new brand purpose and positioning development.
      - Led a “studio” team of 19 specialists across…

      - Accountable for the short term and long term business health of a portfolio of brands worth $260M NCS.
      - Sat on SBU Leadership team to influence business decisions across $1B Home Care portfolio.
      - Owned integrated marketing plan development across TV, digital, social, PR, and shopper marketing for both general market and Hispanic consumers.
      - Led business strategy work, along with new brand purpose and positioning development.
      - Led a “studio” team of 19 specialists across Marketing Communications, Brand Management, Global Insights, R&D, and Sales.

    • The Clorox Company / Pine Sol, Green Works and Fraganzia Graphic

      Associate Marketing Director: Pine-Sol, Green Works, and Clorox Fraganzia

      The Clorox Company / Pine Sol, Green Works and Fraganzia

      - 1 year 6 months

      Berwyn, PA

      - Accountable for the short term and long term business health of a portfolio of brands worth $200M NCS
      - Owned integrated marketing plan development across TV, digital, social, PR, and shopper marketing for both general market and Hispanic consumers.
      - Uncovered a new consumer micro target for Pine-Sol to unlock growth for a declining brand in a growing category. Pine-Sol saw its first share gain in almost 4 years.
      - Led cross-functional teams to develop the long-term new product…

      - Accountable for the short term and long term business health of a portfolio of brands worth $200M NCS
      - Owned integrated marketing plan development across TV, digital, social, PR, and shopper marketing for both general market and Hispanic consumers.
      - Uncovered a new consumer micro target for Pine-Sol to unlock growth for a declining brand in a growing category. Pine-Sol saw its first share gain in almost 4 years.
      - Led cross-functional teams to develop the long-term new product pipeline for each brand – includes partnering with Target to launch the first naturally-derived cleaner in pump form (Green Works Pump ‘n Clean), partnering with Dollar General and Family Dollar to expand Clorox Fraganzia into adjacencies.
      - Managed two Associate Marketing Managers.

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      Associate Director, Home Care Innovation, Cleaning Division

      The Clorox Company

      - 4 years 4 months

      Greater Philadelphia Area

      - Led the development of a consumer needs focused 5 year innovation strategy to create a pipeline to drive 3 points of growth from innovation across the $870M NCS Home Care business.
      - Developed dozens of new product concepts for qual and quant consumer testing
      - Led the marketing plan creation, P&L and business case development, pricing reco, and packaging development for the commercialization of new product launches worth >$20M INCS.
      - Led a team in the front end exploration of…

      - Led the development of a consumer needs focused 5 year innovation strategy to create a pipeline to drive 3 points of growth from innovation across the $870M NCS Home Care business.
      - Developed dozens of new product concepts for qual and quant consumer testing
      - Led the marketing plan creation, P&L and business case development, pricing reco, and packaging development for the commercialization of new product launches worth >$20M INCS.
      - Led a team in the front end exploration of consumer needs and macro trends to fill new product pipeline.
      - Repositioned successful Latin American Clorox fragrance brand (Poett) against the US Hispanic Consumer. Clorox Fraganzia hit Project Year 3 projections in 1st year and is now a platform for growth with Dollar General and Family Dollar.
      - Launched platform of Clorox equity cleaning products with Spanish dominant labeling targeted at the low acculturated US Hispanic Consumer, leveraging insights from Clorox Mexico.
      - Managed two Associate Marketing Mangers.

  • Founder and Leader

    ORBIT - Clorox’s Virtual Workforce Employee Resource Group

    - 5 years 7 months

    •Founded and led this Employee Resource Group with the objective of helping Clorox to succeed in an increasingly decentralized work environment by empowering and enabling a mobile workforce
    • Directly influenced Clorox Corporate People and Culture Strategy through meetings with the CEO and Clorox Executive Committee.
    • Led a steering committee that provides virtual work resources for a membership of 750+ global Clorox employees
    • Panel Speaker at 2016 TRaD Works Forum on Employee…

    •Founded and led this Employee Resource Group with the objective of helping Clorox to succeed in an increasingly decentralized work environment by empowering and enabling a mobile workforce
    • Directly influenced Clorox Corporate People and Culture Strategy through meetings with the CEO and Clorox Executive Committee.
    • Led a steering committee that provides virtual work resources for a membership of 750+ global Clorox employees
    • Panel Speaker at 2016 TRaD Works Forum on Employee Resource Groups for Remote Workers and 2018 Future of Work Conference on Designing for Virtual Work

  • The Clorox Company

    The Clorox Company

    5 years 7 months

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      Brand Manager, Brita Filtration Products

      The Clorox Company

      - 1 year 1 month

      Oakland, CA

      • Responsible for $20M marketing budget that helped drive 2 years of record sales to $200M NCS.
      • Led the development of Brita brand strategy and new brand architecture/DNA
      • Drove the development of Brita’s Integrated Marketing plan (FilterForGood) that included:
      - Being on the cutting edge of social media for Clorox – first Clorox Facebook and Twitter
      programs
      - Starting the Brita Music Strategy – partnered with Dave Matthews Band…

      • Responsible for $20M marketing budget that helped drive 2 years of record sales to $200M NCS.
      • Led the development of Brita brand strategy and new brand architecture/DNA
      • Drove the development of Brita’s Integrated Marketing plan (FilterForGood) that included:
      - Being on the cutting edge of social media for Clorox – first Clorox Facebook and Twitter
      programs
      - Starting the Brita Music Strategy – partnered with Dave Matthews Band, Pandora, U2, Lady
      Antebellum
      - Partnering with the Sundance Film Festival to eliminate 50,000 bottles of water
      - Developing new TV advertising
      • Owned “little i” innovation – launched Brita colored pitcher series which became top sellers at Target.
      • Managed a team of three Associate Marketing Managers.

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      Brand Manager, Customer Marketing Group, Specialty Division

      The Clorox Company

      - 2 years 6 months

      Oakland, CA

      • Marketing and sales responsibility for 8 Clorox brands across Costco, Sam’s Club, BJ’s, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Family Dollar and Dollar General totaling $230M NCS. During tenure, sales increased by +8% vs YA.
      • Owned channel-specific innovation for Costco and Home Depot, including Kingsford Competition Briquettes, Hidden Valley HomeStyle Ranch dressing, KC Masterpiece Competition Style barbecue sauce, Brita Vintage Pitcher (highest selling pitcher at Costco), and innovative Cat Litter…

      • Marketing and sales responsibility for 8 Clorox brands across Costco, Sam’s Club, BJ’s, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Family Dollar and Dollar General totaling $230M NCS. During tenure, sales increased by +8% vs YA.
      • Owned channel-specific innovation for Costco and Home Depot, including Kingsford Competition Briquettes, Hidden Valley HomeStyle Ranch dressing, KC Masterpiece Competition Style barbecue sauce, Brita Vintage Pitcher (highest selling pitcher at Costco), and innovative Cat Litter packaging.
      • Managed team of four across Marketing, Sales, and Product Supply.

    • The Clorox Company Graphic

      Associate Marketing Manager, Hidden Valley Dressings

      The Clorox Company

      - 1 year

      Oakland, CA

      • Led team to launch refrigerated ranch dressing with a 60/40 win vs leading competitor, custom packaging design, and integrated marketing campaign.
      • Developed advertising strategy and campaign with the highest efficiency score in history of Hidden Valley advertising.

    • The Clorox Company Graphic

      Marketing Associate, KC Masterpiece BBQ Sauce

      The Clorox Company

      - 1 year 3 months

      Oakland, CA

      - Launched new packaging graphics and bottle shape that was better aligned with consumer target.
      - Launched two improved formulas and recommended long term pipeline of line extensions.
      - Owned monthly share and consumption topline reports.

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    Assistant Account Executive

    Goodby Silverstein & Partners

    - 2 years 6 months

    San Francisco Bay Area

    • Liaison between the agency and clients: AT&T Wireless, Adobe Systems, Marin Cancer Project.
    • Collaborated with Account Planning, Media, and Creative teams to develop media and creative strategies.
    • Performed Junior Account Planner role: set-up focus groups; contributed to screeners, discussion guides, and debriefs; and provided feedback to client’s quantitative research proposals and findings.
    • Oversaw photo shoots, pre-production, and monitored production schedules for broadcast…

    • Liaison between the agency and clients: AT&T Wireless, Adobe Systems, Marin Cancer Project.
    • Collaborated with Account Planning, Media, and Creative teams to develop media and creative strategies.
    • Performed Junior Account Planner role: set-up focus groups; contributed to screeners, discussion guides, and debriefs; and provided feedback to client’s quantitative research proposals and findings.
    • Oversaw photo shoots, pre-production, and monitored production schedules for broadcast and print.

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    Assistant Account Executive

    Backe

    - 1 year 6 months

    Ardmore, PA

    Interacted extensively with a variety of B2B and B2C clients to manage Traditional Advertising, Interactive, Production, Media, PR, Advertising Strategy projects and new business proposals.

  • GE Capital Graphic

    Intern

    GE Capital

    - less than a year

    Paris, France

Education

  • Lehigh University Graphic

    Lehigh University

    Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Marketing Major, Communications Minor

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    Activities and Societies: Varsity Women's Soccer Team; Marketing Club President; Gamma Phi Beta Scholarship Chair

  • Georgia Institute of Technology Graphic

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Executive Education Certificate Program Supply Chain Management and Leadership

    - Present

    Selected as one of three marketers to participate in an Executive Education program that Clorox partnered with Georgia Tech to create. The goal of the program is to develop Supply Chain leaders through improving Supply Chain and General Manager skill sets.

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Villanova University Graphic

    Guest Lecturer - Marketing

    Villanova University

    - 3 years 2 months

    Education

    Guest Lecturer for Villanova University Buyer Behavior classes

  • Lehigh University Graphic

    Guest Lecturer - Marketing

    Lehigh University

    - 9 years 6 months

    Education

    Guest Lecturer for MBA Brand Management class and Undergraduate Integrated Marketing Communications Classes

  • The Wharton School Graphic

    Guest Lecturer - Marketing

    The Wharton School

    - 1 month

    Education

    Guest Lecturer for MBA and Undergraduate Brand Management classes

Skills

Patents

  • Article for Scrubbing and Cleaning Hard Surfaces and Method For Use Thereof

    Issued US US 10,071399 B2

    All-in-one cleaning device, e.g. such as may be used in cleaning the inside of a shower.

Honors & Awards

  • Marketers that Matter 2018 Finalist for Best Marketing Campaign

    The Sage Group

    Recognized as 1 of only 35 US marketers across multiple award categories that have shown incredible success in applying innovative thinking to create real business results. Featured in the Wall Street Journal.

  • Clorox Insight of the Year Award

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    Recognition for insights uncovered during Innovation Strategy work

  • Clorox Diamond Award for Best Integrated Marketing Plan

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    Brita FilterForGood recognized as top Integrated Marketing Plan at the company

  • Clorox Share Leader of the Year

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    Recognized for the Brita business having the highest share growth in the company.

  • Effie & Clio

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    Brita FilterFor Good marketing program (TV & PR specifically) recognized with an Effie and Clio award

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Elementary proficiency

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