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Chris is a generous thought partner - always ready to brainstorm and lend his expertise to a project, while knowing when to let his direct reports learn and grow on their own. He is a trusted advisor and a catalyst for growth - a vocal champion and empathetic ear who is quick with a connection or insight. As a strategy and integrated marketing leader, Chris is able to craft innovative, data-driven strategies while seamlessly integrating marketing initiatives across multiple channels to drive exceptional results. His management style encourages growth and creative problem-solving, and allows for a collaborative environment for his team. I am grateful for his guidance, and look forward to the next time we get to work together!
Erin Hotchkiss
Reference as: Director, Strategy & Innovation at Material
I had the pleasure of working with Chris during our time at Material. He is a talented modern marketer with original strategic thinking and is a dynamic contributor in meetings. Chris possesses a rare combination of big-picture vision and the ability to dive deep into the details to execute complex campaigns. He has an innate ability to understand market trends, identify opportunities, and craft innovative strategies that elevate brands. Chris' passion for marketing, combined with his exceptional skill set and leadership, makes him an asset to any organization.
Brad LaMendola
Reference as: Group Director, Paid Media Strategy at Material
I've had the pleasure of working with Chris at two different companies. It's hard to find a more passionate, energetic, kind, sharp, engaged or collaborative colleague than Chris. Where some shy away from abstract complex problems, Chris sees challenge and opportunity. Anyone would be lucky to call Chris a teammate!
Chrissy Vaughn
Reference as: Head of Global Public Relations at Smartsheet and
SVP Communications at WE Communications Worldwide
I had the pleasure of working with Chris [...] for over a year. For Chris, this was a brand new role from Brand Marketing but he took it on with ease, pulling together a cross-functional team from product marketing, demand generation, content strategy, and digital marketing to execute memorable integrated campaigns. A quality that I admire most in Chris is his ability to connect with people at all levels and across diverse teams. Chris is also highly data driven, and consistently demonstrates the impact of his campaigns with tangible outcomes (leads, pipeline, conversion). This data-driven approach ensures that every campaign is optimized for success, with a clear understanding of key performance indicators. I would highly recommend Chris to anyone looking to add a strategic thinker, a keen executor, and above all a great partner like Chris to their marketing team!
Subha Rama
Reference as: Principal Product Marketing Manager at Smartsheet
Chris[...]quickly became a mentor, collaborator, and friend. As a manager, Chris took the time to get to know and appreciate the skills I could bring to the table and trust me to execute while guiding, not micromanaging. He takes every opportunity to ask questions, understand different perspectives, and create unique solutions that satisfy the needs of the business and stakeholders.
Lauren Seubert
Reference as: Integrated Marketing Manager, Smartsheet
Chris is incredibly passionate about his work and always prioritizes quality, accuracy, and thoughtfulness. I can always trust that his output will be top notch! He is smart, fun, and one of my absolute favorite people to work with
Devon (Alter) Hartstein
Reference as: Director of Content & Channel Strategy WE Communications
Smart, polished and ever curious, Chris was a tremendously valuable asset to our team as we stood up a large content marketing team. Beyond his admirable hard skills -- including data wizardry and command of the academics of marketing science -- Chris brought a huge amount to our department and agency culturally as well. We loved that he valued close relationships with his colleagues and clients alike. And most impressively, Chris was an amazing mentor to junior talent -- taking not only the time to get to know them, but to teach them an immense amount and answer any question they came across. Chris was a wonderful addition to our department and I'd look forward to collaborating with him again in the future.
Ben Grossman
Reference as: SVP, Group Strategy Director Jack Morton Worldwide
Chris is a pioneer of sorts inside the advertising agency construct as he takes on the challenge of integrating a more analytical mindset into a creative culture. After working with over a dozen analysts in my career, Chris is the only one who succeeds at bringing analytical insights to the table that matter. He clearly understands that inside an agency, analytics need to influence or enhance a consumer strategy or the creative development process rather than weigh down the objective or take a team off course. Chris is also the guy you want in the room. He is a natural collaborator who works easily among people with different areas of expertise and respects those around him. I am proud of the work Chris and I accomplished together and would work with him again in a heartbeat. Chris is simply ahead of the curve in leading agencies on how best to use analytics to their advantage and to help their clients achieve success.
Greg Meyer
Reference as: Director of Business Insights at Hill Holliday
Chris is a rare breed of professional who is able to balance and blend, left brain logic and analysis with right brain creativity and imagination. A strategic thinker who effortlessly sees the “big picture” in his work, he is able to engage others as he identifies key insights and uses those insights to support, drive and strengthen the strategic positioning of the brands he partners with. He is intelligent and eloquent in his delivery of findings/ recommendations and as an advisor, possesses a level of intellectual curiosity and emotional intelligence that is often lost in our industry. Respected by his staff, peers and management alike, Chris is clearly a top performer in his field and an asset to his engagement teams and clients.
David Collier
Reference as: VP, Director of Business Systems and Solutions at Hill Holliday
I worked with Christopher on a project to harvest client references for our business solutions portfolio from across IBM. Christopher had been in a consulting role, working directly with other consultants to evaluate references and coordinate the ideal story to document. His insights, attention to detail, timely responses and easy-going attitude brought structure to this project and allowed all of us to maintain momentum and continuity….I look forward to working with Christopher again in the future.
Scott Neuman
Reference as: Director of Marketing Watson Internet of Things at IBM
Chris creates thoughtful and articulate strategies that put business goals and customer needs at the forefront. He pushes teams to think critically about the opportunity landscape and presented unique insights from which the team could build their plans. Not to mention that he does all of this while being an entertaining and collaborative colleague!
Kathryn Jarosz
Reference as: Senior Director, Integrated Marketing Strategy at Material
Chris' power alley is taking a ton of disjointed qualitative and quantitative insights and creating a cogent strategic roadmap. It's often challenging for technology companies to put their ideas about positioning themselves versus their competitors into messages and marketing efforts. Chris gets this done and you'll have some laughs along the way. He makes projects fun as well as effective
Merry Ann Moore
Reference as: Principle, Moore Creative Strategies