
Group Director, Worldwide Interactive Marketing at The Coca-Cola Company
Greater Atlanta Area

Group Director, Worldwide Interactive Marketing at The Coca-Cola Company
Greater Atlanta Area
As Group Director, Worldwide Interactive Marketing for The Coca-Cola Company, I am responsible for increasing the understanding, testing, adoption and effective use of Digital Marketing and Emerging Media.
While having worked in the interactive marketing arena since 1998, I've recently been most focused on developing and implementing innovative global strategies in Social Media Marketing, Consumer Generated Media, Virtual Worlds and Search Engine Marketing to share our learning and expand our use of these tactics to engage consumers and amplify our local efforts around the world.
Honored to be named one of AdAge's 2009 "Media Mavens"... Programs under my supervision have recently won “Best in Show” at OMMA, Silver and Bronze awards at MIXX, a Webby Award, a Creative Media Award, Achievement Awards from the Society for New Communications Research and an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of Commercial Advertising on Stand Alone Broadband Devices“.
I was with Johnson & Johnson for 9 years prior to joining The Coca-Cola Company. There, as part of the Global Marketing Group, I led their Interactive Marketing Center of Excellence and focused on developing an incoming pipeline of emerging media opportunities and on creating a community for marketers to test, learn and share experiences.
Before J&J, I spent nearly five years each with Beiersdorf Inc. and SmithKline Beecham in various consumer product Sales Management positions focused on accounts such as Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVS, AHOLD, COSCO and many others
Social Media Marketing, Integrated Marketing, Vitual Worlds, Online Media, Measurement, Online/Offline Integration, Strategic Planning, Sales, Category Management, Trade Marketing, Instructional Design, Agency & Broker Management
(Public Company; KO; Consumer Goods industry)
August 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Group Director Worldwide Interactive Marketing - The Coca-Cola Company - Focused on increasing the understanding, testing, adoption and effective use of Digital Marketing and Emerging Media amongst our marketers throughout the world.
(Government Agency; Military industry)
1984 — 2008 (24 years )
Proud reservist for many years in various Civil Affairs and Military Intelligence command positions. Gulf War Veteran and now in the IRR. Graduate of the following Military Schools: Airborne, Northern Warfare, Cross Cultural Communication, MI Officer Basic, and CA Officer Advanced
(Public Company; JNJ; Pharmaceuticals industry)
April 2001 — August 2006 (5 years 5 months)
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(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JNJ; Consumer Goods industry)
January 1998 — April 2001 (3 years 4 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BDF; Consumer Goods industry)
February 1993 — November 1997 (4 years 10 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GSK; Consumer Goods industry)
July 1988 — February 1993 (4 years 8 months)
MBA , Management of Technology
BA , Psychology, Business Management
Family, Foster Parenting, Running, Skiing, Photography, Reading, New Media Technologies, Investing, Real Estate and admiring Fast Cars (that I can't afford)
"Leadership Circle" - Sales Rep of the Year
"Circle of Champions" - Business Mgr of the Year
Broker Mgr of the Year
Customer Marketer of the Year
"Best of the Best" Sales Award
"Standards of Leadership" Award
The Army Commendation Medal
2009 AdAge Media Maven
“Best in Show” at OMMA
Silver and Bronze awards at MIXX
Creative Media Award from Media Magazine
Achievement awards from the Society for New Communications Research
Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of Commercial Advertising on Stand Alone Broadband Devices“