Ginny Hutchinson

Current

• Chief Marketing Officer at Speakeasy, Inc. (A Best Buy Company)

Past

• Chief Marketing Officer at Travelport, A Cendant Company
• Chief Marketing Officer at Travelport
• UK Country Manager at Telefonica

• UK Country Manager at iobox - Terra Mobile, a Telefonica Company

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Education

• University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
• University of Washington

Connections

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Industry

Telecommunications

Ginny Hutchinson’s Summary

Chief Marketing Officer who has successfully led companies through dramatic growth and rapid change in large and small corporate environments with a track record and passion for achieving results.

Ginny has CMO experience in both the telecom and technology sectors in the U.S. and Europe. Ginny is presently the CMO at Speakeasy, A Best Buy Company, which is one of the leading, digital voice and data companies in the U.S. She leads strategic planning, product development, marketing communications, web marketing, customer experience, and general management leadership.

Ginny was also Acting CMO of Travelport, A Cendant Company, a corporate travel solutions company used by 60 of the Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, Deloitte Consulting and Nike. Prior to Travelport, she was CMO for iobox, a pioneering mobile entertainment company headquartered in London with service across Europe. Ginny created a recognized brand, exceptional customer experience and broad distribution which ultimately led to the company sale to Telefoncia Group for over $200 million. She spent 6 years at US WEST Cellular/AirTouch in a variety of marketing, sales, and strategic marketing assignments. Ginny serves on a number of boards, both business and non-profit and holds a BA from the University of Washington. She attended executive management training at Wharton School of Business.

Ginny Hutchinson’s Specialties:

Corporate strategy and planning, product development, marketing communications, web marketing, customer experience, direct and indirect sales, and general management leadership.

Ginny Hutchinson’s Experience

• Chief Marketing Officer

  Speakeasy, Inc. (A Best Buy Company)

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  September 2004 — Present (4 years 4 months)

  Lead corporate strategy, product development, brand management, marketing communications, web marketing, segmentation and general management of the business.

• Chief Marketing Officer

  Travelport, A Cendant Company

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  March 2003 — March 2004 (1 year 1 month)

  Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI and advertising revenue. Directed Account Management, sales support, transitioned interim CMO position to full-time VP.

• Chief Marketing Officer

  Travelport

  (Telecommunications industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years)

• UK Country Manager

  Telefonica

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Wireless industry)

  July 1999 — July 2002 (3 years 1 month)

  Telefoncia Group Country Manager and Board of Director member for innovative wireless data company specializing in the creation and distribution of wireless content for mobile phone and interactive TV. Managed sales, marketing, customer service and product development.

• UK Country Manager

  iobox - Terra Mobile, a Telefonica Company

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years)

Ginny Hutchinson’s Education

• University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

  MBA, Executuve Management, 2000 — 2000

• University of Washington

  1978 — 1982

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