Randy Antik
Founder - of counsel as of 2007
(in 2007 Randy has turned his fulltime attention to Searching For Solutions Institute, a 501 c2 public foundation with a vision to enable exceptional leaders to leverage their capabilities to effectively address social issues.)

Randy brings over 30 years of senior executive experience in multiple marketing disciplines. He has enjoyed much success growing multi-billion dollar brands and companies, as well as helping non-profit organizations (education, creative arts, children) scale their visions.

Randy’s Résumé

-VP Marketing, General Mills

-VP Marketing, Dansk Designs

-CEO, The Yellow Book (largest privately held yellow pages company in US.)

-EVP Sales, Marketing and Strategy, Advo Inc.

-President, Consumer Promotions Division, The Carlson Companies

-Principal – The Richards Group

-EVP/CMO, Dimac Marketing Partners

-President, Strategic Marketing Group, Protocol

-Founder, Swat Team Partners - 2001 to 2007

-MBA, Harvard

Sal J. Uglietta
Executive Vice President

Sal is a highly regarded healthcare executive whose 30 year career encompasses successful domestic and international growth experiences in consumer healthcare, pharmaceuticals, national health plans and provider organizations. He entered the healthcare space as marketing executive on the TYLENOL brand and was a key member of the Johnson & Johnson team that successfully defended and restored the brand to its leadership position after the tragic 1982 tampering incident. Post 18+ years developing new product franchises with J&J and Merck, he helped lead the shift to managed care and later to consumer-driven healthcare as CMO of Aetna and President of InteliHealth, the consumer health information portal of Aetna and the Harvard Medical School.

Sal’s Résumé

-Category Marketing Director, Johnson & Johnson

-European Business Head-Non Rx pharma, Johnson & Johnson

-VP Marketing and Sales, J&J-Merck Joint Venture

-CMO, Aetna and President of InteliHealth

-Sr VP, Marketing and Sales, Gevity HR

Mark Wilcox
Senior Vice President, Chief Strategic Officer

Mark brings more than 20 years of management experience in direct marketing, data base marketing, consultative sales, general management and professional services. Over the years, Mark has successfully partnered with sales and marketing senior executives and CEOs to address growth initiatives.

Mark’s Résumé

-General Manager with P&L responsibility for $50MM/yr direct marketing, Advo Inc.

-Officer, VP, National Account Marketing & Strategic Account Management, Advo Inc.

-Senior VP, Sales & Professional Services, Cogit Corp. (Marketing Automation & Targeting)

-Senior VP, Chief Strategy Officer, Dimac Holding Company (Direct and Database Marketing)

-Senior VP, Strategic Marketing, Protocol Marketing Group (Research, Direct, Database & Call Center Marketing)

-BA, Purdue

Jim Julow
Senior Vice President, CMO – Executive Fellow

Jim’s career in the automotive industry has been nothing short of outstanding, ascending to the head of worldwide marketing at Chrysler Corporation. He’s also the initiator of many successful marketing firsts – motorsports, dealer support programs, targeted advertising and more.

Jim’s Résumé

- SVP Marketing, Chrysler Corporation

- Vice President of Motorsports and SRT Marketing

- Vice President, Marketing, Dodge Division

- Executive Director of Corporate Marketing, Chrysler Corporation

- Director of Marketing Operations

- Manager of Jeep/Eagle Advertising

- Director of Manufacturing Operations, American Motors Corporation

Darcy Bevelacqua
SME

Darcy brings over 25 years experience in direct and database marketing. She’s a member of the Direct Marketing Association Board of Director’s Technology and Internet Council, as well as a Member of the Top 100 Direct Marketers – DMIX.

Darcy’s Résumé

-Director of New Product Development, American Express (Developed and managed new product rollouts)

-Director of Travel and Financial Services, Prodigy

-Marketing Director, Advo Inc. (Helped major retailers implement targeted programs, such as Hispanic marketing, new store and loyalty programs)

-President, DB Marketing (Direct marketing and database consulting company for retailers, education, food service, etc.)

-Associate Partner, CRM Practice, Accenture Consulting (Sold, managed and implemented database marketing for packaged goods, online trading, publishing companies)

Of Counsel – January 2005

Hart Weichselbaum
SME

Hart brings more than 20 years experience in Marketing Communications, Brand Strategy and Consumer Research. Hart was also a founder of the Planning Practice Association in the United States and served as its president in the early years.

Hart’s Résumé

-President, The Planning Practice

-Executive VP, Director of Strategic Planning, Foote, Cone and Belding

-Principal, Director of Account Planning, The Richards Group (Largest privately held ad agency in the US)

-BA, University of Chicago, MA, PhD, University of Colorado

www.planningpractice.com

Keith Newman
SME

Keith brings to the table over 20 years of experience in understanding sales and marketing channels and channel strategies. He’s developed many key relationships over the years and enjoys access to top executives across multiple channels.

Keith’s Résumé

-Publisher, Computer Retail Weekly

-Publisher, IDG Group (VAR and Channel Magazines)

-President, Channel Insights, Gartner Group

-IDG – writer, editor, publisher – multiple magazines

-BA, University of San Diego, Journalism

Melinda Nykamp
SME

Melinda has over 15 years experience in database management and architecture. She’s also an author, penning The Customer Differential: Compete Guide to Implementing Customer Relationship Management, and has spoken at over 50 conference sessions and key notes.

Melinda’s Résumé

-VP Professional Services, Fair Isaac (Developed professional services practice which became a $90MM division.)

-Founder and CEO, Nykamp Consulting (Grew business to 70 employees with no outside funding. Served clients such as Saks, Best Buy, Sears, iwon.com, REI, Microsoft, MSN, HP, Dell, Walt Disney, Special Olympics, etc.)

-VP Consulting and Analytics, Kobs, Gregory and Passavant (established professional services division for clients such as Bose, Coach, Meredith, Hyatt, MCI, Warner Brothers, la Redoute)

-Adjunct Professor, De Paul University

-Northwestern University, MS Direct Marketing/Integrated Marketing

John Turner
SME

John has over 15 years experience as a senior executive addressing Information Technology/eBusiness for Fortune 200 companies.

John’s Résumé

-SME, Limitedbrands (Developed business case/RFP plan for e-commerce and direct business units)

-Program Manager, Nissan North America – (Created/implemented eBusiness strategies)

-eCommerce Director, Gateway, Inc.

-Senior Direct, National Practice, CapGemini Ernst & Young (Managed 1000+ consultants in over 300 consulting projects)

Michael Baum
SME

Michael is a highly experienced marketing and sales senior executive with expertise in leading business-to-business and business-to-consumer direct marketing and loyalty marketing initiatives.

Michael’s Résumé

-Principal, BrightStone, LLC.

-Director of Customer Development, DeLuxe Corporation

-Director of Direct Marketing, Star Tribune Company

-Vice President Business Development, Carlson Marketing Group

Peter Brennan
SME

Peter brings his clients 20 years of senior marketing experiences focused on direct marketing, loyalty marketing and corporate marketing strategies.

Peter’s Résumé

-Principal, BrightStone, LLC.

-EVP Account Services and Consulting, The Lacek Group Worldwide

-Director, Loyalty Marketing Northwest Airlines

-Customer Marketing, Frontier Airlines and Republic Airlines

David Taugher
SME

David has put his 20 years experience to work specializing in Change Management solutions. He also has a PhD from the University of Arizona.

David’s Résumé

-Principal, Taugher Communication and Change Management Consulting

-Vice President Change Management, Advo Systems

-Vice President, Ryan Management Group

-Senior Consultant, ODI

-PhD – University of Arizona

-MA – University of South Florida

-BS – University of Massachusetts

Lou Dorfsman
SME, Of Counsel

Lou is a Hall of Fame Art Director who is recognized as one of the top 25 graphic designers of the 20th Century. Among other significant accomplishments, Lou designed the CBS eye logo.

Lou’s Résumé

-Senior VP, CBS (Manages design for all business units)

-Board member: Cooper Union, Aspen Institute