Eric S.

About Eric S.

For over 30 years, I have built brands. In that time, I have worked on both the client side and the consultant side in numerous capacities. These experiences have helped me understand the value and the difficulty of accurately identifying consumer insights. Compelling and sometimes surprising insights are always the foundation for equity, innovation and communication development which fuels brand growth. I have been very fortunate over the years to work in a wide variety of industries, which has given me a multifaceted perspective of the consumers we all try so hard to understand. Working in organizations with distinct styles, from entrepreneurial to highly collaborative matrix structures has taught me numerous ways to accomplish objectives and help my teams achieve our goals. Here are some of the companies and brands with which I have had the pleasure of working: Abbott Nutrition, Allegra, Ashland, Avon, Birds Eye Foods, Borden, Boots, Brown-Forman, Build-A-Bear, Campbell Soup, Chattem-Gold Bond, Chiquita, Church & Dwight, Cincinnati Bell, Cintas, Coke, ConAgra, Crest, CVS, Dairy Farmers of America, DePuy Mitek, Elmer’s, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Escort Radar Detector, Evenflo, Ex-Lax, Gerber, Gillette, GSK, ITW-Hobart, Johnson & Johnson, LifeScan, Kao Corp - Biore, Curel, Jergens, Kellogg’s, KFC, Kraft, Long John Silvers, Mead Johnson Nutritionals – Enfamil, ProSobee, LactoFree, Merck, Nestle’, Novartis, Olay, OSU Medical Center, P&G, Pizza Hut, PNC Bank, Purina, Reynolds, Ross Products, Schering-Plough, Starbucks, Scotts Miracle-Gro, Valvoline, Washington Group International, Wrigley, Zeno. I have also been fortunate to work around the world, experiencing different cultures and learning the nuances of different consumers in the following countries: U.S, U.K, Germany, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, China, Finland, France, Taiwan, Philippines and Russia Specialties: Global Consumer Insight Identification, Brand Equity & Positioning, Innovation, Renovation.

Experience

1. Vice President, Marketing, Consumer Care Business, Aemea

   Kao EMEA & Americas

   Mar 2022 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

Education

• University of Alaska Anchorage

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, minor in Business Administration

  1984 — 1988

• The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business

  MBA, Marketing Emphasis

  1988 — 1990