We have built a global network of world class experts

We have built a global network of world class experts

We hire senior agency talent, experienced client talent, and world-class publishing talent.
This unique combination provides perspective to clients across the marketing team ecosystem.

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Angela Cady Director Minneapolis

Angela delivers measurable returns for clients utilizing performance and awareness channels to lift sales for organizations. With a media background as her foundation, she manages client success through managing agile project teams and identifying the most effective measurement opportunities. Her passion is lifting teams up to develop their own capabilities. Aligns business needs to technology needs to enable ad tech and analytics capabilities and closely supports ad tech work streams including Salesforce Customer Journeys and Google Analytics 360 integration.

Betsy Schneider Director Minneapolis

Results-driven marketer with 12+ years of experience in optimizing technology ecosystem (capability analyses, integration, governance, and measurement.) Betsy translates business challenges into their technical parts, ensuring a client’s investment in technology and resources actualizes into a strategic competitive advantage. With a data science background as her foundation, she has expanded her ability to manage client success through examining the technology ecosystem, developing measurement strategy and defining success, and designing end-to-end workflows to maximize a client’s technological investment. Her passion is client education and demystifying the jargon around Marketing Technology.

Bijan White Vice President, FRWD London

20+ years track record in digital and traditional Media strategy, planning & buying, working with global brands at Omnicom and WPP GroupM agencies Client side in-house digital marketing lead at Vimpelcom’s tech hub developing & launching an integrated telco, messaging and marketplace app Extensive experience leading Media brand and sales campaigns in Automotive, CP, Telco & QSR sectors Specializing in integrated Media strategies including Search, CRM, Programmatic, Social, and Ecommerce MSc in Digital Marketing Communications from Manchester Metropolitan University, MBA and BA.

Blake Cuthbert Expert Partner London

Blake Cuthbert is expert partner of FRWD@Bain, based in London. Throughout the past 17 years, Blake has advised both EMEA-based and international clients on developing brand, creative, technology and media strategies. He is deeply involved with our Vector: Digital Delivery practice and specializes in our proprietary Bain Brand Accelerator (BBA), spanning a range of sectors.

Chad Baures Director Minneapolis

13+ years digital marketing consulting experience. Primarily leads paid search marketing projects utilizing Amazon, Google Ads, Bing, and others with additional experience in conversion rate optimization, SEO, and display advertising. An Expert at optimizing client accounts to eliminate wasted ad-spend and maximize revenue while remaining ROI positive. Experience across industries including: toys, CPG, telco, consumer software, business products, higher education, travel, insurance, outdoor goods, consumer electronics, and more.

David Strong Director Minneapolis

17+ years of experience connecting to audiences throughout the customer journey and measuring the impact of marketing campaigns Skilled across data-driven planning and optimization, ecommerce digital performance solutions, audience planning, and business development Retail & OEM, technology, financial services, automotive, education, and B2B experience.

Doug Harrington Director Minneapolis

Doug Harrington is a senior expert for FRWD@Bain and an Analytics & Insight lead. He works with stakeholders across media and client teams to deliver measurement strategy, technical solutions and data driven insight. 8+ years' experience in CPG and large scale eCommerce, as well as B2B and higher education. Deep experience in SEO and marketing technology, as well as breadth of digital marketing experience including content marketing, CRM, paid search, programmatic, social, and geo-centric market activations. Unique strength in driving growth with creative technical solutions and consumer insight.

Doug Moore Expert Partner Minneapolis

Member of Bain consumer products, retail and marketing excellence practice areas with emphasis on accelerating brand growth with Private Equity and Corporate clients. Decades of big brand experience in large agency networks and as VP Advertising & Media at General Mills, combined with track record growing smaller brands through new methods.

Emma Zumsen Vice President Minneapolis

Leader of brand and integrated strategy development, with 15+ year of experience delivering meaningful business impact and success through deep communications planning & integrated digital media strategy. Strategic expertise experience helping CP, luxury, fashion, and spirits brands navigate grow and flourish in the digital space.

Greg Nations Executive Creative Director Minneapolis

22 years of design & creative industry experience—from traditional corporate and brand marketing design, experiential, live events and long-form broadcasting, to digital, interactive, mobile and empathy-led connected brand experiences. Leads team of Digital Designers, Art Directors, Writers and Developers. Advises clients on branding, design, and creative deliverables. Former Target Corporation (US) Director of Creative, Digital & Brand Experience, Chief Creative Officer at POP Seattle and VP Interactive at Digital Kitchen.

John Grudnowski Expert Partner Minneapolis

John Grudnowski is an expert partner with Bain & Company based in Minneapolis. He is a leader in the firm's Digital and Customer Strategy & Marketing practices with deep digital marketing expertise. John drives digital marketing results and capability growth across Bain's practices. He works with a range of global clients to create advantage in the age of the technology-driven consumer and advertising.

Jurgen Stewart Director Seattle

12+ years of client facing experience, leading key growth initiatives within eCommerce and Retail. Prior to joining FRWD@Bain, Jurgen worked various leadership roles at Target, Amazon and WPP eCommerce expertise include category management, channel management, assortment analysis, supply chain and marketing Digital marketing expertise includes paid search, display and SEO MBA with focus in Global Management from IE Business School, Madrid Spain.

Justin Halim Head of APAC Digital Marketing and Expert Partner for FRWD Singapore

Justin Halim is the head of our APAC Digital Marketing practice and a member or FRWD@Bain, based in Singapore. His client work focuses on the Digital, Marketing Excellence and Customer Strategy & Marketing spheres, with recent engagements spanning general merchandise, mass retailing and Private Equity (PE).

Natasha Kaars Sijpesteijn Director London

7+ years of marketing experience in global and local media and full-service agencies including. Publicis Groupe, Dentsu Aegis Network and Interpublic Group. Significant experience in designing, delivering and evaluating global media, content and eCommerce strategies as well as in digital planning, activation and performance management. Extensive experience in Private Equity due diligence and post-acquisition acceleration, B2B, CPG, Luxury and Technology sectors. Bsc. in Business Management from King’s College London and Scrum Master Certified.

Oliver Gertz Expert Partner Munich

With more than two decades of digital-focused experience, Oliver is a proven expert on marketing in the digital age and customer experience. Prior to joining us, Oliver was the first online media planner for Germany’s first online media agency. He has built digital teams across 25 markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for MediaCom, Europe’s leading media agency. He studied economics and English at RWTH Aachen University, as well as management and linguistics at the University of Reading.

Peter Forsberg Chief Operating Officer, FRWD San Francisco

10 years experience across North America Manages and prioritizes FRWD’s pipeline of client/commercial opportunities. Leadership in marketing, sales, account management, and operations – launched and managed food-delivery marketplaces in 25+ metros, obsessing about each unique customer’s experience. Facilitated client-facing and talent program roles, delivered top-line and bottom-line outcomes across various industries – especially with Private Equity clients.

Sarah Joseph Global Lead of Media Operations Excellence Minneapolis

Media Operations lead with an expertise within media operations, compliance and risk management across media planning, trafficking and finance control. Co-founder of FRWD with 9+ teams managing the Operations function within the company, including HR, IT, recruiting, accounting, finance and office management.

Zak Prauer Senior Director Minneapolis

Zak Prauer is a senior expert for FRWD@Bain and a Consumer Products (CP) affiliate, based in Chicago. A digital marketing and marketing/e-commerce acceleration expert, Zak is deeply involved with our CP, Customer Strategy & Marketing, Vector: Digital Delivery and Marketing Excellence practices.

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