Month: February 2018

Andy Walter is a business results-driven professional with extensive experience in strategy, development, execution, and operations across Shared Services and IT. He led the Commercial Services & Delivery Organization (over 1500 IT and multifunctional professionals) for Procter & Gamble’s Global Business Services (GBS). He was responsible for IT & Shared Services for all Global Business Units and Markets around the world. His team was accountable for developing cutting-edge digital capabilities for Procter & Gamble to win “where it matters most,” with Consumers, Shoppers, and Retailers. This included all eBusiness, Consumer Services, BI/Analytics, Sales Force Solutions, Project Delivery, Business Process Services, and A&D / Company restructuring efforts. He has over 15 years working on Boards and in Board level advisory roles.

Beth is an accomplished retail industry executive with over 30 years of experience in leading iconic brands across the food, drug, apparel, and outdoor gear industries. She has worked with public, private, co-op and private equity companies delivering transformational growth with a proven track record of delivering value creation and customer satisfaction in Canada and the U.S. Beth is known for developing and implementing strategies that leverage innovation and consumer data to grow high performing businesses. Beth is recognized for building and leading high-performance cultures that value people and unleash their true potential to drive results.

Along with working closely with the team at Fractal, Beth currently chairs the Recreational Equipment, Inc, (REI) Board of Directors, as well as, serving as a member of the Board of Directors for Heartisan Foods. Beth has a passion for developing and executing growth strategies, scaling businesses, and growing talent both as an operating executive and now as a director, advisor, and mentor.

Most recently, Campbell retired from Giant Eagle as the President of Supermarkets leading during a time of rapid growth defined by a period of record comp store sales, market share expansion and transformational growth in the e-commerce business. Beth was a 26-year Executive at Delhaize leading its highest performing banner as the President of Hannaford to a health and wellness strategy and then repositioning and driving transformational change to successfully turn around the business model, culture, and brand at Food Lion as the President. On top of massive and long-standing shifts in the strategy and business results, Beth is most proud of founding Food Lion Feeds program which continues today and is approaching serving one billion meals toward hunger-relief for our most vulnerable and underserved populations.

A former physicist turned data scientist, Dave Botkin built and ran analytics and data engineering teams in startups and Fortune 50 companies until “retiring” in 2018 to focus on Analytics Consulting and Advisory services as Dave Botkin Consulting, LLC.DBC LLC has advised clients in ecommerce, mobile gaming, streaming audio, healthcare, and IoT on driving more value with their data.Prior to DBC, Dave was Sr. Director of Marketing Analytics in Google’s Ads business, where his teams evaluated marketing program effectiveness and developed machine-learning models to route leads to sales. Before that, he led Analytics at Square, where his team used data to help Square manage risk and improve its products and services for businesses and consumers. Prior to Square, he was VP of Analytics/BI at Disney Interactive Games, and at Playdom, which Disney acquired in 2010, where he used data to help Disney create and market social, mobile, console and MMO games. Prior to Playdom, Dave was SVP Audience Analytics at CBS Interactive, developing behavioral and survey-based tools to help producers and advertisers understand how consumers engage with video and web content. Before CBS, Dave held various executive roles in analytics and data infrastructure at eBay covering finance, strategy, and marketing.Dave received his BA and Ph.D (Physics) degrees from UC Berkeley and his MBA degree from the Haas School of Business.

Deanna M. Mulligan is the Chief Executive Officer of Purposeful, where she provides strategic advisory services to CEOs and private equity funded startups.

Ms. Mulligan is the former Chair, President & CEO of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) and was a member of the company’s Board of Directors. She joined Guardian in 2008 as Executive Vice President to lead their Individual Life & Disability business, was named CEO in July 2011, and retired as Chair and CEO at the end of 2020.

She was a Principal at McKinsey & Company, and held senior positions at AXA Financial and New York Life Insurance Company.

Ms. Mulligan serves as a trustee on the Board of Directors for The Vanguard Group, a position she has held since 2017, and at DuPont de Nemours, Inc., where she has served since 2021.
She serves on the Board of Trustees for New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Partnership for New York City, and Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP).

She has also served on the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council, as Chair of ACLI, and as a director at ARCH Capital, Catalyst, and The Economic Club of New York.

Named by Fortune as one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” and by Crain’s New York Business as one of “The 50 Most Powerful Women in New York,” five times each. She is also the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap.

Ms. Mulligan graduated from the University of Nebraska with High Distinction and holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Deb is a Partner at Council Advisors (CA) where she spearheads their digital transformation practice and is a senior advisor to World 50, a C-Suite Leadership Development & Networking Company which houses the G100 Network. As Vice Chair of SSA & Company, a CA portfolio company, founded and oversees their Digital Transformation Practice. Previously, Deb was a 30-year executive leader at P&G of which 15 years were in a C-Suite level position. During her time at P&G, she served as President and Senior Executive Officer of P&G’s $20 billion Beauty Business while simultaneously serving as President and Senior Executive Officer of P&G’s e-Business which touched nearly half of P&G’s then $86 billion global business. She also served as President & Senior Executive Officer of P&G’s $15 billion Asian Business & for P&G’s $15 billion Baby Care Business.

Deb spent seven years on Fortune’s US and International rankings of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. Deb serves on the Board of Directors at publicly held companies including American Eagle Outfitters, Corning Inc., and Meritage Homes. Deb previously served as Chair of the Board at Accupac and on the Board of Directors for Sprint, Staples, and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). Deb has been listed by Women Inc. as one of the 50 most powerful female board directors.
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Ed has a long work history in the Property-Casualty insurance industry. At Progressive Insurance he served as a Division President and Director of Product Development. Under his leadership the product development function introduced a host of product and underwriting innovations that have played a vital role in the company’s dynamic growth. As a Senior Vice President at 21^st Century Insurance he led the Marketing, Advertising, Sales and Actuarial functions for this direct distribution company. Ed is still active in the business. He provides consulting support in analytics and product design for two Personal Lines insurance start-ups. He teaches at Santa Monica College. He holds the CPCU and ARM designations. He has served on the Boards of industry organizations including the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) and Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. 

A transformational leader with a remarkable record of achievement, General Stanley A. McChrystal was called “one of America’s greatest warriors” by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. He is widely praised for launching a revolution in warfare by leading a comprehensive counter-terrorism organization that fused intelligence and operations, redefining the way military and government agencies interact.

The son and grandson of Army officers, McChrystal graduated from West Point in 1976 as an infantry officer, completed Ranger Training, and later, Special Forces Training. Over the course of his career, he held leadership and staff positions in the Army Special Forces, Army Rangers, 82nd Airborne Division, the XVIII Army Airborne Corp, and the Joint Staff. He is a graduate of the US Naval War College, and he completed fellowships at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997 and at the Council on Foreign Relations in 2000.

From 2003 to 2008, McChrystal commanded JSOC – responsible for leading the nation’s deployed military counterterrorism efforts around the globe. His leadership of JSOC is credited with the 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein and the 2006 location and killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. In June 2009, McChrystal received his fourth star and assumed command of all international forces in Afghanistan.

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