The CMO Podcast

Lara Hood Balazs is the EVP, General Manager, and Chief Marketing Officer of Intuit, the $9.6 billion in revenue financial software firm. Intuit's products include the tax preparation application TurboTax, personal finance app Mint, the small business accounting program QuickBooks, and recently acquired e-mail marketing platform Mailchimp and credit score and reporting platform Credit Karma. 

Lara has a wide range of responsibilities at Intuit, overseeing the marketing for all of its products. In this conversation, Lara shares how she prioritizes and keeps track of all of her initiatives. She also discusses Intuit's corporate discipline and how they are always acting in the interests of their consumers.

CMOs often hold one of the most innovative and challenging roles in business today. Those who excel can operate at the highest level to drive growth and create value for their organizations. To learn more how Deloitte helps bolster the value CMOs deliver, visit www.cmo.deloitte.com  

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Than Hartsock is the Director of Corn & Soybean Production Systems at John Deere. Not only is John Deere an iconic 184-year old company with nearly $40 billion in revenue, but it's also a world leader in providing advanced products, technology and services for those who are revolutionizing agriculture and construction.

During Jim's time as a CMO, he discovered that one of the strongest partnerships for a business is when marketing and R&D come together. In this conversation, Than talks about how he works with the marketing department to make sure everyone is on the same page. This discussion is a great example of the benefits that come out of R&D and marketing teams coming together.

CMOs often hold one of the most innovative and challenging roles in business today. Those who excel can operate at the highest level to drive growth and create value for their organizations. To learn more how Deloitte helps bolster the value CMOs deliver, visit www.cmo.deloitte.com

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Aron North is the Chief Marketing Officer of Mint Mobile. Mint Mobile is a private telecommunications company that sells mobile phone services and has grown 90,000% in the last five years—and one of its largest owners is actor Ryan Reynolds. 

In this conversation, Aron talks about working with Ryan Reynolds—and how Mint and Ryan work together to engage with their consumers. Aron also talks about how his tenure at Taco Bell gave him great insights into engaging with consumers and how his "outside in thinking" gives him a competitive edge. 

CMOs often hold one of the most innovative and challenging roles in business today. Those who excel can operate at the highest level to drive growth and create value for their organizations. To learn more how Deloitte helps bolster the value CMOs deliver, visit www.cmo.deloitte.com  

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Jessica Robertson is the Chief Content Officer at TOGETHXR which is a brand-new media and commerce company with a mission to feature a diverse and inclusive community of game-changers, culture shapers, thought leaders, and barrier breakers. 

The founders of TOGETHXR are four world-class athletes, all Olympic Gold Medalists, Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim, Sue Bird, and Simone Manuel. Their objective is to disrupt the inequitable pattern in sports and media—only about 4% of sports coverage is women's sports. 

In this conversation, Jessica talks about the impact storytelling has on DE&I and what marketers and executives can learn from great storytelling—especially when it is rooted in purpose. 

The CMO Podcast DEI mini-series is brought to you in partnership with Deloitte Digital and their new offering, Ethos. At Ethos, we work alongside the world’s leading business leaders to create purpose-driven innovations that connect your brand’s purpose with your audience’s priorities. To learn more about Ethos, www.deloittedigital.com/ethos.

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Ricky Engelberg is the CMO at Vista (formerly known as VistaPrint), the $1.4 billion brand that helps small businesses grow and prosper by offering a range of services including marketing material signage to graphic design services. 

In this conversation, Ricky talks about his deep passion for brand marketing and why marketers need to be brand evangelists. Ricky shares how working with founders at Nike and Vista gave him a richer vision for the brands he has worked on—and more.

CMOs often hold one of the most innovative and challenging roles in business today. Those who excel can operate at the highest level to drive growth and create value for their organizations. To learn more how Deloitte helps bolster the value CMOs deliver, visit www.cmo.deloitte.com  

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Michelle (Cervantez) Van Slyke is the Sr. Vice President of Marketing & Sales at The UPS Store, a subsidiary of UPS and the nation’s largest retail network of shipping, postal, printing and business service centers. Michelle has held this role for nearly 12 years, leading all marketing for a network of more than 5,000 retail locations and overseeing their ambitious store redesigns to meet the growing needs of consumers.

In this conversation, Michelle talks to Jim about how she and her team learn from store associates to better serve customers. She also talks about working with her parent company's CMO to achieve a singular vision for the company—plus, how she manages such a large scope of responsibilities.

CMOs often hold one of the most innovative and challenging roles in business today. Those who excel can operate at the highest level to drive growth and create value for their organizations. To learn more how Deloitte helps bolster the value CMOs deliver, visit www.cmo.deloitte.com  

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On this episode of the CMO DE&I mini-series, Jim welcomes two guests from Providence, a non-profit health care system operating multiple hospitals across seven states. Joining him are Karen Ashley, Associate Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Melissa Tizon, VP of National Communications.

Karen has been in the DE&I space for over ten years, and in this conversation, Karen explains why DE&I is different now. Karen and Melissa also talk about the importance of DE&I in a healthcare company and how DE&I is the future for recruiting. 

The CMO Podcast DEI mini-series is brought to you in partnership with Deloitte Digital and their new offering, Ethos. At Ethos, we work alongside the world’s leading business leaders to create purpose-driven innovations that connect your brand’s purpose with your audience’s priorities. To learn more about Ethos, www.deloittedigital.com/ethos.

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Kathy Fish is the recently retired Chief Research, Development and Innovation Officer of Procter & Gamble. Kathy retired in 2020 and was at P&G for over 40 years. 

This episode will explore the relationship between Marketing and Research and Development within a company. P&G excels in both disciplines, and Kathy talks about the best strategy to align the goals of each team. She also discusses GrowthWorks, an initiative she launched to bring lean innovation to scale at P&G (which would later become a Harvard Business School case study).

CMOs often hold one of the most innovative and challenging roles in business today. Those who excel can operate at the highest level to drive growth and create value for their organizations. To learn more how Deloitte helps bolster the value CMOs deliver, visit www.cmo.deloitte.com  

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Andrea Brimmer is the Chief Marketing and PR Officer for Ally Financial. Ally Financial is one of the largest car-finance companies in the U.S. and is the 17th largest bank in the United States by assets.

In this conversation, Andera talks about how Ally Financial is creating spaces for leadership to interact and listen to team members to discuss DE&I. She also talks about how Ally's business decisions and new ventures are created with DE&I in mind.

The CMO Podcast DEI mini-series is brought to you in partnership with Deloitte Digital and their new offering, Ethos. At Ethos, we work alongside the world’s leading business leaders to create purpose-driven innovations that connect your brand’s purpose with your audience’s priorities. To learn more about Ethos, www.deloittedigital.com/ethos.

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Jennifer Davis is the Chief Marketing Officer of Learfield, the leading media and technology company in college sports. If you are a college sports fans, chances are you have used or experienced their products. Previously, Jennifer was the Head of Product Marketing Management for Amazon Web Services. She also held marketing roles at Intel Corporation, Honeywell, Planar Systems, Inc. and more.

In this conversation, Jennifer talks about the interesting role she has as a marketer when it comes to connecting all of these different channels at Learfield. She also discusses how she is a big believer in memos and gives insights into her decision making process.

CMOs often hold one of the most innovative and challenging roles in business today. Those who excel can operate at the highest level to drive growth and create value for their organizations. To learn more how Deloitte helps bolster the value CMOs deliver, visit www.cmo.deloitte.com  

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.