Jamie Darnow
CEO / COO
A savvy, accomplished Business Change Executive highly regarded for developing and leading business strategy to achieve stellar growth across diverse industries including Healthcare, Medical Device, Manufacturing, eCommerce, CPG Retail, Media, Technology, Nonprofit, and Finance. Executive expertise includes strategic vision implementation, business/financial acumen, talent acquisition and empowerment, leadership, performance analysis, production optimization, marketing, and problem-solving. Excels in uncovering key revenue drivers and vital expansion opportunities.
My Skills
Experience
April 2017 | April 2021
CEO | President
Recruited to turnaround and lead 100-employee, B2B / B2C eCommerce, custom product manufacturing company. Held full P&L and accountable for the end-to-end customer experience across the entire e-commerce value chain, product development, marketing, sales, business development, web/mobile, 20-person offshore development team, operations, production, customer service, HR, and finance.
January 2014 | April 2017
Executive Management Consultant
Founded consulting practice, serving as go-to growth catalyst, working hand-in-hand with CEOs and senior leadership to optimize and align people, process and strategy across sales, marketing and operations to improve growth trajectory.
May 2013 | March 2014
Chief Marketing Officer
Recruited to build a world-class healthcare team with world-class capabilities and expand medical device sales and capture market share across North America and Europe, leading 40-person team. Responsibilities included Marketing, Website, PIM Database, Sales Administration and eCommerce.
March 2004 | May 2013
Chief Marketing Officer
Provided senior leadership for 45-member multi-disciplinary team in driving organizational redesign, introducing new capabilities, cross-training talent on multiple platforms, and crafting integrated, omnichannel marketing initiatives while managing a $45 million budget.
Education
Graduate Studies
Applied Statistics
RESULTS
TESTIMONIALS
Andrew Danyluk, Chief Enterprise Systems Officer, Consumer Reports
“My group provided Information Technically support to Jamie’s team for over 5 years. In a word, I was beyond impressed with his superior business acumen and leadership while transitioning the organization into a digital enterprise and substantially increasing the organization’s revenue. Jamie is an extremely talented and cutting edge CMO with vision, who leads by example while taking a vested interest in his team and internal partners.
Beyond his marketing and sales skills, Jamie is also well versed in modern areas of project management, where he used agile processes in order to accelerate important business goals. In one project, Jamie led the acceleration of short and long- term Ecommerce revenue growth by over 15%. In meeting this goal, Jamie created and executed a world-class project plan for a diverse team of department heads that resulted in a successful project implementation. In summary, Jamie’s a modern, data-driven executive who inspires people with vision and empowerment. I recommend Jamie to any organization that values such leadership traits. His track record of success in leading people and programs ranks as one of the best I have seen over my 25-year career.”
Dr. Jamil Zeinab, Advisory Solution Architect, ML/AI & Advanced Analytics | Lead Data Scientist
DXC Technology
“Jamie Darnow is the ultimate Chief Marketing Officer that identifies the most impactful strategic needs and drives them to completion. I have known Jamie professionally for over a decade as a retained member of his marketing staff in multiple organizations.
Jamie is highly motivated, creative, and possesses outstanding interpersonal skills. I have had the pleasure of working with Jamie on several ongoing and large scale projects across several companies and verticals. Early in our working relationship I noticed that Jamie is a step ahead of everyone else in his marketing knowledge and vision. He proved his ability to strategically take companies to the next level in branding, marketing, database marketing, sales, and digital marketing. I have seen Jamie firsthand transform the marketing and sales operation functions for several companies. Jamie is a natural leader with the ability to influence, mentor, and motivate people around him. He is a brilliant executive with the ability to deliver results and make everyone around him shine. I fully recommend Jamie for any C-level leadership position spanning Marketing, Sales and beyond.”
Jason F., Innovation Strategist & Founder @ Emergent Futures Lab | Professor at Montclair State University in the Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
INTERESTS & HOBBIES
Foodie
Cross Fit
Classic Cars
Q & A
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Why did you choose your profession?
I landed my first job and used that as a platform to explore. Curiosity drove me to fall in love with data analytics and marketing. Ultimately, I was attracted to senior management as a way to have a greater impact on sales and profitability.
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Who are your main influences?
As a career executive for a multi-national corporation, my father was a major business influence. My mother and siblings were major influences on how to see things through other people’s eyes and viewpoints. Outside of family, I was drawn to Peter Drucker and William Edward Deming, the god fathers of Continuous Improvement after utilizing these approaches to accelerate growth early in my career.
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What tools do you use?
I use the gamut of Office System tools and variety homegrown and out of the box technology tools for front-end and backend development, including WordPress and custom .Net applications for eCommerce. On the operations side I have applied Six Sigma principles to improve quality and turnaround time and the IBM AS400 platform along with custom applications for financial tracking, reporting, and inventory management.
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What are you working on right now?
I am transitioning out my CEO role, and maintaining a Executive Board seat at Printique (An Adorama Company). Additionally, I am helping a National Food Franchise expand in the North-East United States.
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What have you learned leading employees during the pandemic?
That empathy will always win over “traditional” incentives.
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