Thomas Schutz Joins Edge by Ascential™ as SVP of Revenue
Former senior sales and marketing executive at $5B global financial data analytics company Experian to lead the company's customer acquisition and global commercial efforts
BOSTON, March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Edge by Ascential, a global leader in ecommerce-driven retail data, insights and advisory solutions for global brands and retailers, today announced that experienced sales and marketing executive Thomas Schutz has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Revenue, tasked with building a world-class sales organization that excels at defining solutions for brands and retailers that helps them win in the ecommerce-driven retail space. Schutz was most recently Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Strategy at Experian's Retail Analytics division, where he served as a key member of the North American executive leadership team.
Schutz will be based in Boston and will oversee all revenue operations and customer-facing global advisory activities, directing commercial leaders in North America, EMEA and APAC. He brings extensive sales, operations improvement and go-to-market experience that will help define Edge by Ascential's customer success initiatives. Having driven transformation and execution strategies that contributed to Experian's market expansion, Schutz will apply that expertise to aligning Edge by Ascential's sales and marketing execution to accelerate revenue in new markets, while increasing sales execution productivity and efficiency in current markets.
"What I find most compelling about Edge by Ascential are its incredible blue chip client base; its industry-leading solutions driving customer success in today's ecommerce-driven retail environment; and its people, global industry experts who unpack the data and decode emerging trends with the insights, advice and strategy brands and retailers rely on," says Schutz. "I am thrilled to be joining the Edge by Ascential team as it ramps up its innovative offerings that will enable its clients today meet tomorrow's retail landscape with the technology and expertise they need to execute winning strategies. I am looking forward to helping the company's continued growth and on-going success as the world's preeminent ecommerce-drive data, insights and advisory solution."
Schutz spent the last 14 years at Experian in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility and leadership. Continually surpassing goals and achieving record results, Schutz specialized in strengthening financial performance via customer retention, prospect conversion, go-to-market execution, operational excellence and employee engagement. Schutz was instrumental in the go-to-market launch of Experian's global SaaS-enabled Data Quality Product Suite as SVP and GM of Experian Data Quality; and the redesign of its Decision Analytics Marketing organization to boost efficiency and output as SVP of Sales and Marketing Strategy at Experian, Inc.
"We are thrilled to welcome Tom to our team to lead our global commercial organization," states Boren Novakovic, Managing Director of Edge by Ascential. "Tom is an accomplished executive and leader who blends deep industry knowledge and keen strategic vision with a collaborative working style and profound sense of personal accountability to deliver results in key performance areas. He will be pivotal to continuing Edge by Ascential's growth trajectory as we innovate next-generation data and insights products and services for our brand manufacturer and retailer clients."
About Edge by Ascential™
Edge by Ascential™ delivers some of the industry's most accurate and actionable sales-driving data, insights and advisory solutions for global brands and retailers looking to win in today's ecommerce-driven world. Our solutions enable the world's top brands and retailers to implement strategies that help maximize revenue growth; optimize product listings; increase sales faster than the category and the competition; and drive margin growth with pricing and promotions. Our weekly, daily and real-time data-driven insights (including online Sales and Share measurement, Digital Shelf performance, Price & Promotions monitoring and Retail Insights intelligence), coupled with a wide range of customized advisory and education services, give our clients a comprehensive and competitive advantage across the entire landscape online and around the globe.
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