Brian has partnered with numerous Boards and non profit businesses, beginning with his time at McKinsey & Company and continuing through his current role as President of Omni-channel, Digital and Social Media Solutions. This has included time working on or with the Boards of eBay Enterprise, JCPenney and Eckler’s Automotive, among others.
Brian recently served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board for Eckler’s Automotive. While there he returned the company to profitability and transformed business operations as part of moving them to the cloud in preparation for sale from PE leader Ares Capital to award winning automotive ecommerce leader Turn5.
Brian served as Global Chief Digital Officer, Toys“R”Us, Inc. He provided leadership for the company’s $1.2B+ ecommerce business and omni-channel capabilities that allow consumers to make use of multiple channels for purchasing and order fulfillment. He also led company efforts to drive innovation by identifying new ways to use technology to engage customers. Brian served at the Home Shopping Network as Executive Vice President, Digital Commerce & Advanced Services. In this role he led the $700M ecommerce business advanced services Innovation group where he launched a mobile commerce business and scaled the patented technology to purchase products via TV remote control, to over 50 million homes.
Brian served Circuit City Circuit City as Senior Vice President, Multi-Channel. In that capacity, he led the company’s $1.5B+ direct business including its digital commerce, call center and catalog channels. Brian grew on-line sales penetration to 3X that of the largest competitor and delivered profitable growth by building one of the most powerful digital marketing engines in retail. He joined Circuit City as Vice President and GM, Strategy, Business Development and Innovation. While in this role, Brian managed 20 stores and created several new businesses with revenues ranging from $200M to $700M. One of these initiatives set a new customer standard for buying on-line and picking up in store, which retailers still try to emulate today. He also launched an in home services business that scaled to $200M in 2 years.
Brian was Director of Strategy and Implementation for Capital One Financial Corporation where he helped develop and implement the company’s strategic agenda. Brian spent more than five years at McKinsey & Company, where he focused on the Consumer and Technology industries with an emphasis on omnichannel growth and business building. Brian began his career at IBM where he held a variety of positions including Worldwide Operations Process Manager.
Brian holds an M.B.A. from Duke University, where he was a Fuqua Scholar and a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Michigan. He currently lives in Clearwater, FL with his wife Sandi and their 3 children.