
Kristin Guthrie
Marketing Executive
“By blending creativity and analytics, I develop impactful and measurable marketing strategies that consistently deliver significant bottom line growth.”

6th Stevie Award
Gold – Customer Engagement Initiative
Gold – Innovation in Customer Service
Silver – Customer Experience
Silver – Customer Insight
Bronze – Customer Feedback Strategy
Bronze – Aerospace and Defense website
Conceive, develop and implement revolutionary marketing strategies that drive business growth and maximize revenue potential.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Created strategic and tactical marketing plans, allocated a $4 million budget, and employed product strategies designed to fuel revenue and profit recovery.
- Developed and implemented multiple strategic roadmaps for Fortune 500 companies, including CRM system implementations and digital transformation, leading to significant increases in revenue and customer satisfaction.
- Fueled explosion in global brand awareness by leading new brand strategy, including new logo, trademark, positioning, global advertising campaign, brick and mortar facility redesigns, and expanded marketing plan, resulting in a 6X improvement in awareness and $43M in net new sales. Read More →
- Led the development of a competitive intelligence engine, increasing knowledge of market changes and competitive insights by 10x through the development of an online, self-fed, searchable repository, monthly newsletter, and real-time desktop alerts. Secured MarTech online research community (MROC) which compressed the development of an accelerated launch plan strategy from 12 months to 120 days.
- Achieved a 3,600% marketing return on investment (ROI) with Celebrity endorsement campaign.
- Led a P&L turnaround resulting in single year transformation from 3% loss to 60% profit.
- Transformed line of business from a cost center with a 35%, 14 year, loss record to break-even within 1 year.
- Increased inventory turns by 6X, by deploying just in time system to minimize obsolescence and increase demand.
- Built a customer portal for a Fortune 100 company, which resulted in increased sales and CSAT; equating to a broadened revenue impact of $1B.
- Identified the relative appeal of new customer portal functional requirements using Maximum Differential and Turf studies, achieving a 97% acceptability score with top 10 “must haves”.
- Improved effectiveness of digital marketing channels 300% by continuously A/B testing copy, distribution methods, timing, segmentation and content.
- Shortened sales cycle time through the development of a mobile app for the sales team which delivered real-time geo-based prospect information.
- Successfully launched a new lead generation tool/channel, resulting in engagement with 15K new prospects within first 60 days.
- 16% single year, top box score improvement, attributed to new service introduction, resulting in 15M in additional revenue.
- 32% reduction in at risk, “dissatisfied” customers after implementation of ground breaking engagement efforts.
- Capitalizing on quantitative research, identified and launched a new product/service offering designed to increase switching costs (stickiness). Within the first 6 months registrations exceeded forecast by 200%, equating to more than $125M in impact revenue.
- Fueled 71% improvement in actual renewals versus stated intentions, driven by a comprehensive CX strategic improvement plan.
- Achieved a 16% revenue gain by developing a multidimensional, global, personalization and branding campaign for aircraft owners. Read More →
- Deployment of new HR service offering resulted in engagement and retention of target customer segment valued at $512M.
- Increase brand awareness and product adoption of safety service portal by 600% within the first 6 months of launching a national campaign, working closely with IT, Field Service, and Sales.
- New service offering resulted in a 25% reduction in price sensitivity for active users.
- Successfully launched a new and differentiating service/product; exceeding adoption expectations by 200%+, equating to a potential revenue impact of $159M.
- 100% increase in global brand awareness realized by initiating a complete brand image overhaul, including all collateral, corporate Web site, and development of virtual and trade show promotion tools for high margin aftermarket products.
- 11% growth in submissions (pipeline) from independent sales agents, due to personalization efforts and targeted CX improvements, equating to $186M growth opportunity.
- Generated more than $43 million in new sales through direct response, branding, digital advertising and CSAT efforts.
- Increased bilingual customer content available through custom customer content by 94% (new video production, print material, navigation prompts and white papers.
- Produced $1.4 million in revenue opportunities with direct marketing and email campaigns within first 30 days of deployment.
- Built the companies first digital press kit that included company story and mission, branded marketing assets, press releases, and charity and non-profit work. Increasing media impressions by 15X.
- Secured and led successful $1.6 million consumer-magazine advertising and earned media program increasing exposure by 700% and lead generation by 23%.
- Led the response, internal investigations and communications for crisis situations, including those with global and regulatory compliance components.
- Optimized multifunctional team of in-house staff, corporate advertising, and three external agencies for two concurrent product launches that required custom marketing materials, online tools, and sales kits. Developed both campaigns on time and within budget and exceeded adoption targets by 65%.
- Cataloged and indexed 450+ formal, and disparate, customer communication templates, resulting in a 43% efficiency gain through the reduction of erroneous and redundant communications. After which, communication effectiveness ratings by customers improved by 32%.
- Led a team of Black Belts and Green Belts delivering $87M in cost savings through operational process redesigns, both enterprise wide and targeted.
- Reduced customer complaints by 200% through the architecture and implementation of enterprise wide CRM system, optimizing Salesforce.com to track, assign and manage escalations customer feedback.
- Automated customer proposal process; cut 10 business days from processes’ original three-week timeframe by initiating and chairing task team charged with upgrading quality of client acquisition materials and elevating customer experience.
- Led the web team in creating an “Idea Exchange” site to capture employee innovation ideas and product enhancement suggestions. End to end system with transparency from idea creation to resulting actions and impact.
- Transformed a $1B organization from a customer service orientation to a world-class CX first mentality.
- Secured employee engagement portal, delivering a 20X improvement in captured team member innovation ideas and 30% reduction in associated process rework.
In 2009, the Aftermarket MRO business was battered by independent service centers and parts distributors. The brand was becoming murky, and the value proposition no longer resonated with customers. Why bring your aircraft back to the manufacturer, or purchase parts directly from the OEM, when you could go somewhere else for less?
We needed to reassess the market, identify developing decision criteria and pivot quickly, to reestablish brand value and market share.
Customer research revealed that the Service Centers and Parts Distribution businesses needed their own identity. Associating collectively under the auspicious of the Cessna aircraft brand was weakening the individual value propositions of the high-margin MRO businesses. Aftermarket was becoming an afterthought
In response, we launched a global rebranding initiative: new logo, new signage and global service centers, entire collateral replacement, website revamp, press releases, customer on-site events, direct-mail, tradeshow booth redesigns, social media – the full gamut. In addition, we created new digital marketing tools and campaigns: airport dioramas, digital product catalog/magazine, earned media, executive speaking engagements and a celebrity partnership with Carl Edwards “My Off-the-Track Pit Crew.”
The results? Within 8 months of campaign launch, we realized a 50% improvement in global awareness and value prop articulation, as well as $43M in net new sales.
We found that personalized and timely services were the primary drivers of future purchases, and the most accurate predictor of sales channel growth in our B2B market. However, in the manufacturing and maintenance service industry, creating personalized experiences and building emotional connections with the brand can be challenging. To address this, we launched a comprehensive personalization campaign that included a range of materials and resources designed to engage customers and prospects.
Additionally, we launched two new products/services to improve the “timeliness of service” purchasing attribute: The Mobile Service Unit and ART (a rapid response parts distribution service with standby aircraft for delivery).
The combination of the new services and personalization efforts led to a 16% increase in revenue within the first year.
$1 Billion
Pipeline Growth Value
Built a customer portal for a Fortune 100 company, which resulted in increased sales and CSAT; equating to a broadened revenue impact of $1B.
$87 Million
Operational Cost Savings
Led a team of Black Belts and Green Belts delivering $87M in cost savings through operational process redesigns, both enterprise wide and targeted.
$186 Million
Organic Growth
11% growth in submissions (pipeline) from independent sales agents, due to personalization efforts and targeted CX improvements, equating to $186M growth opportunity.
INDUSTRIES

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EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration in Marketing, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Bachelor of Science in Marketing, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Marketing Leadership Education Program (MLEP), Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
NACD Directorship Certification, National Association of Corporate Directors
Textron Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
Master Black Belt Certification
Certified Customer Experience Professional





