Fran Wills

GM, Cox Search/Kudzu

Fran Wills has been a senior executive of media, technology and retail companies for over 25 years.  Throughout her career, she has leveraged innovation and emerging technologies to help businesses successfully grow audience and revenue.

Currently Fran is General Manager of Kudzu.com, a digital division of Cox Media Group.  Kudzu provides consumers with an online platform to rate and review local services and SMBs with ways to reach prospective buyers through directory listings, SEO, SEM, social media and other digital solutions. 

Previously, she served as CMO and SVP Interactive of two large media companies – The Dallas Morning News and the former Denver Newspaper Agency.  During her tenure, she managed a $20M+ digital business unit and led marketing and product development programs including partnerships with Yahoo, Monster and Cars.com.

She has held marketing leadership roles with Gart Sports (now Sports Authority) and May Department Stores (now Macy’s) and has a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri. 

Twitter: @WillsFran