Speakers

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  KIM FEIL, CEO, bizHive

  Kim Feil leads transformations by formulating profitable value propositions to tap unrealized competitive advantage.

  She has been a retailer, general manager, consultant and ecommerce leader in marketing, sales and strategy at OfficeMax, Walgreens, Sara Lee, Kimberly-Clark, Information Resources Inc, Cadbury Schweppes and Frito-Lay, giving her a unique 360-degree and multichannel perspective.

  In June 2014 she added tech startup to her experiences when she was named CEO of bizHive, a dynamic online marketplace that matches small business owners to best-in-class marketing service suppliers and serves larger enterprises who want to reach and serve these same customers.

  As EVP, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer for OfficeMax, she led marketing and innovation growth strategies for this $6 billion multi-channel retailer as it merged with Office Depot in 2013, including the national launch of its new Business Services platform and Workplace Exchange magazine.

  As the first Chief Marketing Officer for Walgreens, she positioned the company as a leading community health and daily living destination for the company’s six million daily customers, delivering new retail, pharmacy and health growth programs. Her campaigns earned the 2011 Grand Reggie and the 2011 top global retailer campaign from Oracle World Congress.

  As President of Marketing for Information Resources, Inc., she directed the global innovation practice and launched the company’s ecommerce business, CPGNetwork.com. As CEO of IRI’s in-store merchandising measurement venture, she launched new services to measure shoppers’ exposure to brands at the point of purchase.

  She has been named a “Woman to Watch” by Ad Age, Crain’s Chicago Business, and Consumer Goods & Technology magazines; dubbed a “futurist” by Fortune Magazine in its nomination of her to their 2011 “Executive Dream Team”; and recognized by Advertising Women of New York in 2010 for “Changing the Game.” She is president of the CMO Club-Chicago, serves on the Global Retail Marketing Association Advisory Board, and is co-Chair of the 2014-15 American Heart Association Go Red for Women campaign.