Pete Stein

Pete Stein

Global President, Merkle and Global CXM Practice Lead, Dentsu

Merkle

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Experience30+ Years
LevelLeadership

Executive Overview

Global Agency & Media Exec Transforming Businesses for Success with Strong Leadership and a Foundation of Growth Strategy, Marketing Savvy & Digital Experience. Agency Executive: Digital Agency and media executive with over twenty-five years of experience in leading consulting, agency and media companies. Recognized collaborative leader who builds a strong culture of teamwork and growth. Talent for leading teams and clients through change. Ability to focus organizations on value creation internally and on behalf of clients. Digital Expert: Optimistic leader who embraces the ever-evolving digital landscape. Strong track record of building a vision and capabilities that support future growth. Experience building new capabilities across the digital spectrum, including mobile strategy, social creative, ecommerce, programmatic media and branded content strategy. Growth Minded: Many years of experience at building growth minded cultures and effective sales teams. Know how to hire the right talent, implement the right KPIs and process for managing them, and set the vision to inspire a team. Transformational Leader: Twenty years of experience at owning P&Ls, including strategic planning, budget management. Successfully steered organizations through ~15 mergers & acquisitions with strong process, effective listening and clear vision. Expertise: Executive Leadership | P&L Ownership | Agency & Media Executive | Strategic Planning | Growth Strategies | Brand Strategy | Digital Leadership | Change Management | Advertising | Digital Video | E-Commerce | Mergers & Acquisitions | Business Strategy | Culture Building | Creative & Content

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • MerkleCurrent
    Oct 2020–Present· 5 yrs 11 mos
    • Chief Executive OfficerCurrent
      Nov 2023–Present
    • President, Americas
      Mar 2022–Nov 2023
    • Global Lead, Experience and Commerce
      Oct 2020–Mar 2022
  • May 2019–Oct 2020· 1 yr 5 mos
    • Chief Executive Officer
      May 2019–Oct 2020
  • 2016–Oct 2020· 4 yrs 9 mos
    • Member, Board of Directors
      2016–Oct 2020
  • 2016–Apr 2019· 3 yrs 3 mos
    • General Manager
      2016–Apr 2019
  • Feb 2015–Dec 2015· 10 mos
    • Executive in Residence
      Feb 2015–Dec 2015
  • 2015–Jun 2019· 4 yrs 5 mos
    • Member, Board of Directors
      2015–Jun 2019
  • Jul 2003–Dec 2014· 11 yrs 5 mos
    • CEO
      Jul 2013–Dec 2014
    • President
      2008–Jul 2013
    • Senior Vice President
      Jul 2003–2008
  • 2002–2003· 1 yr
    • Client Partner
      2002–2003
  • 2000–Mar 2001· 1 yr 2 mos
    • General Manager, DC office
      2000–Mar 2001
  • 1996–1998· 2 yrs
    • VP of Client Services
      1996–1998

Education

BS

Marketing

Lehigh University

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AnalyticsOnline MarketingMarketing StrategyE-commerceWeb AnalyticsDigital StrategyAdvertisingDigital MarketingMobile MarketingUser ExperienceSocial Media MarketingOnline AdvertisingMobile AdvertisingStrategyIntegrated MarketingExecutive LeadershipInteractive MarketingExecutive ManagementSEMDigital Media