My guest this week is Shani Seidman, the CMO of Kayco Kosher Foods, the parent company of Manischewitz the 120 year old brand that she was just entrusted with the rebranding of. It was an incredible challenge that she met head on. She shares insights and tips for other CMOs going through rebrands.

In an unexpected twist, previous guest Oksana Sobol (and Insights Lead at Clorox), puts the CMO Whisperer in the hot seat for a podcast takeover. Oksana asks Steve about some of the key things he's learnt from doing this show, including insights on AI, data and the CMO tenure.

My Guest this week is Jess Shirra, a fractional CMO and the founder of the Fractional CMO School. Her days are spent supporting her seven figure clients, helping them grow their membership and core businesses. Additionally, she mentors other marketers to help them launch and grow their own fractional CMO business.With more than 15 years in the field, she's led marketing for both high growth startups, plus well known global brands such as Lululemon, Pottery Barn, Jenna Kutcher, Strava, and Deloitte to name just a few. Jess' philosophy is rooted in customer first marketing, which she believes makes marketing and sales effortless and cultivates fiercely loyal brand advocates.

My guest this week is Dan Gardner, the co founder and executive chairman of the technology first network Code and Theory. They work with brands like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, JP Morgan, Chase and more. We kick of talking about the eerie similarity between 2001 and 2024, and what marketers are missing about AI.

My guest this week is Ashley Black, the founder and CEO of Ashley Black Inc, Fashion Blaster and Advanced Regenerative Research Technologies and Associates. She's a multiple Stevie award winner for woman of the year, lifetime achievement and entrepreneur of the year.

My guest today has been described by Forbes as an artist, a globe treading speaker and market seeker, a storyteller who identifies emerging trends and inspires clients to think differently.  His name is David Shing, AKA Shingy. And he is a true visionary in a digital era who closely observes the unfolding future in the vast online landscape. Following his role as AOL is European Head of Media and Marketing. He then ascended to the role of digital profit at AOL and Verizon media. And in 2019, he embarked on a new journey with his consultancy, where he works with the world's top 100 brands, shaping the future of digital engagement.

My guest this week is Umang Shah, Vice President of Marketing, Enablement and Effectiveness for Northwestern Mutual. A graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Umang has had stops at Xerox, Microsoft, Walmart, Unisys, among many others.

Today I'm joined by two guests, Rose Jia and Hetal Patel.Rose is an award winning marketing and product leader who currently heads up lifecycle and launch marketing for Amazon's Prime Video. She and her team drive profitable growth across the customer life cycle through original and licensed content. She's also the creator of the Renaissance Marketer Mindset, a new way for marketers to guarantee growth and innovation. And her recent book is called The Renaissance Marketers Shortcut to Get Finance to Say "Yes, and".Hatal is a seasoned professional with over a decade at iHeartMedia. She's a trailblazer in leveraging diverse data sources to drive insightful connections between products, consumers, and advertising. With a background in clinical and cognitive psychology, she employs a blend of qualitative, quantitative, and advanced analytics methods to craft impactful narratives for iHeartMedia's marketing position.

My guest this week is Kyle Monson, co-founder of Codeword, an agency that fuses journalism, PR, and advertising into a single field they call communication design. Over the past 12 years he's grown the agency from three people to more than a hundred people working together to shape the future of technology marketing. Kyle has worked in the tech industry for nearly 20 years. First as a journalist, then as a marker for global tech brands and a wide range of startups.

My guest this week is Billee Howard. She's the co founder and CEO of Brandthro, the only AI research company that scores customer emotion via human input to create the first ever emotional segmentation datasets.

My guest this week, Geoff Cottrill has been everywhere, from Converse to Starbucks, to Procter and Gamble, to Coca Cola, to his current role as Chief Brand Officer at Topgolf.

My guest this week is Nic Chidiac, Chief Strategy Officer for Razorfish, where he oversees brand and experience strategy. He's worked with CMOs from the biggest brands in the world across a wider range of categories, including QSR, travel, tech, automotive and government. Formerly with Leo Burnett, Nic brings a global lens to his CMO perspective as well, having spent his career working across markets in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. We talk about everything you need to know about working with an agency, how to effectively use AI and what the changing role of the CMO means.

My guest this week is Paul Suchman, CMO of Audacy, a leading multi platform audio content and entertainment company. We talk about what it's like being a challenger brand to enter a market, how to keep that mindset as market leader and what the future of audio looks like (with AI).

My guest this week is Dustin Godsey, the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. We covered a lot of ground in this conversation, including AI in sports teams and Dustin being the first marketing hire for the Bucks, but I was specifically interested in how a CMO of a sports team market a team when they're not doing so well in the standings?

My guest this week is a good friend who also happens to be one of the most influential marketers in the world, Raja Rajamannar, the CMO of Mastercard. Over his 10 years with the brand, he has transformed Mastercard into one of the top 10 most valuable brands in the world.At the helm of the iconic priceless platform, he and his team are on the cutting edge of experiential multi sensory marketing for consumers and customers alike. He has extended the reach and impact of the brand by embracing AI and Web3 technologies, while also pioneering new standards in inclusive design.

My guest this week is Alan Bethke. For over 20 years, Alan has served in various roles for Subaru of America, including his current role as SVP of marketing, where he's responsible for all marketing brands, strategy, media, planning, creative customer experience, corporate comms, and on and on and on.

My guest this week is Marissa Solis. Marissa is Senior Vice President, Global Brand and Consumer Marketing for the NFL, where she leads all global brand and consumer marketing initiatives for the league, including all national advertising, both traditional and digital, in stadium marketing and new fan development.

My guest this week is Richard Howe. Richard is an accomplished entrepreneur, tech executive and board member. He served as a senior executive at FinTech innovator, Fair, Isaac and Company, the inventor of the FICO score, which profoundly changed the way credit worthiness is evaluated. He was also chief strategy officer at Axiom, the inventor of direct to consumer data based marketing. Richard is currently the chairman and CEO of Inuvo, a market leader in artificial intelligence, aligning and delivering consumer oriented product and brand messaging strategies online based on powerful, anonymous, and proprietary consumer intent data, for agencies, advertisers, and partners.

My guest this week is Dr. Marcus Collins, an award winning marketer, best selling author and former chief strategy officer at Wieden+Kennedy, and currently a marketing professor at the university of Michigan. Part marketing professor, part chief strategy officer, Dr. Marcus prescribes lots of advice for brand health.

My guest this week is Aubriana Lopez, Head of Data Strategy, Global Product Marketing for Samsung Ads. Aubriana is an experienced multi discipline marketer who's had the ability to grow her expertise throughout the ever evolving nature of the media business, with a focus on audience development, cross functional measurement, and in depth reporting and insights.