Merlin Kister has held leadership positions in global brand and US marketing execution for a leading technology Fortune 50 company. In these positions and others Merlin has had experience in every facet of marketing and brand management for both B2C (business to consumer) and B2B (business to business).  

His strategy and execution work has been recognized globally:

Cannes Lion Short List for Social Media/Influence

MediaPost OMMA Award Finalist

Corporate Achievement Award for Brand Simplification resulting in $2B in incremental revenue.

His education background includes an MBA in marketing and finance from Kellogg Graduate School at Northwestern University, a BS in engineering from Penn State and Certificates from Stanford on Decision Quality and the CMO program at Kellogg.