Bazaarvoice Welcomes Kirk Dando and Eric Schrier to Advisory Board
Renowned Executives Bring Over Four Decades of Executive-Level
Leadership, Business Consulting, and Strategic Marketing Experience at
Companies Such as Time Inc. and Reader’s Digest
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bazaarvoice,
the market and technology leader in hosted social
commerce applications that drive sales, today announced the addition
Kirk Dando and Eric Schrier to the Bazaarvoice
Advisory Board. Dando and Schrier have served as executive-level
directors and marketing strategists at large global companies such as
Time Inc., Reader’s Digest Association, and Moore and Company. Together,
they bring over 40 years of experience helping companies achieve rapid
revenue growth, improve leadership and managerial decision-making, and
solve complex problems with innovative business solutions. With the
addition of Dando and Schrier, the Bazaarvoice Advisory Board now
assembles 19 of the most influential executives and thought leaders in
business today – a multi-disciplinary team of strategists who deeply
understand the power of the customer in building a successful global
brand.
“The amazing collective brain power and wide experience of the members
of the Bazaarvoice Advisory Board is a testament to how crucial the
voice of the customer has become to the marketing strategies of global
companies of all sizes across all industries”
“The amazing collective brain power and wide experience of the members
of the Bazaarvoice Advisory Board is a testament to how crucial the
voice of the customer has become to the marketing strategies of global
companies of all sizes across all industries,” said Brett Hurt, founder
and CEO of Bazaarvoice. “We’re thrilled to welcome Eric and Kirk to our
board and look forward to working with them to deliver ever-more
innovative social commerce solutions to the world’s top brands.”
Kirk Dando is Founder and CEO of Dando
Advisors. He combines more than 20 years of experience and research
on ways to improve leadership and managerial decision-making, enabling
him to offer fresh perspectives on solving complex business problems. He
is a leading expert on profitable business growth and helped pioneer the
Business Life Cycle, a model that enables business leaders to identify
the level of performance at which a business is operating and determine
exactly what needs to be done to move the business to the next level.
Kirk is a leading business coach and public speaker and has published
several scholarly and popular articles. He is currently writing a book
on the “Overly Obvious and Embarrassingly Simple Warning Signs of
Success”. Prior to founding Dando Advisors, Kirk worked with Arthur
Andersen. He then became the COO/CFO for Moore and Company, where he
played an integral role in successfully scaling the company’s operations
over a two-year period to achieve annual revenues of $1 billion.
“Bazaarvoice has led the way in helping companies connect with their
customers in an authentic, open dialogue that builds brand loyalty,
drives sales, and increases customer engagement over the entire Business
Life Cycle,” said Dando. “I’ve been watching the exponential growth of
Bazaarvoice over the last four years, and I’m thrilled to join the board
of the most innovative social commerce company in the world. I look
forward to bringing my experience to the table to help more brands drive
profitable business growth by listening and responding to their
customers.”
Eric Schrier is an independent advisor helping large media corporations
such as Bonnier and Meredith diversify their revenue streams, as well as
working with small digital companies that offer meaningful content,
engagement, or marketing solutions to big retail and media companies.
Schrier was previously the president and CEO of Reader’s Digest
Association (RDA) before the company was sold to Ripplewood Holdings in
March of 2007. At RDA, Schrier also served as president of its $1
billion North American division, where he was responsible for a rapidly
expanding portfolio of magazine, book, video, music, and digital
products. Before joining RDA in 2000, Schrier worked for Time Inc. as
the president and CEO of Time Inc. Health, the multimedia health
information business created to complement Health magazine, which he
founded, and as Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc. Ventures.
“No company can succeed today if its customers are not deeply engaged
with its brands, products, and services,” said Schrier. “I’m extremely
pleased to join the Bazaarvoice Advisory Board to work with marketing
and business strategy leaders to help bring the power of the customer
voice to as many global brands as possible.”
About Bazaarvoice
Bazaarvoice’s Software as a Service (SaaS) social commerce solutions
have served more than 85 billion pieces of customer-generated content on
more than 650 brand web sites like Best
Buy, Costco,
Dell,
Macy’s,
Overstock,
P&G,
Panasonic,
QVC,
and USAA
in 36 countries. The company connects organizations to their influencers
through a unique network that reaches hundreds of millions of consumers
around the globe, enabling authentic customer-powered marketing. Through
syndication, analytics, partnerships, and consulting, Bazaarvoice brings
the voice of the customer to the center of their clients’ business
strategy, proving “social” can drive measured revenue growth and cost
savings for manufacturing, retail, travel, and financial services
companies. Headquartered in Austin, the company has offices in London,
Paris, and Singapore. For more information and access to client success
stories, visit www.bazaarvoice.com,
read the blog at http://www.bazaarvoice.com/blog/,
and follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bazaarvoice.
for Bazaarvoice
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