About Rich Smith
Award winning Chief Marketing Officer with a history of building profitable companies and top-tier brands for the financial services, health care, insurance, and consumer financial products industries. I help CEO’s and PE firms differentiate their businesses in the most competitive industry segments and have a track record of delivering results in high-pressure situations including: hyper-growth private-equity funded start-ups, newly acquired companies, stalled or declining sales, post-bankruptcy turnarounds, and companies facing a financial, regulatory, or public relations crisis.
Particular expertise as a B2C and B2B CMO and P&L Owner; creating and executing go-to-market strategy, aligning sales & marketing, scaling lead generation, brand positioning & brand refresh, growing production from $0 to $25B+, assembling high-performing teams, launching new products & locations, digital transformations, data driven marketing, public relations, crisis communications, competitive analysis, in-depth market research, strategic positioning, and relationship-building with clients and internal corporate verticals.
Target Industries & Segments: Financial Services, Healthcare, Mortgage, Banking, Insurance, Credit Card, Consumer Financial Products, Wealth Management, FinTech, MarTech, Addiction Treatment, Mental Health, Eating Disorder Treatment, and Behavioral Health.