Adam’s innovative and engaging leadership was the fundamental catalyst in transforming the mindset of the marketing staff and it started a tidal wave of innovative thought throughout the business. Adam’s vision challenged us to rethink processes, assumptions, role definitions and “what good looks like.” While other leaders had brought change in the past, Adam’s style endorsed change based on actionable insights, toward a clear vision, toward experimentation and testing that had opportunity for scale. Adam’s leadership pulled us out of the detailed reasons to say no to things and into the vision that inspired us to find a way to make it possible. Adam is innovative, inspirational, challenging, action-oriented, fast-moving and results driven with a healthy dose of common sense and humor.

I had the privilege of working with Adam at Ariens Specialty Brands where he led our very significant Digital Marketing and Sales teams through a major cultural transition, while simultaneously, driving exceptional performance improvements, however, his influence across the organization was much greater than that. I found Adam to be a thought leader with regards to branding, product management, commercial
programming, analytics, sales, finance and operations. He has a unique combination of deep functional experience, self-awareness and empathy that allows him to effectively coach new team members that joined the organization out of school through seasoned industry veterans.

Adam is a visionary leader that can also roll up his sleeves and help get the job done when necessary. He has a knack for communicating strategy and getting things done through others – while empowering and developing his team. When Adam reported to me, I had several members of his team provide unsolicited feedback that he was the best leader they had worked for. Adam has an entrepreneurial spirit and strong business acumen.

Adam is as innovative of a person I have met. Constantly pushing for improvement and innovative solutions to make solutions better.