GROPARTNERS CONSULTING - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Beautification Officer / Director of Photography
Corey's path to cinematography stemmed from his deep passion for photography. Originally a graduate of the rigorous U of I school of engineering, Corey made the shift to cinematography immediately after receiving his degree. A variety of successful narrative and documentary film projects confirmed his new path from day one. His credits include films such as When To Die, Newton Minow: An American Story, Our Place, PBS, QVC, Sears, Claire's, and Pandora. His work on a recent independent film, "The Grove," won critical acclaim and awarded "Best Thriller of 2016" at the Los Angeles film festival. Corey also directed photography for the feature length film "Banana Season" to be released later this year.
As founder of GroPartners Consulting, Greg has more than 30 years of practice in strategy and execution for marketing, brand, and customer experience. He has led strategic and execution initiatives for Fortune 100 and middle-market companies, targeting both consumer and business-to-business markets in a diverse range of industries including financial services, education, healthcare, tech/biotech, and industrial manufacturing. He is the author of "Getting there from here: Bridging strategy and execution," as well as white papers on strategic alignment, the customer journey, peer-to-peer collaboration, and revenue models for wireless communications. Client experience includes Allstate Financial, Philips Lighting, GE Healthcare, Cardinal Health, Discover Financial Services, Valent BioSciences Corporation, Hollister, First Midwest Bank, and middle-market technology and industrial organizations.
Prior to founding GroPartners Consulting, Greg held posts in strategic planning and executive leadership with StudioNorth, and Chief Executive at Octave Brand Communications and Creative Strategies. As creator of the Strategic Summit, RAPPORT Process®, and Message Mapper software, he continues to bring accountability to brand.
Most recently from Follett Software Corporation, Therese brings a broad range of experience to our clients. Her career positions have ranged from client-side marketing manager & director to agency-side account manager, serving industries as diverse as insurance and financial services to technology.
As a certified executive coach, Therese has worked with business leaders to bring clarity and help them make confident decisions to reach their desired goals. Therese is instrumental to our interview process.
Therese provides our clients with expertise in brand and marketing strategy, message development, rebranding, product marketing and content creation for inbound and outbound marketing campaigns. Her background also includes public relations and media management experience.