RESUME
R. Kimberly Gaynor
Amarillo, Texas 79109
806-***-**** (Mobile)
806-***-**** (Fax )
abnial@r.postjobfree.com
Family: Wife, Brenda, married for 29 years
Son, Brandon, 26 years old
Daughter, Morgan, 15 years old
Career: Dates and Details
2006 to present Gaynor Communications, Consulting
2003-2005 Interim Vice President of University Relations,
Baylor University
2001-2003 FCB Worldwide, New York; President, Detroit
2000-2001 Zapme Corp., San Ramon, CA
Chief Operating Officer
1987-2000 Bozell Worldwide Advertising, New York
(Merged into FCB Worldwide, 1998)
Member Board of Directors
Bozell, Dallas 1987-1990
Executive Vice President
Director of Client Services
Chairman of Executive Committee
Bozell Worldwide, Detroit 1990-2000
Executive Vice President, General Manager to
President of DaimlerChrysler Team USA
and Mexico
450 Professional Staff
25 Field Offices Serving 4000 Dealers
1982-1987 GSD&M Advertising, Austin, Texas
Executive Vice President, Agency Principal
1975-1982 McCann Erickson Advertising, Houston, Texas
Senior Vice President, Director of Client Services
1969-1975 Foote, Cone & Belding Advertising, Los Angeles
Vice President, Management Supervisor (started
as Assistant to Chairman)
1967-1969 Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio
Brand Management
1966-1967 Continental Oil Company, Houston, Texas
Marketing Department Trainee/Sales Rep.
Education: University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1966 BBA: Marketing & Finance
(Played both ways on the 1963 National Championship
Football Team)
Personal: Athlete and sportsman
Devoted family man
Active in church & community
Board Memberships:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation
Amarillo Economic Development Corp.
Primary Professional Characteristics:
• Disciplined Communicator
• Motivational/Strategic Leader
• Precision-driven Administrator
Core Skills:
• Relationship Management
• Organization Development
Areas of Outstanding Performance:
• Establishing vision and strategy
• Creating operating efficiencies
• Achieving profitable growth
• Managing and developing the people on my team
Top Accomplishments:
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 2003-2005
Through a chance introduction by mutual friends, the Baylor CFO learned of RKG's
successful career and invited him into a discussion with University leaders as a consultant
on marketing--then a pressing issue at Baylor.
Situation: Summer 2003; murder of men's basketball team player by a
teammate; a cover-up by the Head Basketball Coach and the Athletic
Director; NCAA sanctions imposed on the men's basketball program;
a divided, 36- member Board of Regents--from unanimous
support of the Administration's 10 year vision for Baylor, to a 50-50
split; strong opposition to the Vision by faculty and the
Alumni Association; declining enrollment and a growing budget
crisis.
This discussion led to RKG being asked to join the Baylor leadership team as Interim
Vice President of University Relations. In this transitional period, RKG created the
"Above. Beyond" marketing campaign which had a dramatic impact on application
numbers and ascending student academic scores.
Strategy: Develop a communications plan to drive enrollment, generate revenue,
counter negative factions and build Baylor's brand reputation.
Results: The first year of the campaign achieved the largest entering Freshman
class and the highest average SAT score in the more than 160 year
history of Baylor. The budget crisis was solved. Division among
constituents eased.
An unintended consequence arose--caused by the increased
demand for a Baylor education--an acute student housing
shortage.
During the following three years, enrollment quantity and quality have
remained strong, with a waiting list to get in. Revenue growth
continues.
Baylor "family differences" have diminished and become more
manageable.
BOZELL WORLDWIDE, DETROIT: 1990 – 2000
Situation:
Detroit office was a low quality satellite of New York office, staffed with order-
taker management and no/low responsibility workers.
The largest component of the Chrysler account, their dealers, was about to fire
Bozell. (In fact, the Chicago area dealers had already done so.)
Creative department was so reactive it required 2,500 separate campaigns
annually to satisfy the 41 dealer organizations (i.e., never more than 20% buy-in
on any campaign). This caused waste, constant client upset, and minimal profits.
Chrysler Corporation, in the throes of its second rebirth, was transitioning itself
from the authoritarian Iacocca culture to one of multi-level “platform teams”
learning to re-engineer the entire organization through the continuous
improvement disciplines of “Process Redesign”.
Bozell, stuck in an old, authoritarian model and totally dependent on special
Iacocca relationship, had been viewed antagonistically/fearfully by new client
regime of upcoming leadership.
Strategy:
Immerse entire management and staff into intense training to dramatically raise
their communication/responsibility levels to enable them to create their own
multi-level “platform teams” and to conduct their own “Process Redesign” (i.e., to
parallel and align with new Chrysler initiatives/leadership, to completely
rehabilitate dealer business).
Re-engineer entire creative development process.
Bench non-players. Promote quick learners.
Develop Detroit office capabilities for highly responsive relationships with
Chrysler headquarter management and leadership (i.e., previously done solely out
of New York office).
Identify/acknowledge the best dealers and enlist them into strategic relationships
with Chrysler and Bozell to improve marketing strategies and advertising.
Engage all levels of staff in highly visible, client-initiated strategic projects that
would stretch their capabilities and reframe their perspective on how they can add
value.
Results:
Bozell relationships with the dealer network became the benchmark of excellence
at Chrysler and in the industry.
Dealer advertising increased 700%.
Dealer account profitability increased 300%.
Bozell Detroit awarded Jeep business.
All management and creative servicing of Chrysler, Plymouth, Jeep advertising
done out of Detroit to 100% client satisfaction.
Dealer creative required less than 50 campaigns annually with 95% buy-in.
Agency team conducted study of Chrysler media spending identifying
$1 billion of potential savings over five years. The senior client described the
presentation as the “Best systems analysis of Chrysler ever done. That it was
done by advertising people, not engineers, is extraordinary!”
Detroit office revenues increased dramatically, as did profits.
Detroit office became the premiere office of Bozell Worldwide (and,
subsequently, FCB Worldwide).
GSD&M, Austin, Texas: 1982-1987
Situation:
Small, young, loosely structured boutique run by five entrepreneurs, who were
friends out of the University of Texas. Growth was stagnant and profits were
falling.
Strategy:
Preserve and enhance entrepreneurial spirit while applying the organization, staff
and new business development disciplines of a major international agency to
realize dramatic, yet stable, expansion.
Results:
Grew agency revenue from $12 million to over $165 million.
Established GSD&M as a major regional shop.
Current Focus:
GAYNOR COMMUNICATIONS, CONSULTING: 2006-Present
Baptist St. Anthony Hospital - Amarillo, Texas (Pro Bono)
One of the "Top 100 Hospitals in America"
One of the "Best Places to Work in Texas"
RKG spearheaded discussions with BSA's top management and legal counsel on Crisis
Management strategies and tactics. He also worked with the CEO on a strategic vision
for achieving a sustainable competitive edge, profitable growth, greater operating
efficiencies and brand image enhancement.
Toot 'n Totum - Amarillo, Texas
The dominant regional convenience store chain in the Texas Panhandle.
RKG led the CEO and his management team through a year-long process to create a
strategic vision for the company; organization development; and overall brand image
improvement.
Lubbock Christian University - Lubbock, Texas
A small, regional university with 2000+ enrollment
RKG developed a communication strategy for student recruitment and brand image
enhancement to begin in Fall of 2009.
Amarillo National Bank
One of the largest, privately owned, banks in the United States
RKG helped lead the successful search for a new advertising agency and facilitated the
creation of a highly effective marketing and advertising program for Amarillo National
Bank.
END OF DAY BOTTOMLINE
In successive organizations, I have been able to be a leader in fundamental
transformation of operating systems (i.e., policies, procedures, structure, staff
quality, customer service, and overall capabilities), which has resulted, in each
case, in significant increases in revenue and profits.
References
for
R. Kimberly Gaynor
Dr. David Lyle Jeffrey
Distinguished Professor
Former Provost and Academic Vice-President
Baylor University
Waco, Texas 76798-7122
Office: 254-***-****
Home: 254-***-****
e-mail: abnial@r.postjobfree.com
Mr. Theodor Cunningham
Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Worldwide, Daimler Chrysler Corp. (Retired)
Mobile: 248-***-****
Home: 248-***-****
e-mail: abnial@r.postjobfree.com
Dr. Scott Sticksel
Co-Founder: The Bridgeworks Group
Mobile: 806-***-****
Work: 806-***-****
abnial@r.postjobfree.com
Mr. Doug Olsen
Executive Pastor
Woodmen Valley Chappell
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Mobile: 719-***-****
e-mail: abnial@r.postjobfree.com