Hello.
TLDR: I’m Brad Maglinger, and I reshape global businesses, specializing in growth marketing, design/UX, economic aerodynamics, and scalable technology (not the ‘I have a TikTok account’ type of technology, like actual writing of code). I’ve helped launch campaigns and digital experiences for Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Bucsh, CapitalOne, Klipsch, Bass Pro, and Toyota, brought MapQuest back from Web 1.0 decay, and even made Marriott International, The Ritz-Carlton, and Starwood Hotels all get along (at least digitally). I am currently heading up growth marketing at Audible, an Amazon Company.
More Words: I'm Bradley Allen Maglinger (not the other Brad Maglingers that somehow exist). I was born in the southernmost part of Indiana on the muddy banks of the Ohio River (like the plot of some Mark Twain novel), but I've adopted Denver, Colorado, as my authentic home. I even bought one of those “Native” stickers for my car to fool everyone. Trading mountains for corn generally has an outsized impact on your life, trust me.
I built my educational foundation at approximately zero of the finest Ivy League schools in the world. Instead, opting for the excellence and repute of state universities, such as the University of Southern Indiana, Purdue University, UNC Chapel Hill, and the University of Northern Colorado, all within business, marketing, and technology disciplines.
Before adopting Denver as my home, I spent an entire career in St. Louis, Missouri, building my programming, advertising, and marketing acronym library (and skills) in the agency world. I primarily focused on consumer businesses encompassing an array of clients, ranging from household names like Subway, Nestlé Purina, Coca-Cola, and Disney to iconic brands like Bass Pro, Schwinn, and Toyota. I've had the privilege of working with some of the best in the business and learning from giants in the industry.
Following over a decade of advertising, I pivoted my career to breathing new life into MapQuest for AOL and transitioning into a successful acquisition by Verizon. Fast forwarding through the seamless merger of Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and my focus on growth marketing for Amazon’s Audible, I’ve spent over two decades cultivating and nurturing brands in the realms of design, technology, retail, and e-commerce across the global markets and had the privilege to lead high-performing and diverse teams across an array of domains.
