William Pearce

Former CMO for Del Monte Foods

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William Pearce
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William "Bill" Pearce is on the Marketing Faculty of the Haas School of Business at the University of California where he teaches MBA students on the topics of Brand Management, Marketing and Innovation.

Bill was previously Chief Marketing Officer for Del Monte Foods driving a 3x increase in market capitalization by reinvigorating the topline with a marketing renaissance leading to Del Monte's acquisition by KKR in the largest LBO in 2011. His past accomplishments include working as Taco Bell's CMO, VP of Marketing for Campbell Soup and Marketing Director with Procter & Gamble responsible for the Snacks Division of the North America.

Mr. Pearce has an MBA from Cornell University and his BA in Economics from Syracuse University. Bill is also on the Advisory Boards of Technorati Media, Rich Relevance, Virtual Fan Network and several other firms in the area of Digital Marketing.

*In partnership with P&G Alumni Network Speakers Bureau.

William Pearce
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Current: RichRelevance

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William Pearce
Featured Keynote Programs

Reinvigorating Your Business

How to breathe life and passion into seemingly old businesses. Bill will map how to identify the core elements of awakening your brand promise and driving business growth.

Elements of Change

Elements of Change
How to become the Change Agent that your company desperately needs. It is not about being a superhero but doing the needed things heroically.

Driving Innovation or Driving Out of Town

Creativity isn’t the key to innovation; knowing your brand, your consumers and being able to identify current, latent and emerging sources of demand for your products is. Company’s that can figure this out win consistently. Those that can’t...

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