Jim’s guest this week on The CMO Podcast is Jonnie Cahill, the newly appointed SVP and Chief Marketing Officer of International Foods at PepsiCo. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Jonnie stepped into this role in April 2025 after more than 12 years at Heineken, where he most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer for the U.S.
PepsiCo is a global food and ... Show More
Mar 11
Sofia Hernandez (TikTok) | The Future of Marketing Belongs to the Curious
If culture moves at the speed of TikTok, then today’s CMO has to move just as fast. This week, Jim is joined by Sofia Hernandez, Global Head of Business Marketing and Commercial Partnerships at TikTok. Since launching in the U.S. in 2018, TikTok has reshaped culture, content, and ... Show More
54m 56s
Mar 4
Lara Balazs (Adobe) | The Golden Age of Creativity
To kick off Women’s History Month, Jim welcomes Lara Balazs, the Chief Marketing Officer and EVP of Global Marketing at Adobe. A company at the center of creativity, transformation and technology. Founded in 1982, Adobe is a software company that is famous for its creativity, inn ... Show More
54m 6s
Feb 25
Conny Kalcher (Zurich Insurance) | Reinventing Insurance Through Empathy
What does it take to revitalize a 150-year-old company? Jim’s guest this week, Conny Kalcher, has done it twice. First at LEGO during its historic turnaround, and now at Zurich Insurance as their Group Chief Customer Officer, where she’s proving that empathy is not a soft skill b ... Show More
1 h
Sep 2024
From Crystal Pepsi to Cool Ranch Doritos: Lessons from David Novak
<p>David Novak, co-founder and former CEO of Yum! Brands, joins host Jeff Berman to share lessons from scaling one of the world’s largest restaurant companies. Hear how his focus on listening, team recognition, and taking big swings helped grow a fast food empire to a $32 billion ... Show More
32m 4s
Jan 2020
Eat your heart out, Willy Wonka: How Edita beat out global household names to become the leading snack food producer in Egypt
If you’ve ever been starving in Egypt without a kitchen anywhere in sight, it’s likely that you’ve tried a snack by Edita. Since its founding in 1996, the maker of such brands as Todo, Molto, Bake Rolz and Twinkies, expanded its product offering, grown its manufacturing capacity, ... Show More
36m 11s
Nov 2022
Being a Brand in a Brandless Category: Avocados From Mexico
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelly Poquiz Burke,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Associate Director of Brand Marketing & Strategy at Avocados From Mexico, discusses many of the brand experiences their team has launched in an effort to create a deep, emotional connect ... Show More
22m 29s