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Wonder what it's like to control millions of dollars of marketing budget? Manage hundreds of people? Make the decisions on which ideas get to market? The CMO Confidential podcast shares how it feels to be in that chair of the shortest-tenured position on the C-suite. We detail the long, hard road most ideas take to get to market & how challenging it is to get the best ones through. Hosted by Mike Linton -- the former P&G Brand Manager who went on to be the Chief Marketing Officer of Best Buy, eBay, and Farmers Insurance, as well as the Chief Revenue Officer of Ancestry.com and the head marketer at Remington -- this show serves as an ongoing lesson plan for how to get, do, keep, and handle the pressures of the CMO job.
Unknown Host hosts CMO Confidential, a business show with 179 episodes published.
A CMO Confidential Interview with Kristin Wozniak, Chief Growth Officer and Data Officer at Cosmo5, formerly SVP Analytics and Strategy at Cossette Media. Kristin discusses why she believes many leaders have developed an
A CMO Confidential Interview with Maryam Banikarim, Chair of The Wall Street Journal CMO Council, Co-Founder of The Longest Table, and 5-time CMO. Maryam discusses how the industry is evolving, the continuing importance
To celebrate our 175th episode, we sit down with Neal Mann, CEO and Co-Founder of NOAN (an AI-native fact layer business), formerly the Global Head of Transformation at Anomaly and News Corp journalist. Neal shares his t
A CMO Confidential Interview with Dr. Ed Dobbles, Founder of Dobbles.AI and former VP of Analytics and Insights at Diageo, H&R Block, and SUPERVALU. Ed discusses the evolution of analytics from the Almanac to BI to Gener
A CMO Confidential Interview with Brent Rivard, co-founding Partner of Geezer Creative, previously CMO of Internova Travel and President of Mass Minority. Brent shares his thoughts on the tunnel vision, reliance on "safe
A CMO Confidential Interview With Aarron Spinley, Director at the Field Bell Institute and Author of "The Customering Method." Aarron discusses his belief that customer management deserves its own discipline as part of m
This week on CMO Confidential, we are revisiting one of our favorite conversations with Rob Ward from January of 2026. A CMO Confidential Interview with Rob Ward, co-founder and General Partner of Meritech Capital, a top
A CMO Confidential Interview with Michael Treff, the CEO of Code and Theory. Michael shares his belief that the ambiguity in markets is here to stay, why traditional B2B playbooks aren't working like they used to, and wh
A CMO Confidential Interview with Drew Pinto, EVP and Chief Revenue and Technology Officer of Marriott International. Drew discusses the concept that architecture and data should be viewed as a means to an end, methods f
A CMO Confidential Interview with Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow and Chair of the Accelerator with the Alfred Lee Loomis Innovation Council and bipartisan advisor on cyber, space, AI as well as countering terrorism
A CMO Confidential Interview with Joe Gagliese, Co-Founder and CEO at Viral Nation, a full-service digital and social agency. Joe discusses the concept of social as "the people's media," details why he believes "discover
A CMO Confidential Interview with Mike Kaput, the Chief Content Officer at SmarterX and Marketing AI Institute and co-host of "The Artificial Intelligence Show." Mike shares research across 2000 companies regarding AI ad
This week on CMO Confidential, we're revisiting our conversation with Tom Goodwin from August of 2025 - this is one of our favorites with topics just as relevant to marketers today. Tom discusses his belief that today's
A CMO Confidential Interview with Kim Whitler, professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, board member and former GM and CMO. Kim shares recent research which details why the largest and best comp
A CMO Confidential Interview with Jean English, CMO of CoreWeave, formerly the CMO of Juniper Networks, Armis, Palo Alto Networks and NetApp. Jean discusses the dynamics driving the voracious demand for computing power,
A CMO Confidential Interview with Joe Perello, the founder of PROPS, a creator marketing technology platform, formerly the first CMO of New York City under Michael Bloomberg. Joe shares his take on why consumer brand tru
A CMO Confidential Interview with Rishad Tobaccowala, former Publicis Groupe Strategy & Growth Officer, speaker, podcast host of "What's Next," and author. Rishad discusses why marketing will thrive in an AI world, the r
"The Unit Economics of AI - Can Large Language Models (LLMs) Actually Make Money?" A CMO Confidential Interview with Dr. Dan McCarthy, Professor at Maryland and leading practitioner of Customer Lifetime Value (CLV). Dan
A CMO Confidential Interview with Shiv Singh, CEO of Savvy Matters, Co-Founder of AI Trailblazers, former CMO of Lending Tree, and author of Marketing with AI for Dummies. Shiv discusses how to operate in an environment
This week on CMO Confidential, we're revisiting our conversation with Peri Hansen from July of 2025 - this is one of our favorites with topics just as relevant to marketers today. Peri discusses why the CMO position is b
Mike Kaput
Chief Content Officer · Marketing AI Institute
1 appearance on this show
Tom Goodwin
Speaker, Consultant & Author of 'Digital Darwinism' · Mountain Laurel Chalets
2 appearances on this show
Rishad Tobaccowala
author of “Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data” · Publicis Groupe
1 appearance on this show
Shiv Singh
CMO and serial marketing innovator · Iron Curtain Sports
2 appearances on this show
Alex Schultz
Research Development Officer · NSW Department of Primary Industries
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Joel Shapiro
Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences Professor · Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management
1 appearance on this show
Adam Brotman
former Chief Digital Officer · Starbucks
1 appearance on this show
Andy Sack
1 appearance on this show
Jim Lecinski
Professor of Marketing, Northwestern-Kellogg · Kellogg School of Management
1 appearance on this show
Joe Gagliese
Viral Nation
1 appearance on this show
Kim Whitler
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
1 appearance on this show
Jean English
CoreWeave
1 appearance on this show
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