Glenn Engler is a seasoned business and marketing strategist, with deep experience in growth strategy, digital transformation, marketing effectiveness, brand communications and marketing data and technology. Glenn is currently a Senior Partner at Bain & Company, the top-rated management consulting firm globally according to Glassdoor and The Vault. At Bain, Glenn focuses on marketing and digital transformation engagements for a wide range of corporate and financial investor clients around the world. He is a member of the Bain Boston Diversity Council, an active trainer for Bain’s formal new manager and new partner development programs, and the lead partner driving the recruiting efforts for Bain at Tufts University.
Prior to Bain Glenn was the Global Digital Strategy Lead for EY-Parthenon, the strategy consulting arm of EY. Before that, Glenn held leadership roles at several marketing agencies including President of Digitas (the global digital agency now part of Publicis), CEO of Digital Influence Group (a boutique social media marketing agency now part of Racepoint Global), and Global Chief Strategy Officer at Edelman, the largest independent communications firm. Glenn started his career in economic forecasting at DRI/McGraw-Hill and FW Dodge, before heading to Epsilon Data Management where he led the Analytic Consulting Group.
Glenn has spoken about the intersection of business strategy, digital strategy, and technology strategy at high-profile conferences such as SXSW, Forrester and AdAge, as well as a number of corporate and private equity industry events. He has served as a judge and mentor at several early stage startup/business challenge events, both at Tufts and most recently as a Finals Judge for MassChallenge. He has guest lectured in undergraduate and graduate school courses at Tufts University, Boston University, MIT, Northwestern University, Babson College, Boston College and Dartmouth College. In early 2015, he was named to the inaugural Strategy Leader group of the World Economic Forum.
Glenn holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Economics from Tufts University. He is on the Board of Directors for Horizons for Homeless Children, where he co-leads the Development & Marketing and Governance/Nominating Committees. He is also on the Board of Advisors for the Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts University.
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