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Dr. S.

Building, installing, and updating Human Operating Systems for all.

I have worked at the intersection of psychology, brand-building, technology, and creativity for over 20 years. I've held marketing leadership positions for some of the top brands in the world including YouTube, Spotify, Google, and Instagram. And I also served as the Chief Marketing Officer for Bonobos, a DTC e-retailer owned by Walmart. Strangely, I entered the business world through the doors of academia, earning my Master’s and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, with a focus on AI and ML, prior to leading research and strategy for award-winning creative agencies. I currently serve as the Founder and CEO of The Human OS, a strategic advisory platform that I've built from the ground up. Additional information and links to some publications and talks are here: www.TheHumanOS.co

Currently working with leaders, teams, and companies on the following—and excited to do more of these:

Keynotes & Workshops: Deliver inspirational talks and workshops that range from foundational brand building to foundational team-building. (e.g.; The UN, DARPA, Rockefeller Center, Mars, Viacom, Coca-Cola, Graham-Windham, etc.)

Fractional & Advisory: Serve as a strategic and marketing advisor to companies and leaders, from Series A to IPO. Includes building marketing and HR functions; 1:1 CEO coaching; technology future-proofing; hybrid culture-building; C-level workshopping; fractional C-level execution (Over 3 dozen organizations and their leaders to date)

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Eric Solomon PhD

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Eric Solomon PhD

Eric Solomon has worked at the intersection of technology, human psychology, and brands for over 20 years. He has held leadership positions for some of the top technology companies in the world including YouTube, Spotify, Google, and Instagram.

Experience

Nov 2021 — Present
Reimagine | End of Life

Reimagine | End of Life

Board Member

Reimagine is a non-profit sparking community-driven festivals and conversations that explore death and celebrate life.

  • Sit on multiple committees & frequent speaker
Nov 2019 — Present
Experience Camps

Experience Camps

Board Member

Transforming the lives of grieving children through free, one-week summer camps around the country

  • Led all branding efforts
Jan 2019 — Present
The Human OS™

The Human OS™

Founder & CEO

There is nothing more important or expensive in business than human capital. Organizations that “win” today are the ones that align their reason for being with what drives and motivates its people—employees and customers alike. I’ve developed the Human Operating System as a simple, non-technological model that helps any organization, of any size, find and maintain that crucial alignment.

  • Work with organizations and executive leaders to build, install, and update their Human OS™ via a unique mix of leadership, management, and marketing consultation
  • Developing thought-leadership on marketing and leadership
  • The Human OS™ process involves a proprietary mix of research, analysis, strategy, collaboration, and communication to ensure flawless execution across all business activity, internally and externally.
Aug 2018 — Dec 2018
Bonobos

Bonobos

Chief Marketing Officer

Bonobos is a digitally native e-commerce retailer that was acquired by Walmart in 2017.

  • Led a 30+ person team comprised of creative, design, branding, PR, growth, and social; reported directly to CEO
  • Supported the launch of first-ever mass communications for the Bonobos brand
  • Delivered digital transformation agenda across the entire organization and to the Walmart board
May 2017 — Aug 2018
Instagram

Instagram

Managing Director, Global Head of Business Marketing

instagram is a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends through a series of pictures. we are currently hiring extraordinary engineers and designers who want to build and scale one of the fastest growing companies in the social web. we're in the business of building a new way for people to communicate and share their lives via media on the go. we're looking to grow our team into a world-class group of engineers that want to focus on big, meaningful technical challenges.

  • Led a 45+ person team of marketing managers and product marketing communication managers across all regions (North America, EMEA, APAC, LATAM)
  • Managed a $XXM [confidential] budget applied to research, campaign development, experiential, and driving advertiser return-on-investment
  • Led positioning, creative & media strategies, and marketing campaigns to generate a 30% increase in perception of Instagram as a business-building platform and a 15% to 25% increase across regions in awareness of Instagram Stories ads
Sep 2016 — Jul 2017
Google

Google

Brand and Creative Strategy Director

Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

  • Developed the mission and vision for Google’s externally facing brand strategy team (175+ people)
  • Designed and facilitated workshops for top customers (brands, creative & media agencies)
  • Crafted scalable sales material on behalf of Google to help serve both shorter- and longer-term customer needs
Sep 2015 — Aug 2016
Spotify

Spotify

Director, Global Brand Strategy at Spotify

Passionate music fans. Innovative tech pros. Perfect harmony. Join our band.

  • Collaborated with consumer and product marketing, in addition to research and creative teams, to craft creative briefs and to guide development of Spotify largest brand and product campaigns
  • Brand campaign work increased Spotify brand awareness in key markets by +4 pts. in 2 months; campaign work for key Spotify products (e.g., Discover Weekly) generated a 20% increase in downloads and helped to boost Premium subscriptions by more than 25%
  • Crafted narratives around Spotify’s holistic approach to marketing, ranging from consumer-facing creative work to customer service; presented at key industry conferences
Aug 2011 — Sep 2015
YouTube

YouTube

Head of Creative Strategy and Insights

Like and Subscribe - I mean, it's YouTube!

  • Managed and led a brand & creative team working across a wide portfolio of business to serve Google’s/YouTube’s top-tier marketing clients and agencies (20+ people)
  • Generated creative strategies and territories for the ZOO’s most successful engagements, in collaboration with external partners; helped to develop end-to-end digital strategies and campaigns for top global brands
  • Wrote many, many talks and delivered even more presentations