Speaker Information
Donovan Neale-May
Executive Director of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council

Neale-May, 56, is the founder and executive director of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council (www.cmocouncil.org), a global affinity network of more than 3,500 senior marketing and branding executives, who control more than $100 billion in annual marketing spend. Neale-May is also the executive director of the Business Performance Management (BPM) Forum (www.bpmforum.org), an influential group of C-level executives driving financial accountability, operational visibility and compliance in global corporations with combined annual revenues of more than $500 billion.

Neale-May serves as president and managing partner of GlobalFluency, Inc., the leader in Intelligent Market Engagement®, with 70 offices in over 40 countries. Collectively, GlobalFluency member firms have annual billings of $50 million and employ 450 professionals servicing scores of clients across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. He has been managing and running his respected multi-channel marketing and perception management business since 1987, operating from Silicon Valley and New York offices.

Previously, Neale-May held senior positions with marketing, promotions and PR agencies, such as Ogilvy & Mather, in Silicon Valley, New York, London and Los Angeles. During his 30 years as an international marketing and brand strategist, Neale-May has consulted with over 300 leading multi-nationals, new venture starts and emerging growth companies.

An expert on integrated multi-level marketing, Neale-May has designed innovative, award-winning programs for many prominent international consumer brands and holding companies. Among these have been Avis, Nestle, Del Monte, Samsonite, Subaru, Kraft General Foods, Lipton Foods, Kawasaki, Colgate, Lever, Seagrams, Chiquita, Polaroid, Cendant, and Nutrasweet.

He has also represented many other major technology, professional service and consumer electronics brands such as Dell, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Hyperion, Cognos, WebMethods, FileNet, CA, Symantec, McAfee, Panasonic, Amdahl, Informix, Logitech, Transmeta, Borland, SCO, Seagate, AT&T, GTE, EDS, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, A.T. Kearney, BearingPoint, Electronic Arts, Activision, and Atari.