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Quinn O'Brien
Executive Director
Quinn is currently the Director of Global Operations for RedWorks Worldwide. In this role he works closely with the global and regional RedWorks leads to maximize the performance of the RedWorks business around the world. He also plays a key role in helping the global RedWorks sales team to identify, engage and close new business opportunities.
Prior to moving into RedWorks, Quinn played key leadership roles on the Kodak and Lenovo accounts.
As the Executive Program Director for Kodak, Quinn oversaw all operations and delivery for the Kodak account globally. In this role he worked with the client and agency management teams to ensure that Ogilvy's people, process, technology and finances were properly aligned against Kodak's business objectives. He also developed new and innovative service models to help Kodak increase both efficiency and effectiveness.
And as the Executive Marketing Director for Lenovo, Quinn was responsible for all Lenovo marketing strategy and execution across the Americas. He held relationships with the senior Lenovo clients in the United States and also worked closely with the global Lenovo leadership team in Bangalore, India.
Quinn joined Ogilvy in March of 2000 as a senior lead on IBM. Over the next several years Quinn oversaw a series of global 360 Degree campaigns for the IBM Software and Life Science divisions. He then went on to oversee all digital and direct marketing communications for the IBM Brand team.
In mid-2004, Ogilvy opened an office in Durham, NC and Quinn moved south to become the Managing Director. Quinn held full P&L responsibility, overseeing day-to-day operations and all business development. During his tenure, the office grew significantly, adding four major clients and 55 people.
Prior to joining Ogilvy, Quinn worked at a number of leading advertising and direct marketing agencies in Boston including Arnold and Pamet. While at these agencies, Quinn gained extensive B-to-C brand-building and direct marketing experience with Volkswagen, Bell Atlantic, MCI, Fuji and Prodigy.
Quinn splits his time between New York and Cary, NC where he lives with his wife and two young daughters.
