John Grudnowski
Advisor, Minneapolis
Advisor, Minneapolis
John Grudnowski is an advisor in our Digital and Customer Strategy & Marketing practices, based in Minneapolis. He is also the founder of our digital marketing capability-builder FRWD®.
John focuses on driving digital marketing results and capability growth across our practices. He works with a range of global clients to create advantage in the age of the technology-driven consumer and advertising.
He has led FRWD® to generate more than $1B in measured top-line revenue growth as an innovation partner to global organizations and through its work with many insurgent brands. These have outpaced their category growth rates by more than 10 times over the past five years.
John is also an adjunct professor of marketing at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Business, where he teaches an elective Integrated Marketing Communications class to prospective MBAs.
He holds a B.A. in Communications from Gustavus Adolphus College.