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About Us > Leadership Team

Working in cross-disciplinary teams, we provide a broad range of expertise, experience and capabilities, strategically woven together to produce tangible, catalytic results for our clients. Here are some of the people ready to make it happen for you.

President

Phil Hussey More About... Phil Phil's passion is to make advanced direct marketing simpler, more accessible and more successful for a wider range of marketers. Prior to 89 Degrees, he was Senior VP/Relationship Manager at industry giant Rapp Collins.

VP Strategic Marketing Services

Laura Saati More About... Laura A marketing industry veteran, Laura Saati brings more than 20 years of experience to 89 Degrees' Strategic Marketing Services group. Her expertise in digital 1:1 marketing was key in developing cross-channel programs for top-tier retail, financial services and travel and hospitality clients.

VP Strategic Marketing Services

RupaRajopadhye More About... Rupa Rupa walks, talks and dreams retail, and serves as a trusted advisor to her clients in this fast-paced arena. Rupa has been with 89 Degrees for 13 Years, specializing in the retail vertical. Key areas of expertise include apparel (Talbots and Fashion Bug), grocery (Stop & Shop and Giant Eagle) and footwear (Clarks and Stride Rite).

VP Strategic Marketing Services

Jeff Caplan More About... Jeff Jeff has focused on the use of information and technology to improve marketing performance throughout his career. Prior to 89 Degrees, Jeff held senior positions in analytics and client management at Harte-Hanks, served on the Executive Management team of Verbind…

VP Marketing Intelligence Technology

Jundong Song More About... Song Song makes everything we do possible by leading an incredibly talented team of database and marketing analysts, statisticians and computer scientists. Song has been with 89 Degrees for 15 years, and the average tenure among his team is nearly 10.

VP Creative Services

Tim Ryan More About... Tim Tim is a dynamic leader with over 20 years of creative direction and hands-on experience. He spent 11 years at e-Dialog, where he was VP of Creative Services, building and overseeing a global team of design and channel-strategy professionals.

Chief Marketing Officer

Arthur Sweetser More About... Arthur Arthur is a prolific marketer and bona fide thought leader in the dynamic world of digital and CRM marketing. Prior to 89 Degrees, he was CMO and COO for email marketing provider e-Dialog, leading the company to being named Best in Class for strategic planning and deployment processes…