“My primary interaction with John Harris has been in a client/agency relationship on the M&M/Mars STARBURST® Brand. Because of the nature of the STARBURST® team oriented work environment, I had the opportunity of getting to know John more closely and thoroughly than would have been the case in a more traditional professional setting. Furthermore, because of the varied activities, which comprised the team, I also had daily opportunities to observe John’s contributions in full marketing team meetings, small group discussions, various cross-functional exercises, and formal upper management presentations. I also had the opportunity to observe his performance on written proposals, business problem analysis and annual strategic business plans.

John is in the top few percent of the promotion agency brand team members I have known. John is a diligent team member who applies himself to his work with excellent results. More importantly, John is an individual with a considerable reservoir of innate and learned interpersonal skills. In my interactions with John, I have noted that he is particularly personable, an effective communicator, self-directed, always of good cheer, diplomatic, confident, and goal-directed. John has the intellectual and interpersonal skills and abilities to make a lasting contribution to his clients’ brand and company growth.”

Michael Ruppe, Senior Brand Manager
M&M/Mars STARBURST® Brand

“We captured 2nd place in the International Newspaper Marketing Association competition for our microsite. Really amazing when you look at the companies that won in our circulation class in other categories (NY Times, Boston Globe, LA Times, Seattle Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, etc.) Knowing SNA’s resources compared to these giants makes the award that much sweeter. Our branding campaign, microsite and direct mail/e-mail blast campaign – worldwide recognition!! We are just giddy here in SNA land. This is one of the proudest moments in our history!”

Nancy Lane, President
Suburban Newspapers of America

“I have had the good fortune to work closely with John Harris. John was our Corporate Marketing Director. As Marketing Director of this new enterprise, John played the pivotal role of converting our business plan into a sound approach for customer outreach. Through the first phase of customer acquisition, we surpassed all of our sales projections. Such success is in no small way due to John Harris’ efforts.

RCN’s business is quite complicated. We supply competitive local and long distance telephone, cable television, and internet access to residential and business customers. Each one of these businesses is fairly complex.

Taken together it provides a great challenge for managers running each aspect of the enterprise. The marketing challenges proved to be among the most vexing. We had the unusual characteristics of being both a competitive organization while also being highly regulated at the municipal, state, and federal levels.

Meeting all of the marketing demands of such a complex regulated and competitive start-up enterprise, I’m sure you will agree, is a formidable task.

Yet John handled these issues with relative ease and earned a reputation in the company for delivering quality products on time and within budget.

Additionally, he has mastered the industry lexicon and understands the financial and operational nuances that are requisite for success in this business.”

Allan K. Stern, New England Regional General Manager
Residential Communications Network

“I needed marketing help. John Harris was recommended. We spoke. He asked questions. I responded. He created a plan. He and his team at OPMCG executed. Success achieved.”

Scott Diamond, ESQ