Kurt Merriweather is VP of Marketing and Innovation at Workplace Options. He is responsible for Employee Engagement Solutions for The Center for Organizational Effectiveness. Merriweather leads COE marketing and consulting efforts. He works with executives and senior leaders to develop and sustain high-performing teams. Merriweather was Co-founder at The Diversity Movement. He led fundraising, product development, and strategic partnership efforts that contributed to TDM’s significant growth and acquisition by Workplace Options. Merriweather has worked for global brands like Discovery, AOL, and Procter & Gamble in product development and business development leadership roles. He is an avid speaker, a workshop leader, and a patent holder. Merriweather holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University and a MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was a SXSW Pitch Advisory Board member and recently served on the American Marketing Association (AMA) nomination committee.