Erin has 20 years of experience in B2B product and service innovation and leadership roles, with a consistent focus on growth through customer-centricity. Most notably, Erin spent nearly a decade at SiriusDecisions (now part of Forrester Research) in a range of research and advisory product leadership roles, responsible for the entire innovation lifecycle: discovery, design, development, sales enablement, launch, implementation, and research/voice-of-the-customer-based iteration and enhancement. As part of this work, she was one of the most prolific commercially-viable content creators and public speakers, authoring and presenting hundreds of commercially-viable research briefs, models, frameworks, templates, tools, and one patented methodology – building world-class delivery teams and working closely with hundreds of the world’s leading B2B marketing leaders to operationalize these best practices in pursuit of revenue objectives.
Adam Rice
VP Engineering
Dynamic, results-driven agile technology leader with over 12 years of leadership experience and 10 years of hands-on software development experience. Adam has significant expertise in designing, building, and running highly available software as a service. He loves being part of a team where he can be instrumental in building and running a world-class team of software practitioners based on shared cultural values including collective ownership, pragmatic mastery, and continuous improvement.
Diana Kudajarova
VP of Operations
Diana has extensive experience in senior operational roles at technology startups. Before becoming VP of Operations, she was Emissary’s Chief of Staff and Head of Revenue Operations. Prior to joining Emissary, she was Director of Sales Operations for Burning Glass (a Boston-based job market analytics company). Diana has a PhD in History from Harvard University and was, in another life, a consultant for Monitor Consulting and professor of management at Moscow School of Management. Diana was also a co-founder and operator of four critically acclaimed restaurants in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts,
Allen Mueller
Chief Executive Officer
Allen is the Chief Executive Officer at Emissary. For over 20 years, Allen has been a senior executive leader who has delivered multi-year, double-digit growth in complex and entrepreneurial businesses. Known for being an exceptional coach and steward of talent. Allen is also the founding member of Chief, an organization specifically designed for senior women leaders to strengthen their leadership journey, cross-pollinate ideas across industries, and effect change from the top-down.
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
Royal Dutch Shell
Schlumberger
E.ON SE
Pacific Gas & Electric
National Grid
ENGIE
Centrica
Occidental Petroleum
Halliburton Company
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
Deloitte
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Amadeus IT Group
The Kantar Group
Atos SE
Capita plc
IQVIA Holdings
Robert Half International
Infosys
Ipsos
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
Pearson plc
Thomson Reuters
The Walt Disney Company
NBCUniversal
Viacom
Scholastic
Netflix
McGraw-Hill
Vice Media
Caesars Palace Corporation
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
Boeing
Airbus
SC Johnson & Son
Micron Technology
Raytheon
Johnson Matthey
Analog Devices, Inc.
Thyssenkrupp
Fluor Corp
General Electric Company
John Riley
Chief Commercial Officer
John is responsible for Emissary’s revenue and commercial functions. He brings deep domain expertise in sales performance having led commercial teams to explosive growth over the last 20 plus years across a variety of industries. Notably, John has spent the last 9 years in the sales consulting, performance and enablement space offering clients cutting edge solutions to solve contemporary sales and marketing challenges.
Morgan Costello
Director, Advisor Operations
Morgan oversees advisor operations at Emissary. Prior to joining Emissary, Morgan spent the last 9 years building and optimizing high performing operations teams from the ground up. Morgan previously ran operations at the home services network, Handy, scaling the professional platform by over 10x before being acquired by ANGI Homeservices. Having worked in professional services and consumer services, Morgan is an expert in how to scale and grow operations.
Kate Forester
Head of Finance and Company Operations
Kate has led Finance & Operations in start-ups and non-profits for over 15 years. Over her career, she has worked to promote volunteerism, alleviate poverty, and connect professionals.
Seleste Lunsford
Chief Research and Strategy Officer
Seleste has been a leader and consultant in the sales effectiveness space for over 20 years, running professional services, product and marketing organizations. She is a regular contributor to industry publications, a conference speaker and has written two books and countless papers on B2B revenue strategies.
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
General Motors
Volvo
Ford
Toyota
Cummins
BMW
Fiat Chrysler Auto
Rolls Royce
GM
Daimler Trucks
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
Verizon
Comcast
BT
AT&T
Comcast
Qualcomm
Cox Communications
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
Expedia
American Airlines
Marriott
Hertz
Delta Airlines
Airbnb
Sabre
Southwest Airlines
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
Kellogg Company
The Coca-Cola Company
Procter & Gamble
Honeywell
Nestle
The Clorox Company
PepsiCo
Hershey Company
Keurig Dr Pepper
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
Nike
Walmart
Amazon
Kroger
Starbucks
Costco
TJX Companies
Nordstrom
Ralph Lauren
Target
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
Intel
HP
Salesforce
Microsoft
Expedia
PayPal
Amazon
Apple
Nielsen
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
Centene
Anthem Health
BlueCross BlueShield
McKesson
CVS Health
UnitedHealthGroup
Walgreens
AllScripts
Abbott Labs
Johnson & Johnson
Examples of some of the companies that our Emissary Advisors cover:
HSBC
Capital One
Mastercard
Fannie Mae
Ameriprise Financial
JPMC
USAA
Wells Fargo
PayPal
AIG
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