Mediator Profiles
- Photo
- Name
- Stephen W. Rutledge
- First Name
- Stephen
- Last Name
- Rutledge
- Metropolitan Area
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- Industries Served
- Advertising/Media, Business Services, Communications, Entrepreneurial, Retail
- Expertise
- Executive Management, General Business, Marketing, Sales
- Associations
- Association of National Advertisers (Board) Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (Founding Board)
- License or Certification
- Mediator
- Business Background
- 43 years experience, including President/Founder of three marketing services companies, VP/Advertising Kraft Foods, VP/Marketing worldwide for division of Ralston Purina, and various marketing management positions with Procter & Gamble (14 years)
- College or University
- Washington & Lee University
- Degrees
- BS
- Biography
Steve Rutledge has enjoyed a diverse and productive career in marketing management with major consumer products companies as well as founding several marketing service ventures. Steve held senior marketing management positions with Procter & Gamble and served as an advertising and marketing executive for Karft Foods and Ralston Purina. For past 21 years, Steve has developed and built his own service business brands. Most recently, he provides general management consulting focused on consumer products and services companies in areas of strategy, marketing, and sales with the objective of helping client companies identify and capitalize on ways to grow rapidly.
Steve is known as a problem-solver who assists clients with identifying and addressing their core interests. He listens well and is able quickly to decipher and understand underlying issues.
- Testimonials
“Steve possesses a keen ability to quickly deduce the key factors impacting and shaping a situation…..He has always delivered excellent outcomes even when they turned out to be different than going-in expectations.”
Louisville, KY.
“Steve Rutledge is an outstanding professional with a very distinguished record….Very balanced and insightful person….Intuitive ability to understand and consider both sides of the coin.”
San Juan, P.R.