50,000 feet Expands Executive Team
50,000feet Expands Executive Team
Doug Gallow, Managing Director and Mark Smeraglinolo, SVP of Finance, Join Growing Brand Transformation Consultancy
CHICAGO, Ill. – November 27, 2023 – 50,000feet, an independent global brand consultancy and creative agency leading transformation and activation for the world’s most respected brands, today announced key executive hires to meet the growing demand of global clients while fortifying the firm’s operations.
Doug Gallow, managing director, will drive client and new business growth across the agency, with a focus on client work originating in the U.S. A seasoned executive with nearly 15 years of strategic brand consulting experience, Gallow started his career at Ogilvy. He has spent the last years rising the ranks at VSA Partners, where he was most recently Associate Partner, leading teams to deliver integrated brand experiences for clients including Kohler, Morningstar, UBS, and AbbVie.
Mark Smeraglinolo joins as senior vice president, finance. Smeraglinolo has twenty years of experience, spanning both public accounting and private industry roles. For the last three years, Smeraglinolo worked in agency leadership roles including vice president, controller at 3Q Digital (now DEPT). He started his career as an audit manager at Deloitte and director of accounting at The Duchossis Group and is a certified public accountant (CPA).
Gallow and Smeraglinolo, both based in Chicago, will report to Jim Misener, CEO, 50,000feet.
“50,000feet is setting the standard for what it means to deliver brand transformation in a digitally transformed world,” said Misener. “The addition of Doug and Mark, as well as other recent additions to our team, is a testament to all of our collective talent, dedication and the world-class work that 50,000feet continues to deliver for our clients.”
The news comes on the heels of recent growth momentum at 50,000feet. In September, the firm added Turner-Duckworth veteran Moira Seymour as Managing Director, London, to serve an expanding roster of global clients. 50,000feet first announced its London office in May of this year, which was followed by an investment from Erie Street Growth Partners to support the strategic growth of the firm’s offerings, operational infrastructure, and geographic footprint, in response to increasing client demand. for brand transformation in a digitally transformed world.