J. Shakir Ramsey is a marketing professional with extensive experience in digital transformation and growth, business model innovation, data science evolution, and mobile computing. Through his career, Ramsey has worked with both large incumbents and dynamic start-ups, developing the rare ability to make data-driven decisions with creative marketing instinct and guide teams to be smart and funny. Ramsey's key area of focus and passion is audience first, then product, then channels, with a clear marketing vision of helping connect the dots for customers via personalization, automation, and listening for the signal. He studied at Cornell University's S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management and Colombia University in the City of New York. Ramsey worked at high-profile companies such as Adidas, Sprint, Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Network, Lionsgate, among others.