Doug Satzman

Doug Satzman is a highly accomplished C-level executive with over 25 years of experience in multi-channel retail. His expertise lies in driving revenue growth, achieving profits, and developing talent with blue-chip organizations in the US and EMEA. He is a change agent and innovator with a powerful vision and a high degree of emotional intelligence combined with drive and unwavering ethics. Satzman is a strategic operator, marketing expert, and authentic leader with the ability to motivate teams to achieve more than they believed possible, and focus on growing sales, market share, and profit. He is known for his ability to identify opportunities that others miss and leading the response to the changing demands of the customer, a skill he honed throughout his career with notable brands such as Starbucks.

Satzman completed his bachelor's degree in liberal arts, double majors in economics and psychology at Rollins College. He has a wealth of experience, having worked with organizations such as XpresSpa, Joe Coffee Company, Le Pain Quotidien, and Starbucks, and serving as an Advisory Board Member for NYC's Food and Beverage Hospitality Council.

Satzman has pushed the envelope of thinking and revolutionized go-to-market models through his innovative contributions. He created the first multi-channel development strategy that led to double-digit growth in revenue and profit. His notable achievements include leading the turn around of Starbucks Coffee's US business in 2008 and EMEA business in 2013, trading in over 35 countries, and integrating two business units into a single, highly profitable billion-dollar US organization.