MARC DRUCKER

I've been consistently amazed by his adept leadership, business expertise, and ability to produce results. Marc embodies integrity and high standards in his work and with his teams. He never forgoes quality, even when offered shortcuts, leading by example and fostering critical thinking and mentorship. I wholeheartedly endorse Marc's leadership and capabilities.

I had the pleasure of working very closely with Marc on a number of projects in the food, beverage and appliance space. Marc has a unique ability to chart a crisp vision while efficiently guiding complex projects with diverse cross functional teams. Marc possesses a fantastic blend of right and left brain thinking and combines high level strategic thinking with a detailed and organized mindset.

Marc's passion for actionable insights and perpetual curiosity regularly spark brilliantly simple, yet compelling innovations that fulfill, exceed and create new consumer need-states and occasions. His wholistic approach and broad knowledge base both in the development of appliances and the finished products they produce yield amazing results.

Marc worked in all aspects from the initial concepts, through design and development, engineering and manufacturing of the Appliance, POD and Packaging. Marc was instrumental in developing the first product and leading teams. He was major contributor in the creation of the business plans, consumer insights, marketing and sales strategies. All this resulted in the successful launch of Drinkworks by Keurig.

Marc is very action-oriented, attuned to a fast-paced schedule, and immediately and repeatedly took initiative on projects and programs to propel the business forward. He possesses the rare ability to connect engineering and technology with design and marketing, resulting in rapid, exceptional innovations and drove the design of the system from initial pilot to launch. His efforts were critical in launching a simple, intuitive, usable, and remarkable system for consumers.

From my role I saw how Marc led the company in key decisions on our strategy, brand, and product offerings. Marc consistently uncovered remarkable insights and synthesized them into our product lines. His understanding of engineering, manufacturing, and software allowed him to effectively communicate with the technical teams to bring the product lines from design, through engineering and manufacturing.

I worked with Marc as he’s headed up the development and successful introduction of a category-defining, new products. I’ve been most impressed by his eagerness to seek and absorb a wide range of insights, while challenging and inspiring product teams to give their best — always leading in a collegial, supportive style. Marc’s impeccable sense of product design and respect for customer needs as revealed by meaningful research lies at the heart of a well-rounded senior executive with real-world understanding of marketing, merchandising, and enterprise-wide strategy.

Marc Drucker is the reason I decided to join ADL. He led the industrial design group by example. His demonstrated abilities to understand complex problems and bring novel solutions to the table were instrumental in many successful projects. Furthermore, his ability to drive a team to their creative limits while maintaining focus on a concise design goal was great to observe.