Leadership
BRYAN SPECHT
MANAGING PARTNER & CEO
CHICAGO
Bryan Specht is a Managing Partner and the CEO of Salient, an advisory and investment company focused on influencing the rapidly changing landscape of the creative, communications and media sector. He is an advisor and investor for several startups and emerging businesses in the marketing services space.
He previously served as Chief Growth and Innovation Officer for ICF Next after his years as president of Olson when the firm earned many of the industry's highest honors. During his tenure, Olson earned multiple agency of the year awards, more than a dozen Cannes Lions and was referred to as “a model for creativity, growth, and client service” by one judging panel. He helped lead the $300 million sale of Olson to ICF and was named to the Holmes Innovator 25 and three times to PRWeek's Power 50 List of the industry's top leaders.
Bryan has passion for creating environments for talent to thrive and realize their greatest potential, be it through operations or innovations. He has supported or led many team innovations, including launching entrepreneurial incubators and accelerators, building new high-growth P&L’s and market operations, as well as development of new forms of branded content, such as the brand-backed documentary "Brewmaster", which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and is distributed worldwide on Amazon Prime.
Earlier on Bryan worked within the IPG network, where he led or counseled some of the largest global accounts. Key clients have included American Airlines, GE, Mars, SC Johnson, Molson Coors and industries such as brewing, energy, dairy and confections. He has served on various boards, such as the Red Cross, Prevent Child Abuse America and the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation.
TODD ENDERS
MANAGING PARTNER
SAN FRANCISCO
Todd Enders is a Managing Partner at Salient and a recognized expert in technology growth and go-to-market strategies. He has advised clients such as Upwork, Checkr, Planet and ServiceChannel, following his years at Salesforce. He was also at Oracle and several tech startups.
He specializes in helping clients enhance the revenue impact of their product marketing teams. Todd has built, grown, integrated and rebooted multiple teams and go-to-market strategies for product lines in multiple industries and environments. While VP of Marketing at Salesforce, he accelerated the Service Cloud revenue growth to 40% at a multi-billion dollar run rate and he shepherded Salesforce's entry into the $40B business intelligence market.
Before Salesforce, he launched startup Hedgeye, creating the category for democratized investment research. This followed him rebooting distribution and direct sales channels for another financial startup, FirstRain. Early on he led Oracle's entry into Portfolio Management.
Today Todd works to boost the hitting power, skill sets and impact of product marketing teams. He delivers PMM coaching and development for leaders and staff; category creation and product differentiation / positioning; customer storytelling and demos; user research on products and websites for launch and adoption; sales enablement strategy; and community marketing.
Todd gets fired up by helping customers, sales organizations and teams succeed and grow. He is an active student of how humans communicate with one another and how great talent succeeds together. He is Salesforce Trailhead Certified in Coaching & Feedback, Trust & Influence and Ohana Culture, among others. A graduate of Yale University, Todd lives in the Bay Area.