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TOTAL RATINGS: 9203

CEO: David Overton

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Donald Evans — Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President at The Cheesecake Factory

Executive Bio

Mr. Donald Evans has been the Chief Marketing officer of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated since August 29, 2011 and also serves as its Senior Vice President. Mr. Evans is responsible for all aspects of The Cheesecake Factory's marketing and branding, including planning and executing marketing strategies, and social media and other publicity campaigns. Mr. Evans' experience, spanning over 15 years, focuses on brand and product marketing for a number of major Hollywood studios and as a consultant, primarily to clients in the entertainment industry. He spent 11 years with The Walt Disney Company, most recently as Senior Vice President of Animation Marketing for Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios. In that role, he was responsible for all aspects of strategic marketing, including traditional and digital campaigns, publicity, research, media and in-theater marketing, resulting in successfully publicizing the studios' biggest animated releases. In addition, Mr. Evans served as Chief Executive Officer of 33 Consulting, a firm he founded, whose clients included creative agencies such as Wieden + Kennedy and mOcean, where he developed film marketing and strategy plans, as well as clients such as Activision.

Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President Impact on Marketing Department's Culture

Donald Evans holds the highest position within the Marketing department at The Cheesecake Factory — Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President, and therefore has influence on the culture of the Marketing department. The average employee described daily life within the Marketing department as a Extremely fast paced and not challenging 10 hour day, stating that they are not happy with their work life balance. Employees within The Cheesecake Factory's Marketing department are not invested in The Cheesecake Factory's goals, and feel as though there is space for career growth.

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Executive Team Culture Ratings from The Cheesecake Factory Employees

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The Cheesecake Factory's Executive Team scores in the Top 50%
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Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?

81% Yes

Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Department - IT 94/100

Tenure - Less than 1 Year 92/100

Department - Executive 88/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Ethnicity - Asian or Pacific Islander 48/100

Experience - 1 to 3 Years 61/100

Tenure - 2 to 5 Years 62/100

The Cheesecake Factory's Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 542 ratings, The Cheesecake Factory's employees are less satisfied with their Executive Team and give them a “C+” or 67/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the IT department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Communications department.

The Cheesecake Factory's Executive Team ranks in the Bottom 45% of other companies in Los Angeles and Top 50% of other companies on Comparably that also have 10,000+ Employees.

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