Kurt Kane — CMO at Wendy's

Executive Bio

Mr. Kurt A. Kane serves as the Chief Concept and Marketing Officer of The Wendy's Company. Mr. Kane served as the Chief Concept Officer of The Wendy's Company since joining in May 4, 2015 until October 2015. He served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Pizza Hut, Inc., until May 4, 2015 and served as its Global Chief Marketing and Food Innovation Officer. He was responsible for the development of the strategic direction for Pizza Hut, as well as the execution of advertising, media planning and product innovation across 13,600 restaurants in 87 countries. Mr. Kane started his tenure with Pizza Hut in 2008 as Vice President of Marketing and held roles of increasing responsibility, including Vice President of National Marketing and Communications. Prior to joining Wendy's, he held several different leadership positions within the food and beverage space that provided him a broad and deep perspective on how to connect effectively with customers. Mr. Kane has held several different leadership positions that provided him with unique leadership opportunities. He began his career as an Air Defense Artillery Officer in the 4th Infantry Division. Following his service, he began his business career at Procter & Gamble where he led the repositioning of the Sunny Delight brand. He then went to Molson Coors Brewing Company, where he led the seven brand Molson portfolio for four years and Blue Moon Belgian White Ale. While there, he developed and implemented strategies, programs and advertising that reversed seven years of double-digit declines and made Molson the fastest growing Top 25 imported beer brand. Finally, he spent three years at Frito Lay, Inc. where he led the brand positioning, advertising, packaging and product innovation work that jumpstarted the reinvention of the Doritos brand. He also led the Frito Lay multipack business and worked in the new product group. He was named one of the ???Top 40 Marketing Innovators to Watch??? by PR Week magazine and one of the ???Top 100 Marketers in the World??? by the World Marketing Congress. Mr. Kane holds a B.S. in Management from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

CMO Impact on Marketing Department's Culture

Kurt Kane holds the highest position within the Marketing department at Wendy's — CMO, and therefore has influence on the culture of the Marketing department. The average employee described daily life within the Marketing department as a Comfortably fast paced and not challenging 7 or less hour day, stating that they are happy with their work life balance. Employees within Wendy's' Marketing department are not invested in Wendy's' goals, and feel as though there is not space for career growth.

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Yes	33%
No	67%

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Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?

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Are you satisfied with your work/life balance?

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Positive	67%
Negative	33%

Is your work environment positive or negative?

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Great	0%
Good	34%
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Poor	33%
Horrible	33%

How would you rate the value & quality of meetings at your company?

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Yes	33%
No	67%

Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?

Executive Team Culture Ratings from Wendy's Employees

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25%

Wendy's' Executive Team scores in the Bottom 25%
of similar sized companies on Comparably

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Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?

65% Yes

Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Ethnicity - Native American 85/100

Tenure - 2 to 5 Years 81/100

Tenure - 5 to 10 Years 73/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Gender - Non-Binary 33/100

Department - HR 46/100

Department - Communications 47/100

Wendy's' Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 1729 ratings, Wendy's' employees are less satisfied with their Executive Team and give them a “D+” or 57/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the Design department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the HR department.

Wendy's' Executive Team ranks in the Bottom 25% of other companies in Springfield, OH and Bottom 25% of other companies on Comparably that also have 10,000+ Employees.

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