Bio
Andrea Derricks
Andrea is a Research and Advisory Associate at L2, where she helps member brands develop digital and social strategies by leveraging best practices from across industries. She has also gained deep category knowledge while contributing to L2's Facebook, Financial Services, and Beauty Digital IQ Reports.
Prior to joining L2, Andrea was at Goodman&Company, a strategic marketing consultancy. At Goodman, she worked on innovative digital strategies for PayPal, SAP, Microsoft, Motorola and Guthy-Renker. Andrea began her career in the Next Generation Leaders Program (NGL), a unique one-year program run by the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (DMEF) that selects top college graduates to rotate through a range of companies, gaining a 360-degree education in direct/interactive marketing. While in the program, Andrea worked at Wunderman NY, eScholastic, Goodman&Company, and Harte-Hanks, gaining experience in business development, analytics, strategy development, research and project management. Andrea serves on the board of directors for DMEF and received her BA in American Studies from Columbia University.
Scott Galloway
Scott is the founder of L2, a think tank for digital innovation, and clinical professor of marketing at the NYU Stern School of Business where he teaches brand strategy and digital marketing. Scott is also the founder of Firebrand Partners, an operational activist firm that has invested over $1 billion in U.S. consumer and media companies.
In 1997, he founded Red Envelope, an Internet-based consumer gift retailer (2007 revs, $100mm). In 1992, Scott founded Prophet, a brand strategy consultancy that employs over 250 professionals in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Scott was elected to the World Economic Forum's "Global Leaders of Tomorrow," which recognizes 100 individuals under age 40 "whose accomplishments have had impact on a global level." Scott has served on the board of directors of Eddie Bauer, The New York Times Company, Gateway Computer, and Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Maureen Mullen
Maureen leads L2's research and advisory group and has bench marked and/or developed digital and social media initiatives for over 300 prestige brands. She began her career at Triage Consulting Group in San Francisco. At Triage, she led several managed care payment review and payment bench- marking projects for hospitals including UCLA Medical Center, UCSF, and HCA. She has gone on to lead research and consulting efforts focused on digital media, private banking, M&A, insurance industry risk management, and renewable energy economics for professional firms and academics. Maureen has a BA in Human Biology from Stanford University and an MBA from NYU Stern.