Slade Kobran

Slade Kobran is a Chief Outsiders Managing Partner based in the Greater NYC Area. He works closely with CEOs, private equity investors, and operating partners to bring revenue and EBITDA growth to companies across industries by providing seasoned senior marketing executives on an interim, fractional, or project basis. Responsible for building and supporting a team of world-class marketers who deliver new growth to clients, Slade also works directly with companies on strategic planning and execution to grow more profitably, develop the organization and maximize marketing ROI.  Slade has more than 25 years’ experience in growing businesses in technology, business services, professional services, and other industries. Throughout his career he has delivered results for companies as small as $2 million and as large as $8 billion.

Slade joined Chief Outsiders in 2012 after 2 year’s as Chief Marketing Officer at Infogroup, where he transformed an internal advertising department into a strategic marketing organization supporting the company’s growth initiatives across multiple divisions. Prior to Infogroup, Slade was Senior Vice President and Director of Global Marketing at Opinion Research Corporation, and Vice President of Marketing at InfoUSA National Accounts.  From 1993 through 2006, Slade held executive roles at ADP, including Vice President, Marketing, Planning and Business Development for the company’s Time & Labor Management group, and VP of Marketing for ADP’s Major Accounts Division. Prior to ADP, Slade held roles in product management, field marketing and sales management at Dun & Bradstreet.

Slade earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Rider University. He has also completed executive education courses at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School.