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Kate Garner

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Senior Vice President Marketing - Demand Accelerator at PepsiCo
📍 Plano, Texas, United States

Kate Garner is the Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Demand Accelerator at PepsiCo, where she has built a twenty-year career. She specializes in leveraging data and analytics to drive commercial growth across sales, shopper marketing, and category leadership. She holds an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.

In January 2025, Kate joined the Board of Directors for NextUp, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing women in business. She is passionate about mentoring and looks for people who are lifelong learners to build her teams.

She has been instrumental in developing PepsiCos proprietary data practice, pepviz, to help retail partners grow.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President Marketing - Demand Accelerator
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Plano, Texas, United States
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Data-Driven Growth
Her career focus is on using shopper data, analytics, and category leadership to drive commercial growth for PepsiCo and its retail partners.
Omnichannel Retail
She frequently discusses the "phygital" world, emphasizing that retailers must seamlessly blend digital and physical experiences to meet evolving shopper preferences.
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Career

Work history

4-2020
Senior Vice President Marketing - Demand Accelerator
PepsiCo
6-2019 - 3-2020
Senior Vice President Sales Frito Lay
PepsiCo
2-2018 - 6-2019
Senior Vice President / GM Marketing Global Innovation
PepsiCo
2-2016 - 2-2018
Senior Vice President / GM Sales, Sam's Club & Walmart
PepsiCo
1-2015 - 1-2016
Vice President Portfolio Insights, Analytics, and Marketing
PepsiCo
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PepsiCo's Kate Garner On Consumer Insights' Evolution. Featured in Spotify
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Education
MBA
The University of Texas at Austin
BBA
Wisconsin School of Business
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