John Galloway
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• Title: Director of sports marketing |
• Company: Pepsi |
• Age: 38 |
• Education: B.S., journalism, Manhattan College, 1989 |
• Family: Wife, Denise; daughter, Julia, 7; son, J.J., 4 |
• Career: Worked for Burson-Marsteller Public Relations and Wunderman Cato Johnson Sports Group, where he handled sports marketing for Miller Brewing; worked as an account supervisor on Pepsi with Tracy Locke Partnership; joined Pepsi in 1996, spending time as a brand manager for Mountain Dew and as director of flavors marketing in Europe; promoted to current position in 2001 |
• Last vacation: San Diego |
• Last book read: "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich |
• Last movie seen: "Meet the Fockers" |
• Greatest achievement: This year, it was thwarting Coke's decision to have eight cars in our title Pepsi 400 race. |
• Greatest disappointment: I didn't get to come back to run the New York City Marathon, but I'm on it for 2005. |
• Fantasy job: Head football coach at West Point |
• Executive most admired: Steve Reinemund, PepsiCo chairman — It's an honest suck-up move. He's a former Marine and he's a visionary. |
• Business advice: Take a job that has to do with your passion so that you enjoy your life 24 hours a day. |