Hosted by: Capital One
The event will start on: 21 Jun 11:45 am
And will end on: 21 Jun 1:00 pm
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Sarah Gravitt-Baese, Capital One
Sarah is a long time Richmond native with deep roots in marketing and advertising. A fine arts graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Sarah went on to achieve a Masters in Philosophy and Religion from The University of Richmond. Throughout college she interned at the family business (Beatley & Gravitt Advertising) and then went on to work for CSX Transportation in Jacksonville Florida as their youngest and only graphic designer. After managing Associate Communications and a meaningful stint in Community Affairs, Sarah returned to Richmond with CSX Corporation as Director of Corporate Marketing. During her tenure at CSX, Sarah launched their first B2B website, managed aspects of prospect marketing for The Greenbrier Resort, as well as concepted and developed several award winning Annual Reports. Sarah eventually left CSX for an online marketing career with Capital One in the late 90s. Over the past 14 years she has had diverse roles across Brand and Operations including auto and medical lending marketing. Sarah currently leads USC Brand Acquisition marketing and the segment strategy for one of COF's key markets. Sarah is a wife and working mother with a 6 year old son at home.
Gautam Puranik, Capital One
Gautam was born and raised in Pune, India. He comes from a big Indian family of 10 and enjoys being around people partly driven by his upbringing. Gautam considered acting as a serious career choice before settling for safer future in a Mechanical Engineering degree. He worked with Tata Motors in Sales and service for three years before attending Georgia Tech for a Masters in Operations research where he focused on Applied statistics, Finance and Marketing. He has been with Capital One for 9 years in variety of roles within card M&A which include predictive modeling in CCM & CCA, account level valuations, credit policy and marketing. He currently leads the Marketing and channel strategy team within the US card acquisitions organization. Gautam is married to Pratibha - an actuary with Genworth Financial & an accomplished singer. They have one son Vikram who is 22 months old. Gautam is an accredited Credit officer and a scoring officer at Capital One. He is passionate about associate development and people management. He enjoys exercising, playing with his son, hiking and hanging out with friends in his spare time.
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