2–4 weeks
Growth Audit
A focused look at your brand, marketing, sales, and customer experience to identify growth opportunities. You get a strategic plan with clear priorities, ready to run yourself or with my support.
Business development & brand foundations · Andrew Schwantes
Fueling Growth.
For those with bold ideas, big goals, and the drive to scale.
IndustriesHealthcare & WellnessFinancial ServicesHospitalityConsumer BrandsHigher Education
Let's Work.
I've guided financial institutions with $750M+ in assets through strategic acquisitions and periods of 92% growth, and helped bootstrapped wellness founders turn their vision into paying clients in just 90 days.Different starting lines. One constant: growth.
Market Intelligence
The insight: who you're up against, where the market is moving, and where the opening is. Through customer research, surveys, interviews, competitive analysis, and brand audits, I turn what we learn into clear positioning and priorities your team can act on.
Find your edge →
Find your edge →
Brand Development
The identity: who you are and why you're the obvious choice, even in regulated industries. I develop positioning, messaging, visual identity, and brand guidelines, then bring them to life across campaigns, sponsorships, broadcast, out-of-home, digital, and direct mail.
Sharpen your brand →
Sharpen your brand →
Digital Infrastructure
The presence: where customers find you, compare you, and choose you online. I plan and build websites, run SEO and paid search, shape social and email around how your audience behaves, then track the analytics that turn visits into qualified leads.
Build your presence →
Build your presence →
Go-To-Market Strategy
The plan: where to grow, who to reach, and which service lines or referral pathways to prioritize. I help you sharpen your targeting, offers, and pricing, build the growth roadmap, and equip sales with the pitch materials, CRM, pipeline, and KPI reporting to run it.
Plan your growth →
Plan your growth →
Customer Experience
The relationship: keeping clients longer and growing with them. I design onboarding, account plans, business reviews, and retention programs that make customers, clients, and patients feel known, then track satisfaction so renewals, referrals, and expansion follow.
Keep your clients →
Keep your clients →
Engagement Models.
Starting points, not packages. Every engagement is shaped around your goals.
6–12 weeks
Launch & Build Projects
A fixed-scope push, led from kickoff to finish line: a brand build, website or digital program, sales playbook, or go‑to‑market launch. One scope, one point of contact, no loose ends.
Ongoing
Fractional CMO
Senior marketing and growth leadership on a monthly retainer, without the cost of a full‑time hire. I set the strategy, lead your team and partners, report on what's working, and own the results.
Built On Relationships. Backed By Results.
13+Years growing accounts
$4M+Client portfolio managed
95%+Annual client retention
15%+Annual account growth
Background
- Born & Raised
- Lakeville, MN
- Home Base
- Tucson, AZ
- College
- College of St. Scholastica · Duluth, MN
Two‑time All‑Conference Baseball - Career Path
- Recruited out of college by an integrated marketing agency to lead key accounts
- Grew accounts and built new agency services
- Promoted to Director of Accounts
- Launched DREW to help growth-stage companies
- Relocated to Tucson, AZ
- Philosophy
- “Growth. Always in all ways.”
- Home Team
- Partner, Madison, and our two mini goldendoodles, Ace (6) and Presley (3)
- Off The Clock
- Golf, live music and events, dog walks, sports, travel, and finding the next great restaurant
Experience
Founder & Growth Consultant, DREW
2024 – Present · MN / AZ · DREW on LinkedIn
- Lead fractional CMO engagements for growth-stage companies, aligning brand, marketing, and sales around one plan.
- Build the playbooks, messaging, and outreach systems lean teams use to win new business.
- Build digital infrastructure across websites, search, social, and analytics that turns visitors into customers.
- Took a bootstrapped wellness startup from concept to paying clients in 90 days.
- Launched a direct-to-consumer lifestyle brand that reached 50K+ website visitors in its first six months.
Director of Accounts, wonderhorse
2020 – 2024 · MN / WI · wonderhorse.com
- Managed a $4M+ portfolio spanning health systems, orthopedic practices, ambulatory surgery centers, and specialty providers, as well as hospitality, financial services, and consumer brands.
- Led proposals, pricing, and contract negotiations with C-suite and multi-stakeholder buying teams.
- Introduced standard account planning for 10 priority relationships, contributing to 15% account growth and strong renewals.
- Streamlined workflows, resource planning, and pricing, raising agency productivity 18%.
- Built a bench of 30+ vendor and freelance partners managing $650K+ in production.
Senior Account Executive, wonderhorse
2013 – 2020 · Promoted from Account Executive in 2017 · MN / WI · wonderhorse.com
- Landed and expanded a regional credit union into a $350K-a-year relationship through acquisition and 92% asset growth.
- Led a decade-long partnership with a 15-location hospitality group, delivering double-digit revenue growth year over year.
- Created SEO, SEM, and social service lines in response to client demand, growing them to $200K+ in annual recurring revenue.
- Grew a $1M+ portfolio, advising executives at 15+ clients and leading teams of four to six.
- Planned and managed integrated media across broadcast, CTV, digital, social, out-of-home, direct mail, and sponsorships.
Digital & Social Media Consultant, Marriott / Residence Inn
2012 – 2020 · Contract · MN · marriott.com
- Built the property's social strategy from scratch, lifting organic engagement 300% year over year.
- Served as the property's voice online, responding to 100+ guests a month.
- Planned seasonal content around guest behavior, contributing to a 15% yearly rise in repeat bookings.
Education
- The College of St. Scholastica · Duluth, MN · B.A., Marketing & Management (double major) · Dean's List
- NCAA Division III Baseball · Two-time All-Conference & All-Regional Tournament Team
Skills & Platforms
Skills
Strategic Account ManagementBusiness DevelopmentGo-To-Market StrategyConsultative SalesExecutive Stakeholder RelationsContract NegotiationPricing & Proposal StrategyBrand Positioning & MessagingMarket & Competitive ResearchMedia Planning & BuyingPerformance Analytics & ReportingTeam LeadershipVendor & Partner Management
Platforms
Sales & CRM
SalesforceHubSpotLinkedIn Sales NavigatorQwilrDocuSign
Marketing & Web
Google Analytics (GA4)Google AdsGoogle Search ConsoleGoogle Tag ManagerSemrushMeta AdsLinkedIn Campaign ManagerShareableeWordPressSquarespaceAdobe Creative SuiteCanva
Workflow & AI
AsanaWrikeSlackMicrosoft 365Google WorkspaceChatGPTGeminiClaude
Let's Connect.
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Open To Full-Time Opportunities
For The Right Fit,
I'm All In.
Roles I'm exploring
- Key Account Management
- Client Success Leadership
- Medical & Enterprise Sales