John Costello is President, Global Marketing and innovation at Dunkin' Brands, Inc. and the current Global Chairman of the Mobile Marketing Association. At Dunkin, John has global responsibility for Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins advertising, marketing, consumer engagement, digital, mobile and social marketing, consumer and business intelligence, and oversees research and product development, the culinary team and retail channel development efforts for both brands globally. One of the early pioneers of omni-channel marketing, John has served as the EVP of Merchandising and Marketing at The Home Depot, Senior EVP of Sears, Chief Global Marketing Officer of Yahoo and President and COO of Nielsen Marketing Research U.S. John began his career at Procter & Gamble, where he held a number of senior marketing and brand management positions and served as Senior VP of Marketing and Sales at Pepsi-Cola, USA. John was named one of the 30 Most Influential People in Marketing by Advertising Age, one of the Top 50 Marketers by Adweek, one of the top CMO Officers by the CMO Club, one of the Top 10 Merchants by DSN Retailing Today and was elected to the Retail Advertising Hall of Fame. He is a director of Ace Hardware, Fantex, Inc. and the Yellowstone Park Foundation, and past Chairman of both the Association of National Advertisers and The Advertising Council.