Experience

With over 20 years’ practical marketing and new product experience in a wide range of consumer and service industries, Linda Rink brings seasoned business insight to every project.

A Wharton graduate, she combines analytical capabilities with the practical "client-side" experience gained from corporate marketers such as Quaker Oats Company, Joseph E. Seagram and Hunt Corporation.

During her career she has launched products as diverse as dog foods, wine coolers, Scotch whisky, frozen entrees, staplers and pencil sharpeners.  In the business-to-business arena, she was instrumental in growing Amtrak’s transportation consulting services into a $180 million business.

Her client base includes professional service firms, manufacturers, health care agencies and non-profits.

In addition to her consulting work, Linda lectures at the Wharton School's Small Business Development Center. 

Her professional affiliations include the Association of Independent Information Professionals, the American Marketing Association, and the Greater Philadelphia Senior Executives Group.  She serves on the Board of Directors of Center City Proprietors Association in Philadelphia, and is a recent past Board member of the National Association of Women Business Owners' Greater Philadelphia Chapter.

Ms. Rink earned her MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.   Her undergraduate degree is from Harvard University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.