Jennifer Cyra Named a VIP Member of Worldwide Branding

    CHICAGO, IL, July 21, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Jennifer Cyra, former Senior Vice President of Office Depot, was recently named a VIP member of Worldwide Branding. This special distinction honors individuals who have shown exceptional commitment to achieving personal and professional success.

With 25 years of experience in the consumer goods industry, Ms. Cyra is an expert in business transformation, international business, strategy, merchandising and product development, as well as management, integration, retail, business-to-business, digital, e-commerce, vender management and global sourcing. For five years, she served as senior vice president of Office Depot, a position in which she was accountable for the sales and profit performance of a multi-billion dollar business unit in retail, e-commerce and B2B channels. Further, she was responsible for leading strategic integration initiatives for international markets in Europe and Canada.

Ms. Cyra is noted for delivering measurable results through innovative strategies and consistent execution, and is a dynamic leader with a proven record of developing high-performance teams. A global senior executive, she has a wealth of experience leading business transformations in Fortune 500 retail, e-commerce and B2B companies. In her time as senior vice president of Office Depot, Ms. Cyra led the integrated U.S. merchandising team in building financial plans, designing vendor and category strategies and delivering significant savings, consistently beating financial targets and timelines. She has had experience with international assignments that have fostered a multi-cultural perspective and appreciation of diversity.

Ms. Cyra has realized success in the consumer goods industry through tenacity, creativity and hard work. She is currently working primarily in the U.S. and Canada, but is looking to expand on her experience and market reach in the near future. Ms. Cyra welcomes the opportunity to join a nonprofit or for-profit board in the U.S. or abroad.

Ms. Cyra received a Bachelor of Science in retail business management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a former vice president of the school board of Saint Constance School and former member of the OfficeMax Foundation board of directors. In 2013, Ms. Cyra was named a Woman Worth Watching. She was honored by Diversity Journal in October 2012. Ms. Cyra was previously vice president and general manager for Sears Holdings Corporation, an instructor for Loyola University of Chicago's Continuum program, and the founder of the retail consulting firm, Cynamen Advisors, Inc.

For more information about Ms. Cyra, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifercyra.

About Worldwide Branding
For over 15 years, Worldwide Branding has been the leading, one-stop-shop, personal branding company, both in the United States and abroad. From writing professional biographies and press releases, to creating and driving traffic to personal websites, our team of branding experts tailor each product specifically for our clients' needs. We are dedicated to empowering our 600,000 clients with effective branding tools to help them achieve success. From healthcare to finance to education and law, our constituents represent every major industry and occupation, at all career levels.

An international company, we provide our members with access to members in over 52 countries including, the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa, Belgium, Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Sweden and The United Arab Emirates, just to name a few.

For more information, please visit http://www.worldwidebranding.com.

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