Leadership

Andrea Young, President

As global president, customer experience for Advantage Solutions, Andrea Young leads commercial strategy, growth, and delivery of retail experiences in a portfolio that has business operations in ten regions globally.  Leveraging a blend of physical, digital, display, and virtual experience models, all businesses under her direction operate with a simple remit to build brands, inspire consumer advocacy and drive product sales.

Young’s progression to the global role comes after successful leadership in helping Advantage to materially grow their market share in the experiential segment, and in-store retail experiences specifically, post joining Advantage ten years ago. During this window of time Advantage Marketing Partners has been named the No. 1 Experiential Marketing Agency in the United States by Ad Age magazine for eight consecutive years.

In addition to leading new and organic commercial growth, Young is a founding member of Advantage’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Board and passionate about building diverse, inclusive, and affirming associate communities for Advantage families around the globe.

Prior to joining Advantage, Young built a decade-long career with the Omnicom Group of companies where she held senior leadership roles at The Marketing Arm, National In-Store Merchandising Services, and U.S. Marketing and Promotions.

Young holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and sports management from Rice University.

Favorite Kirkland product: Kirkland Signature Chocolate Muffins

Roy Timmerman, Vice President, International

Roy Timmerman is Vice President of International for Club Demonstration Services, a subsidiary of Daymon Interactions.

He has been working in the retail industry since 2003 and during his time at Daymon Worldwide, Roy held several leadership positions throughout Asia and Europe. Roy was named Vice President of International for Daymon Interactions in 2010, where he managed multiple demonstration business units in Asia, Europe and South Africa.

In 2015, Roy was appointed to his current position with CDS. He is based in Japan and focuses his attention on our international business including Australia, China, France, Japan, Korea, Spain and Taiwan.

Favorite Kirkland product: Kirkland Signature Mixed Nuts

Hina Kapoor, Manager, Human Resources

Hina Kapoor is a Human Resources professional with over a decade of successful experience in areas such as Strategic Human Resource Planning, Compensation & Payroll, Recruitment, WHS and Performance Management. She has been working with CDS Australia since early 2018, managing end to end employee life cycle starting from Recruitment, Onboarding, Payroll, Employee Relations, Performance Management, Workers’ Compensation, Safety and Development.

Prior to joining CDS Australia, she managed the Human Resource functions in various sized companies from industries like Banking, Education and IT Services.

Favorite Kirkland product: Kirkland Signature Pistachios & Almonds

Kirsten Alford Osborne, Senior Vice President, Customer Experience Innovation

Kirsten Alford Osborne is the Senior Vice President of Customer Experience Innovation.  Kirsten leads Advantage’s Strategy and Innovation Center of Excellence which is focused on driving program diversification and growth through new, customized, channels and services.

She joined Advantage in 2015 and has helped launch and oversee regional and national retail platforms.  In 2018, she led the development and launch of the Strategy and Innovation Center of Excellence and a supporting Analytical Hub to help expedite innovation and conversion throughout the experiential enterprise.

She joined the CDS team in 2021 to help actively drive turn-key demo evolution and help bring innovation to life for Costco, their members, and their vendors.

In 2016, Kirsten received the Advantage Pillar Award for Culture and the Top Women in Grocery Senior Executive Award. She joined Advantage 16 years of merchandising and marketing experience at retailers like Target, where she spent the 8 years prior to joining the team.

Favorite Kirkland product: Kirkland Signature Marcona Almonds

Ashley Whitley, Director, Global Technology Products

Ashley is responsible for the strategic planning and management of the technology products supporting the CDS business, globally.

She joined CDS in 2021. Ashley works with the internal teams to understand the business process, seeks opportunities where technology can enable efficiency and uses strategic planning to ensure the IT platforms can evolve alongside the business they support. Prior to joining CDS, Ashley was a Business Engagement/Products Manager for the rest of the Advantage Demo retail teams, managing the platforms which supports sales, scheduling, staffing and executing of demo events. Her career began at Advantage in the ‘Retail Continuity’ segment supporting teams and technologies related to merchandising, distribution audits, and sales in retail.

Ashley takes pride in her role as a translator; helping often-non-technical business users and leadership translate their needs to technical engineers and product teams. And conversely helping share technical details to the users in a way in which facilitates ease of understanding regardless of technical skill.

Favorite Kirkland product: Kirkland Signature Organic Animal Crackers

Llewellyn Chukwok, Country Manager, CDS Australia

Llewellyn has been part of the CDS Australia team since its inception in 2009 as an Event Manager at the first warehouse in Docklands, Victoria. In 2011, Llewellyn was promoted to Sales Manager, where he was responsible for business operations. Today, he leads the entire Australia business.

During his time at CDS, he has significantly contributed to expanding the demonstration program and strengthening the relationship between Costco and CDS. His various leadership roles within the company have been instrumental in delivering an innovative and valuable program to Costco and its vendors.

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Don Dohanyos, Advisor to the President

Don Dohanyos is the former president of Club Demonstration Services, a subsidiary of Daymon Interactions and the preferred in-house marketing provider for Costco for nearly 30 years.

Don joined the company in 1989, a year after CDS was founded. He rose through the leadership ranks beginning as the company’s first controller, implementing fiscal policies and procedures that brought stability and order to the fast-growing company.

He then transitioned from finance to operations, demonstrating his impact on the company’s growth both nationally and internationally. Under Don’s leadership, CDS secured business with Costco across the United States, Mexico, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Spain, France, and Canada.

He created programs that provided consistency in the quality and standards at CDS and across all Daymon Interactions events, lending its efficiencies and impactful results to its retail partners.

Don received two PDS Outstanding Achievement Awards (in honor of the company’s co-founder, Peter D. Schwartz) for his financial contribution as well as his impact on Daymon Interactions’ international expansion.

He believes that the strength of any organisation is its people, and he is proud of the dedication and results his team achieves around the world.

Favorite Kirkland product: Kirkland Signature Dry Roasted Almonds