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DATA PIONEER DENNIS HECHT JOINS CLUTCH
Source: CLUTCH news release

Minneapolis, Minn. - As the technology space continues to evolve at a blistering pace, CLUTCH, a hybrid consultancy and agency based in Minneapolis, once again bolstered its offering with the addition of industry veteran Dennis Hecht to lead their data and digital strategy.

"As a hybrid consultancy and agency, the underlying goal with everything we do is focused on helping our clients maximize revenue and growth. Dennis will 100% be involved in that immediately, from making our lead generation and sales activation better by adding more capabilities in those areas, and using data to drive our go-to-market modeling," said Troy Schroeder, Founder/CEO, CLUTCH.

"His perspective and expertise will help us best decide where we need to be positioned inside the technology and data space and best serve our clients going forward."

Raleigh-based Dennis Hecht comes to CLUTCH with two decades of experience in the data arena, designing end-to-end data platforms, managing multi-year technical roadmaps, and launching innovative data products. Hecht, who grew up on a swine farm outside Saginaw, Mich., is also an agriculture industry data veteran, having served as VP, Business Intelligence and Data Science, at Farm Journal.

Hecht said the decision to join CLUTCH didn't involve a great deal of hand wringing.

"The greatest selling point of CLUTCH is the people. I'm at a time in my life where people matter more than anything else. The kindness, the collaboration, and the genuine care that comes through in conversation with the team was exciting," said Hecht. "For our clients, I'm excited to share an expertise that sits at the intersection of understanding agriculture and understanding data, digital and technology and how best to bring them together in ways that create results. It's going to be a lot of digital first and data first thinking in terms of strategy development all the way through to execution, delivery and measurement."

With a roster of clients across the agriculture, food ingredients, building materials and construction industries, CLUTCH continues to experience rapid growth. Less than one year removed from being named to the INC 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the U.S., CLUTCH is poised to nearly double revenue in 2023. An accomplishment that is not lost on Schroeder when bringing in new team members.

"Our business model continues to gain momentum, and we've been fortunate to have great clients that believe in what we're doing. It's exciting to have the opportunity to continue growing our team; and when we do that, we're not just focused on the capability of these new teammates, we're also focused on how they add to our culture as well. Our people are our greatest asset, and the reason we're experiencing such success," said Schroeder.

ABOUT CLUTCH

CLUTCH is a consultancy-agency hybrid focused on helping B2B businesses and organizations create opportunity. As business acceleration experts, everything the firm does is designed to drive growth by consistently combining creativity and business acumen to generate results. The firm provides a mix of strategic consulting, marketing, and learning and development services to produce go-to-market success for clients. Focus industries include agriculture, food ingredients, building materials and construction. For more information visit clutchperformance.com.


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