Kevin Walker

Cofounder and President, BOARDWALK

Los Angeles

Barely out of high school, Kevin Walker rebranded a local retail outlet and doubled its business within a year. He’s since gone on to deliver profitable brand strategy solutions to some of the most demanding clients in the world.

With the professional motto "A brand is a promise kept", Kevin’s relentless focus is on maximizing brand value. He analyzes a company’s product/service mix, constituent experiences, competitive environment and internal values to identify and spotlight the unique brand promises it should be keeping every day. He organizes multi-disciplinary teams of professionals and leads them to apply informed marketing insight, analysis and superior communication skills to large-scale, mission-critical assignments, successfully propelling major brands across the nation and around the world. He initiates brand engagement within the organization, cultivating brand champions at every level. His work boosts immediate sales, grows markets, cuts costs, improves workforces, strengthens bonds with customers and, most importantly, adds significantly to the company’s market value.

Among others, Kevin has advised STAPLES Center, Trillium Digital Systems, Metropolitan Water District, News Corp, NBC Universal Consumer Products, Fox Licensing and Merchandising, Walt Disney Consumer Products, the Disney Stores, Warner Bros. Consumer Products, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, the City of Santa Monica and pro skateboarder Tony Hawk.