Angela Thompson, Principal

Angela Thompson is a Marketing Strategy and Market Research Consultant with extensive experience in the Retail and Consumer Product Goods industries as well as in Management Consulting. With over 25 years of functional Marketing experience, she is a multi-faceted resource for her clients with the ability to think strategically and develop actionable, detailed plans rooted in analytics and an understanding of the consumer. Angela is an expert at analyzing consumer data, marketing results, consumer research and competitive actions. She creates succinct, go-forward strategies for her clients to execute, as well as concise, senior level presentations. Angela also has extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative market research, patterning and business case development for new products, programs and markets. She has served respected brands such as Alliance, GLG, Highlights for Children, Justice, Kenneth Cole, NetJets, Nottingham Spirk, The Scotts MiracleGroCompany and Victoria's Secret. 

Prior to establishing her consulting business, Angela worked in Marketing Strategy at Victoria’s Secret, Product Management at American Greetings, including two years on the Target Strategic Account Management team, and as a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company. She has successfully launched multimillion-dollar products, managed the P&Ls of thousands of SKUs, developed detailed consumer profiles and initiated product proposals to retail clients. 

Melissa is a consumer-focused operations and project leader with a track record of driving efficiency, improving workflows, and managing complex cross-functional initiatives. Experienced in financial services and research environments, with strong analytical skills and advanced Excel capabilities she has a proven ability to lead teams, optimize processes, and deliver measurable business impact.

Prior to joining Thompson Marketing Consulting, Melissa oversaw daily operations at Zion Wealth Management and acted as the central point of coordination between advisors, staff, and external partners.