Andrew Drefahl
Director of Customer Insight

Andy Drefahl is Director of Customer Insight at Hunter Business Group. He has over 16 years of CRM experience in both B2B and B2C environments. Leading Hunter Business Group’s Customer Insight Practice, Andy acquires the voice of the customer (VOC) through primary research, data-mining and six-sigma methods and techniques. This VOC combined with his sales and marketing strategy experience with Fortune 500 and global 1000 firms enables the creation of solutions that enable fact-based customer experience strategy development and execution.

Previous to working with Hunter, Andy led the development of a model for Student Experience Analysis and Design. This was coupled with the Higher Education industry’s first measurable PeopleSoft CRM technology deployment at DePaul University. He has conducted CRM and customer strategy engagements for high technology, consumer packaged goods, retail, healthcare, manufacturing and financial services clients. He has led the development of a global professional services CRM strategy offering on loyalty and retention and developed innovative CRM strategies focused on delivering and measuring the exchange of value between clients and their customers.

Clients included General Mills, SC Johnson, an international premium coffee conglomerate, a premium paper manufacturer, Harley Davidson, McKesson, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM and MasterCard Worldwide.

Andy speaks nationally and is known for his expertise in B2B CRM strategy. He holds an MBA from Marquette University and a BBA from UW Milwaukee. He is the author of several articles and industry case study presentations on applying marketing science to the customer experience.

 

 
It is impossible to effectively manage customer activity in order to achieve desired business results without consistent customer-based processes and measures.