Marc Walkin is a 🏷️#marketer and retail media executive currently serving as VP of Marketing at Qsic, an in-store audio platform that uses GenAI audio and data intelligence to improve the retail customer experience. His background spans brand marketing, shopper marketing, and retail media strategy, with leadership roles at Ahold Delhaize (Stop & Shop), Staples, PopCorners, and Beech-Nut Nutrition. He holds an MBA from Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business and a BS in Marketing and Management from Ithaca College.
Prior to Qsic, Walkin co-founded Turbyne, a retail media platform built within Advantage Solutions, and helped lead the company through a strategic acquisition by Colateral in 2024. He has also taught as an adjunct professor at Babson College and Boston University's Questrom School of Business, and has served on the boards of BetterVet and Mobile Vet Care. His career cuts across CPG, retail, and adtech — with a consistent focus on how brands reach consumers at the point of purchase.
Introduced by 📝Justin Ruiss. Retail media and in-store experience is not a direct overlap with my current work, but Marc's trajectory — operator turned co-founder, acquisition exit, now scaling a category-creating platform — puts him in interesting proximity.