About Jackie Marolda

Jackie Marolda is a business development and marketing expert with experience in the paper, film, foil, and converting industry garnered over 25 years. She is a graduate of Northeastern Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL in Marketing, and the Kellstadt Graduate School of Management at Chicago’s DePaul Univ. in Marketing and Business Administration. Jackie is innovation expert and president of August Lion, Inc., which offers training and consulting services in business development and opportunity assessment disciplines–new business opportunity ideation, uncovering unmet market needs, market segmentation analysis, opportunity assessment, and product/service launch support. She has helped companies grow both organically as well as in assessing opportunities for acquisition. Jackie has a unique perspective on how business development and innovation work in the disciplines of coating and converting, having worked on marketing and new product development with the Industrial Coatings Group, Rexam Release (now Loparex), Avery Dennison, and with many companies that AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. has served. She can be reached at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 312-952-4961.