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Waco, Texas-based Neighborly, a family of global brands dedicated to delivering remarkable experiences for both consumers and franchise business owners, announced the promotion of Tanner Stutz to executive VP, strategic operations and analytics.
In this role, Stutz will oversee strategic operations, including commercial sales, brand operations training, strategic initiative deployment and data analytics and consumer insights.
Over the past year, Stutz has played an important role in helping Neighborly strengthen its operating model and sharpen its decision-making through data-driven insights and execution. His team launched the company’s first franchise-level scorecard and built week-to-week sales forecast reporting to help the business identify trends earlier and respond more quickly and clearly.
Stutz joined Neighborly in 2023 as senior VP of growth enablement. Before joining the company, he worked as an advisor to clients across a range of industries on growth strategy, M&A integration, commercial excellence, operating models and due diligence. He began his career at Walmart, where he held roles in international audit, corporate strategy, FP&A and M&A and helped lead capital budgeting for the company’s U.S. online grocery initiatives. Stutz holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Brigham Young University.
Under Stutz’s leadership, efforts such as launching an educational webinar series for franchise business owners, deploying Rilla, an AI-powered conversational intelligence and coaching platform designed specifically for in-person, outside sales teams, call center improvements and financing initiatives have helped translate insights into action across the business.
“Tanner has been instrumental in helping us become a smarter, more agile company,” said Mike Davis, chief executive officer of Neighborly, in a press release. “From building tools that give us better visibility into performance to helping drive initiatives that improve how we operate, he has consistently shown the ability to turn insight into action.”
About Neighborly
Neighborly is a family of global brands focused on being remarkable with consumers and franchise business owners. What began as one brand in Waco, Texas, in 1981 has grown to more than 28 global brands and 5,500 franchise locations across North America and Europe, serving millions of customers. Neighborly offers a proven path to business ownership accompanied by established systems, award-winning brands, training and continued support throughout the franchising journey.
