Kevin Wilkins
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence
Idea Village Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Kevin has 25 years of experience in general management, marketing and operations for both corporations and start-up companies. He started his career at Procter and Gamble in their brand management program responsible for new product development and launches for the household cleaning division. After business school, he ran operations, service, and sales for Fidelity Investments High Net Worth Services. While at Fidelity, he also ran equity mutual fund marketing and strategic planning for the Retail Division as well as launched the first institutional discretionary money management service.
Kevin moved to State Street Research where he was President of the SSRM Distribution Company, focusing on expanding and growing the firm’s retail, sub-advisory, and institutional investment businesses. Under his leadership, the firm realized record revenue and profitability growth. Most recently, Kevin was COO of Neighborhood Pay Services, a rent payment processing company he helped establish.
Kevin earned his AB from Dartmouth College and his MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an alum of the Boston Chapter of YPO (Young President’s Organization) as well as an active board member across several non-profit organizations. He recently moved to New Orleans with his wife, Ginny Wise (a native New Orleanian), and their three sons, Jonathan, Benjamin, and Zachary.
