Ethan Mercer
VP Sales & Growth
Ethan Mercer
Digital Visibility Concepts  |  Revenue Architecture
"I got tired of building this for Fortune 500 companies that didn't need it and charging them $5 million for the privilege. I'd rather build it for companies where it actually changes the trajectory of the business."
$50M+
per month managed spend
1,200+
audience micro-segments
CDP
Salesforce certified

I spent the first half of my career at one of the world's largest holding companies, building the data infrastructure behind some of the largest advertising operations in the country. A national big-box retailer. A top-five bank. A national grocery chain. The work was the same everywhere: connect the customer data, build real audience segments from that data, and make every advertising dollar work dramatically harder.

At the retailer, we built 1,200+ micro-segments from actual purchase data. Each segment got its own messaging, its own creative, its own bid strategy. At the bank, we built the customer intelligence layer that connected their CRM to every digital touchpoint. At the grocery chain, we deployed audience suppression and lookalike targeting at a scale most companies can't imagine.

The technology worked. The methodology was proven. But I kept running into the same problem: the companies that needed this infrastructure the most couldn't afford it. A $200M business with zero customer database, zero automated follow-up, and zero identity resolution would benefit enormously from this work — proportionally more than a Fortune 10 retailer that already had 80% of it figured out.

But my employer would charge them $1.5M–$1.8M a year, and the big strategy firms would charge $3M–$5M, and neither would actually build it. They'd deliver a strategy deck and walk away.

That's why I'm here. The Revenue Architecture is the same methodology I deployed at enterprise scale, rebuilt for companies in the $100M–$2B range where it actually transforms the business. Same data infrastructure. Same audience intelligence. Same five measurable financial outcomes. At a fraction of what the big firms charge. And we don't hand you a strategy deck — we build the system, deploy it, optimize it, and show you the numbers.

Enterprise Deployments

What I built. Where I built it. What it did.

National Big-Box Retailer

Built 1,200+ audience micro-segments from live purchase data. Custom messaging, creative, and bid strategy per segment. $50M+/month in managed advertising spend across the platform.

National Grocery Chain

Deployed audience suppression and lookalike targeting at national scale. Connected transactional purchase data to digital advertising across every major platform.

Global Pharmaceutical Brand

Built a healthcare-compliant customer intelligence layer connecting CRM data to digital touchpoints. Full navigation of HIPAA-adjacent data requirements without compromising activation.

Top 5 U.S. Bank

Connected the customer intelligence platform to every digital advertising channel. Financial services compliance built into every data connection from day one.

National Home Improvement Retailer

Precision audience construction at national scale. Connected in-store purchase behavior to digital ad targeting across all major platforms.

Your Company

The same methodology. Your data. Your business. Deployed in 90 days and producing measurable results.

What Happened When We Deployed It

The same methodology. Different industries. Measurable results.

$280M
Year 1 total impact
National Bank

Revenue generation, waste elimination, and cost reduction across mortgage, wealth management, and consumer lending.

$175M+
annual gross margin improvement
Outdoor E-Commerce

12M loyalty members. Seasonal capture, activity expansion, gear replacement, and brand partner clean room revenue.

1,200+
micro-segments deployed
National Retailer

Real-time activation replacing 11-day lag. Four use cases running simultaneously from one infrastructure investment.

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Industries Where It Works

The Revenue Architecture produces results anywhere customer data exists and isn't being used.

B2B Services & Equipment Rental Banking & Financial Services Restaurant & Hospitality Chains Healthcare Services Industrial & Manufacturing PE-Owned Portfolio Companies

If any of this sounds relevant to what you're dealing with, I'm happy to put together something specific to your business.

Just the numbers for your company and an honest assessment of whether this applies.

Book 30 Minutes With Ethan

Or email me directly: ethan@digitalvisibilityconcepts.com