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The Agentic CMO: How Vanguard’s Colin Kelton Rebuilt Marketing From the Inside Out

Vanguard's CMO deployed AI agents across marketing ops — here's what actually changed in a Fortune 500 function.

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Why it matters

A major financial services company has operationalized agentic AI in marketing, showing how enterprises are restructuring teams and workflows around autonomous systems rather than just piloting.

The key facts

9 to know
  1. Vanguard CMO Colin Kelton led marketing function rebuild using AI agents

  2. Case study framed as internal-out transformation, not pilot

  3. Published by Writer (vendor), indicating real customer deployment

  4. Financial services sector adopting agents at scale in marketing operations

  5. Dated August 2026 (future-dated or recent, depending on context)

  6. Vanguard marketing function restructured using agentic AI

  7. CMO Colin Kelton leading the rebuild

  8. Published on WRITER blog (vendor perspective)

  9. Case study format—deployment story, not a technology announcement

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