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Boston, MA, US

Santa Monica, CA, US

Cornerstone powers the future-ready workforce with a next-generation talent experience platform designed to unite technology, data and content and inspire a work environment of growth, agility and success for all. Cornerstone serves over 7,000 customers and 140 million users and is available in 180 countries and 50 languages.

Santa Monica, CA, US

The Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation transforms the way people help people.By providing Cornerstone OnDemand's talent management technology, pro bono consulting, and open online learning programs to the nonprofit sector, the Foundation helps organizations around the world better develop, engage, and empower their employees and the people they.

New York, NY, US

Trusted by industry leaders and backed by Comcast, Mastercard, and Samsung. HYPR is the leading provider of passwordless authentication. With HYPR, businesses are finally able to stop phishing, reduce fraud, and enable unrivaled security for employees & customers across the globe.

New York, New York, US

Bringing together and empowering highly effective B2B CMOs to share, care, and dare each other to greatness.

Virtual, US

Stage 2 Capital is a venture capital firm backed by elite GTM executives investing in and helping early stage B2B software companies scale sustainable revenue. Learn more about Stage 2 here: https://www.stage2.capital/

Boston, US

FXP partners with exceptional founders to found, fund, and fuel transformative companies.

Scottsdale, AZ, US

GTMfund is an early-stage VC fund focused on B2B SaaS.Our 350+ limited partners are the best go-to-market (GTM) executives in tech. Operators who have been there, done that at the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies - Salesforce, Okta, Tableau, Mulesoft, Procore, Snowflake, Segment, ServiceNow, Rippling, and many more.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Venture Guides is an early-stage infrastructure software investment firm with a unique team based approach that has resulted in over 80% of portfolio companies generating positive returns and 45% ultimately achieving unicorn status.The Venture Guides team has been recognized on the Forbes’ Midas List of the World’s Top Investors and the Inc5000 fastest.

London, England, GB

• Mimecast makes cloud-based software that protects business email from cyber threats and data leaks and allows service to continue to function in the event of an attack. Founded in London in 2003, Mimecast went public.
• Key executive stakeholder in $5.8B acquisition of Mimecast by PE firm Permira, taking the company private at an increase in valuation of 63%.
• Increased marketing sourced pipeline from 37% of total pipeline to 49%.
• Implemented new BDR org design, career pathing and processes, resulting in improved BDR productivity (MQLs/SALs per BDR) by 36%.
• Executed company lightning strike, rolling out new global corporate brand platform, redefined Mimecast's category and established Mimecast as a leader in emerging email & collaboration security market.
• Increased unaided awareness from 27% to 37% through new thought leadership platform.

Prilly, Canton De Vaud, CH

• Nexthink is the leader in digital employee experience (DEX). The company has 800 employees and is valued at $1.1 billion with $180M in Series D financing in Feb. 2021.Reporting to CEO, led global team of 80+ marketers.
• Key stakeholder in company growth strategy that led to $180M Series D fundraising with a $1.1B valuation.
• Transformed marketing strategy, programs and execution in post-pandemic world to digital-first and ABM-centric.
• Initiated and led cross-organizational category creation strategy, leading to lightning strike in June 2020 with new value proposition, point of view, messaging and positioning.
• Architected customer advocacy program, resulting in 80 customer reviews in first year.
• Orchestrated industry virtual event with 1,400 attendees within 4 months from ideation to realization.

Paramus, New Jersey, US

• Checkmarx is the global leader in software security solutions for DevOps. Acquired by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for $1.15 billion. Reporting to CEO, led the global marketing, sales enablement and sales.
• Helped drive a 720% increase in valuation from the time I joined to acquisition by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for $1.15 billion in March 2020.
• Built out global marketing team from 18 to 50+, taking on additional responsibility of SDR, sales enablement and evangelism teams with staff in the U.S., Israel, UK and Singapore.
• Implemented ABM-centric growth strategy with an increase of marketing influenced opportunities and deals by 52% per year.
• Architected and implemented category creation initiative with new branding, messaging positioning, AR and PR programs. Implemented Lightning Strike at Black Hat conference.
• Established Checkmarx as Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ) leader.

Waltham, MA, US

• CloudLock, the leading provider of CASB solutions, was acquired by Cisco in Aug. 2016.#1 fastest growing security product company in the U.S (Inc. Magazine)#1 fastest growing technology company in Massachusetts (Inc..
• Re-positioned CloudLock as a disruptor in emerging CASB space, leading to acquisition by Cisco at a 20x multiple of revenue.
• Developed and executed global demand generation marketing plan that delivered pipeline growth of 200% per year and 3-year revenue growth of 665%.
• Architected thought leadership program, increasing share of voice from 13% to 38%.
• Implemented employer branding strategy with a 25x increase in career site pageviews in 1 year and 10x increase in applications within 6 months post program launch.

Austin, TX, US

• Leading mobile engagement platform provider used in more than 37,000 apps on more than 2.7 billion devices by companies such as ESPN, Fox and the New York Times. Headquartered in Boston, MA with offices in Berlin, San.
• Led company-wide initiative that re-launched the company with new go-to-market strategy, packaging, pricing, brand architecture, positioning, and lead generation strategy.
• Drove 10x increase in bookings run rate, exceeding target quota through newly created inbound marketing engine (trial-based, A/B testing, SEO/SEM optimization).
• Grew share of voice vs. top 3 competitors from 15% to 45% and number of media placements by 475% with mentions in in Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and others.
• Key member of due diligence process that resulted in $16M Series C.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Rapid7 (Nasdaq: RPD) is a leading security analytics and automation provider. CAGR was 96% during my tenure. Reported to the SVP of sales, marketing and operations who recruited me to build out the marketing function.
• Built scalable marketing engine based on “Freemium”, try & buy and open source model, increasing marketing-led bookings from 5% to 56%. Accelerated open source community downloads to 1 million per year, a 300% increase.
• Created product marketing discipline with market sizing, segmentation, positioning and enablement. Launched new security products driving 28% of total bookings within 18 months.
• Established Rapid7’s leadership position in the Gartner Market Scope and Forrester Wave
• Drove new thought leadership and awareness program: Conceptualized and executed the UNITED Security Summit, recruiting attendees, 10 sponsors and 30 speakers.
• Participated in due diligence process and presented to investment committee that led to $50 million Series C from TCV.

Burlington, Massachusetts, US

Veracode is the largest global provider of application security testing (AST) solutions. Joined company 3 months after commercial launch and defined GTM strategy working closely with CEO. Launched new cloud-based service in market as a fundamental paradigm shift in how developers and buyers of software assess the security of applications. Built marketing.

US

Private Company: Global provider of IT service management software with operations across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Recognized as one of the 150 fastest growing software companies by Inc. Magazine. Reported to the CEO. Responsible for all facets of the company’s global marketing effort, including corporate marketing and product management..

Andover, MA, MA, US

Publicly traded managed cloud service provider. In 2006, the company had 700 employees and $154M in revenue. Responsible for the go-to-market strategy, including product marketing, branding, sales enablement, competitive analysis, market research, analyst and public relations, marketing communications and direct marketing. Reported to CEO.

Andover, MA, MA, US

Reported to the EVP of Sales & Marketing at Surebridge, which was acquired by Navisite in 2004. Instrumental in growing Surebridge into Siebel’s leading application outsourcing partner and establishing Surebridge as one of the first three Resellers worldwide. Served as one of only 15 individuals worldwide on Siebel’s Partner Advisory Council.

Private Company. Investor Profile: Goldman Sachs and Allianz Capital Partners. International CRM software company with operations in Boston, London, Dublin, Paris, Munich, Singapore and Sydney, grew from $4 million in 1996 to $30 million in 2000. Acquired by S1 Corporation.Responsible for Point’s product strategy including packaging, branding, pricing, and.

Business Administration And Management, General

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)