Crystal Black Email & Phone Number

As Founder and Principal of Crys Black Consulting, I serve as a fractional Chief Marketing and Operations Officer for emerging tech companies. With a seasoned background as a senior executive, I bring strategic vision and operational excellence to organizations navigating the complexities of growth. My consultancy specializes in deploying integrated marketing strategies, enhancing operational frameworks, and driving market penetration and scalability. Leveraging deep industry insights and a commitment to transformative leadership, I empower tech companies to achieve and exceed their strategic objectives, preparing them for the next stages of their business evolution. Visit my portfolio at https://portfolio.crysblack.com to see how I create value and drive success for technology leaders. ♦ Drive Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategies ♦ Foster Innovation and Technology Adoption ♦ Enhance Customer Success ♦ Lead Brand Transformations ♦ Navigate Organizational Change ♦ Build Teams and Break Down Inter-Team Barriers

Fort Collins, Us

Social and Advisory Group for Entrepreneurs (SAGE) is a program specifically designed to provide early stage startups with advisory and mentoring assistance as they prepare themselves to become a sustainable business. The successful program is made up of highly experienced advisors who are dedicated to helping startups refine business strategies, clarify product definitions and validate go-to-market plans.Learn more at https://innosphereventures.org/sage/

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Operational and marketing advisory support to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Mountain View, California, Us

Platform for designing better clinical trials for rare diseases. We’re on a mission to accelerate treatments for rare diseases by digitizing and simulating clinical development programs starting with design.

New York, Ny, Us

Chief is a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. Chief is the only organization specifically designed for senior women leaders to strengthen their leadership journey, cross-pollinate ideas across industries, and effect change from the top-down.

Rockville, Maryland, Us

A technology company that provides advanced wireless sensing and AI solutions for smart homes, smart buildings, and industrial IoT applications. Their wireless sensing technology uses radio waves to sense motion, location, and other physical attributes of objects, people, and animals in the environment in order to optimize energy efficiency, enhance security and safety, and improve overall operational efficiency in a wide range of applications.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Built company’s marketing programs including first account-based marketing program and leads global sales enablement and operations.

Belmont, California, Us

I spearheaded the development and execution of comprehensive marketing strategies and operations. My role encompassed refining and implementing advanced tactics, overseeing communications, and continually optimizing digital marketing strategies to align with evolving market dynamics.

Campbell, Ca, Us

Drove brand transition from services business to higher value solutions business by building company’s first account-based marketing program, first partner marketing program, expanding corporate communications, and leading global sales enablement and operations. Managed inside sales team and supported up to nine sales and systems engineers globally.

San Ramon, California, Us

Responsible for driving transition of this services business to a higher value solutions business. Managed daily activities for external web, writing, and design staff.

Campbell, California, Us

Recruited to rebrand and update company messaging, improve lead processes, and expand global channel plan.

Chandler, Arizona, Us

After JDSU acquired Finisar (prior employer), continued as Product Marketing Manager of acquired storage test business and expanded to global marketing programs, events and advertising. Managed $2M+ global marcom budget.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Served dual roles, first priority was growing Enterprise Storage business and supported development of FCoE and 16G Fibre Channel test tools while second was unifying the corporate brand. Re-branded company; expanded marketing programs worldwide, including partners and social media. Managed strategy, planning, and execution of external and internal events internationally. Spearheaded marketing transition of enterprise storage business spin-off to Virtual Instruments and from Finisar to JDSU.

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Managed all aspects of marketing communications in a startup environment growing out a web, trade show, and advertising presence.

Managed project coordination, wrote technical documentation, and acted as business analyst for a Fortune 500 company for a long term contract.

Blacksburg, Va, Us

Provided technical trouble-shooting and performed system maintenance for English department faculty machines, graduate assistant machines, and several computer labs and taught English literature.

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Designed, implemented, and maintained internal web tools.

Primary customer service representative satisfying subscription requests.

M.A., English Literature

B.A., English, Theater