For 35 years I focused on being an innovator in technology, digital marketing and methodologies for driving growth and productivity.It was an honor to oversee marketing for some of Silicon Valley's leading technology companies and in 2007 I founded DemandGen who helped over 1500 companies transform their marketing teams into high-performance revenue drivers. DemandGen was acquired by BDO in March of 2021, and I retired from BDO at the end of 2023 to pursue new passion projects in AI and business coaching.My career journey began at Microsoft, where I was part of the US Sales and Marketing team responsible for launching the Windows operating system and first Microsoft Office applications. In 1991, I moved to Silicon Valley to work with game-changing companies like Farallon, Netopia, and Ellie Mae. My first startup pioneered voice over the Internet, mainly for video gaming, and we sold the company a year later after amassing 4 million users — the video gaming industry and internet communications was forever changed.I'm passionate about aligning sales and marking. All of it. The people, processes, systems. Working with over a 1500 clients has enabled me to develop and refine new ways to help sales and marketing teams align and seamlessly blend art, science, and systems which I've written about in "Manufacturing Demand", a best selling book on lead management which I published in October 2012.In 2007, I founded DemandGen International, an Inc. 500 global consulting and services company that helps sales and marketing teams take maximum advantage from marketing technology and sales technology systems. Our partners included Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce, and dozens of other best-of-breed digital marketing and sales technologies. I sold the company to BDO in March of 2021 and retired November 1, 2023. Thank you to everyone who has helped me on my journey.