George Wagner Email & Phone Number

Erie, CO, US

As Vice President of Global Marketing, I lead all marketing efforts, focusing on developing and executing strategies that drive brand growth and market leadership. I oversee every aspect of marketing—from messaging and digital campaigns to branding—to strengthen our presence across key technology sectors including AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and.

Westminster, Colorado, US

• Own marketing for Liqid's composable GPU and NVMe SSD products.
• Developed messaging framework and value proposition to articulate a unique approach to IT infrastructure for AI, HPC, and Media and Entertainment workloads.
• Develop key collateral to support all stages of the marketing funnel and sales pipeline, including datasheets, whitepapers, solution briefs, and presentations.
• Conduct sales enablement training for our sales teams, technology partners, and channel partners.
• Own the outbound marketing strategy, including email marketing campaigns, tradeshows, and webinars.
• Engage with customers, sales teams, and analysts to uncover customer challenges and align our message to better solve them.

Westminster, Colorado, US

Louisville, Colorado, US

• 2013 - NexGen Storage acquired by Fusion-io in2014 - Fusion-io acquired by Sandisk who spun-out NexGen Storage2016 - NexGen Storage 2.0 acquired by Pivot3
• Responsible for leading product marketing functions to support strategic go-to-market objectives for the industry’s first NVMe optimized, policy-based Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) platform.
• Developed and maintained messaging and positioning for SAN storage and HCI products to drive customer engagement and sales.
• Created engaging stories that connected with customers, uncovered challenges and introduced solutions.
• Led cross-functional launch teams from initial scope through execution.
• Developed innovative and targeted assets including collateral, PowerPoint presentations, product and solution demos, partner materials and website content to support strategic product and campaign objectives.

Houston, Texas, US

• Delivered value across sales and marketing as Sales Engineer, Product Marketing Manager, Technical Marketing Engineer and Product Manager for LeftHand P4000/StoreVirtual SAN and virtual SAN (VSA) products.
• Created compelling product messaging and positioning to enhance sales and drive product engagement.
• Crafted complete set of sales tools, including presentations, data sheets and competitive overview, and conducted sales enablement training.
• Collaborated with customers and partners to create optimal product configurations to meet specific customer requirements.
• Developed and wrote technical assets like performance whitepapers and competitive assessments for sales team.
• Created market requirements documents communicate product requirements to engineering team.

• Technical pre-sales for sales and channel partners
• Designed and delivered weekly technical presentations and demonstrations to customers and partners
• Installed POC (proof of concept) in customer sites as part of sales process
• Product evangelist
• Collaborated with product marketing group to develop product messaging
• Designed and oversaw technical sales training

Broomfield, CO, US

• Implemented consultative technical sales techniques to generate revenue and meet sales targets for enterprise anti-spyware product.
• Developed professional sales presentations and seminars to communicate value for technical and business audiences.
• Identified customer needs and delivered right sized solutions to exceed them.

Rio Rancho, New Mexico, US

• Drove new business development and client acquisition through cold calling and exceptional service.
• Engaged both technical and business stakeholders to determine best solutions to address customers’ diverse needs.
• Conducted presentations on new technologies at IT trade shows.

New Braunfels, Texas, US

• Administered a mixed Microsoft Windows and Novell server environment
• Managed entire infrastructure, including networking, servers, storage, telephony and facility
• Designed and implemented disaster recovery practice
• Technical presales
• Managed IT staff and technical instructor staff
• Forecasted and managed budget, and was responsible for all IT procurement activities.