James Donovan

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FMR Chief Marketing Officer at Panasas
James Donovan's Location
San Rafael, California, United States, United States
About James Donovan

Senior level B2B Marketing and Sales executive riveted on delivering exceptional results with deep expertise in enterprise class data technologies, analytics and high-performance computing solutions. Transformational leader with success in opening new markets, building high performance teams and driving consistent year over year revenue growth. A vast set of experience in product strategy and positioning, vertical market development, brand and reputation building, demand generation, sales enablement and management.My career has been characterized by helping tech companies in transition to open new markets and capture growth opportunities globally. A key strength is my ability to bring a strategic perspective and creative problem solving to the Executive Leadership Team. As a collaborative leader with a focus on the marketing discipline I bring a keen understanding of market dynamics and buyer needs into crafting a winning go-to-market strategy. I have the unique experience and skill set combination of being a CMO who also had a highly successful sales career. The experience and ability to know the direct impact of marketing efforts to sales results has made me a highly effective and efficient marketer. I understand both market and individual buying behavior and what it takes to create compelling messaging to attract buyers, and sales tools and training to close business. My go-to-market understanding in B2B tech is exceptional.

James Donovan's Current Company Details

FMR Chief Marketing Officer at Panasas
James Donovan Work Experience Details
  • Panasas
    Fmr Chief Marketing Officer At Panasas
    Panasas Oct 2014 - Nov 2020
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Drove the transformation strategy from traditional academic research HPC to the more expansive and emerging commercial HPC market. Re-branded the company, created highly effective messaging and competitive re-positioning. Expanded the number of vertical industries and global geographies targeted, more than doubling the addressable market and winning new top-tier accounts. Significantly increased channel partnerships and solution portfolio vastly improving target market reach. Up-leveled the marketing and product management team and dramatically improved the performance across all key metrics. Led the transition to a new class of product while maintaining 30% growth of existing flagship product. Responsible for all aspects of marketing, alliance partnerships and product management. In addition to my CMO responsibilities I was the executive responsible for the global field sales and technical services teams for 18 months delivering double digit revenue growth and hiring new talent.
  • Teradata
    Senior Vice President Global Marketing
    Teradata Mar 2009 - Jun 2014
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Played instrumental leadership roles in helping Teradata to grow from $200M to $2.8B. Identified and executed go-to-market strategies and new market development globally. Sharpened our competitive distinction with refined positioning and compelling messaging. Lead the transition to a modern account based marketing approach improving the marketing lead generation pipeline 2X year over year. Built new demand generation team, technical infrastructure and process for end to end lead development cutting the time from "contact to close" in half. Integrated acquired companies into the Teradata brand and product portfolio. Led a global marketing team of over 100 people and $18M budget. Responsible for all aspects of corporate and field marketing including brand development, demand creation and sales enablement.
  • Teradata
    Vice President, Industry Marketing
    Teradata Jan 2004 - Mar 2009
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Created a systematic go-to-market approach for addressing industry verticals. Developed industry solution portfolios for 18 distinct vertical industries. Designed repeatable solution development methodology vastly increasing solution portfolio and entering new markets. Responsibilities included industry go-to-market strategies, solution portfolio development, alliance partnership recruitment, messaging, field training and deal support.
  • Teradata
    Vice President Financial Industry Marketing
    Teradata Nov 1998 - Jan 2004
    London, England, United Kingdom
    Built and executed a global financial industry go-to-market strategy and plan catapulting the industry to the top producing vertical at Teradata. Opened the market in China winning 12 of the 15 top banks. Standardized a repeatable global go-to-market strategy and solution portfolio. Built a financial risk management practice and integrated key application providers into a robust solution portfolio. Responsibilities included solution portfolio development, messaging, field sales training, enablement and support.
  • Ncr Corporation
    Vice President Of Sales
    Ncr Corporation Jul 1981 - Nov 1998
    United States
    This is a catch-all for my highly successful sales career at NCR Corporation. Entered NCR as a sales trainee out of college and rose through the ranks leading the top account team in the NYC banking industry. Entered 2 year management development program and then appointed sales director for the financial services industry in San Francisco. Subsequently promoted to VP of sales for the western US. Chairman award winner for the highest percentage of quota globally as the Western US Sales Director. Closing a record breaking $60M deal with Wells Fargo Bank is just one example of a number of very big wins I recorded throughout my sales career.

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James Donovan's current role is FMR Chief Marketing Officer at Panasas.

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James Donovan attended Gannon University, Gannon University.

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