With a professional background that spans over 30 years in Telecom, Networking and IT, Jill is a lifelong technology visionary dedicated to commercializing technologies that power today’s businesses. Having worked in the seed, startup and growth business lifecycle, Jill has played an instrumental role in launching new industries and as an early adopter of cutting edge technologies in the 3 decades marketing technology:• Mid 1990s Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) – The technology that makes it possible for Zoom, Skype and Teams.• Early 2000s Virtual Private Network (VPN) – The technology that allows us to work remotely in a secure environment.• Early 2010s Cloud/IoT/AI – accelerating insights for IT professionals through more efficient processing of intense simulations and big data analysis. (IoT, Deep/Machine Learning/AI. Dealing with such complex technologies, Jill leverages her background as a master marketer to turn what she likes to call “engineese” into messages that resonate with a wide audience such C-Level (CIO, CTO, CEO, CFO), IT and Engineering Developers, and Engineering, Telecommunication and IT Executives and Administrators. As a serial entrepreneur, Jill runs many companies creating brands, driving awareness, generating demand and enabling scale for clients that range from start up to Fortune 500.Prior to her current role, Jill served as VP of Marketing, for Adaptive Computing where she was instrumental in marketing early stage Cloud and Big Data technologies as well HPC scheduling and optimization software products and services. Jill has also held several senior management positions, including, CMO for Cierra (VoIP Carrier), VP of Marketing for Asita (VPN Hardware), Director of Marketing for CAIS (Internet Software) and Marcom roles for Nuera (VoIP Gateway) and others where her efforts significantly contributed to sizable revenue growth and capturing market share. Jill has launched several startups, raised substantial capital and has been on the leadership team during three acquisitions including the acquisition of CAIS by Cisco. Jill is a published author and in addition to launching new industries, she has brought to market countless new products.
Listed skills include Product Management, Marketing Communications, Product Marketing, Competitive Analysis, and 35 others.