Chief Marketing Officer
Bolingbrook, Il, Us
Member of the senior leadership team in this private, PE-backed company, responsible for all marketing functions and results.• Revitalized Vision's brand messaging and value proposition, contributing to its successful sale to H.I.G. Capital.• Led the rebranding initiative from Vision to Amsive, including name change, brand messaging, visual identity, digital properties, and communication plans. Integrated acquired brands into the Amsive master brand framework.• Established five key verticals and sub-markets through comprehensive market research, segmentation, and sizing. Developed customer journey maps, personas, ideal customer profiles, and a list of high-value targets. Analyzed over 30 competitors and developed playbooks for winning approaches.• Rationalized product and portfolio offerings from acquisitions into a unified structure. Developed modular content library with aligned brand, product, and portfolio messaging tailored to customer needs at each buying stage based on vertical and persona.• Implemented a full-funnel demand generation strategy with integrated campaigns across multiple channels. Reimagined event marketing with a new booth design and targeted content delivery.• While serving as interim sales leader, developed a lead-to-revenue marketing and sales process, defined stages, criteria, and clear KPIs in CRM. Conducted training workshops on brand, product, and portfolio messaging, empowering 95 team members.• Optimized organizational structure around a core marketing center of excellence with a formal marketing operations department. Implemented CRM upgrade to Salesforce.com, Salesforce Marketing Cloud B2B and B2C, and Tableau for measurement and reporting.• Delivered exceptional outcomes, driving significant revenue and EBITDA growth through organic strategies and M&A activities. Achieved impressive ROI on marketing restructuring. Significantly improved sales conversion rate and streamlined sales cycle, boosting overall efficiency