Delivered an average of $11M per year in new revenue growth from 2011-2018

As a marketing leader, I have had the responsibility of helping technology and consumer-oriented businesses grow by optimizing and enhancing their marketing performance. Over the past eight years in marketing leadership roles (Director level and above), My teams and I have delivered a combined $85.8M in new revenue growth.

Across B2B and B2C, startups to Fortune 500, I have a track record for performance

Whether it is leading demand generation for SaaS and Enterprise software companies or positioning digital solutions to SMBs, my technology marketing experience helps companies succeed. I have shown the ability to drive demand and top-of-funnel increases with precision, honing in on potential buyers and their needs, and assisting sales with funnel acceleration to close. This has spanned B2B audiences as well as B2B2C audiences where a multi-faceted marketing approaches are necessary to increase awareness.

My marketing leadership experience has been spanned across SMBs as well as Enterprise markets both in North America and EMEA. It has also included exposure to many other types of business through my consulting practice across talent management, commercial real estate, reputation management solutions, and social media marketing.

Who are the companies?


Ascend Learning is a world-leading technology and education company that brings unique content, software and great student results to healthcare and other high-growth career industries. The company was acquired by Blackstone in 2017 for $2.5B and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

www.ascendlearning.com


nuHome was a technology start-up that was founded in 2014 in Chandler, AZ. It was originally seeded with $26M from a private investor and grew to over 400 employees. nuHome, similar to HomeAdvisor, connected new home owners to local home service professionals. It grew from $1.4M to over $12M in revenue during that time and expanded into over 100 markets across the U.S. The company was in the process of bringing on more investors before it closed in 2017.


Hibu Inc. is a leading provider of digital marketing solutions to local businesses across the US with $1.5B+ annual revenue. Through a comprehensive portfolio of services including digital listings management, website development and management, search engine marketing and optimization, online and mobile display, social campaign creation and management, and directories, Hibu helps businesses compete and succeed.

www.hibu.com


Znode was was an INC 500 Fasted Growing Company and #21 in software. It was acquired by hibu in 2011 as part of its digital transformation strategy. Znode is an enterprise, B2B ecommerce platform developed to enable growth through a rich set of built-in features to easily manage content, site search, product information and multi-store functionality. Znode’s built-in B2B functionality supports complex pricing, complex inventory, complex product types, workflow approvals, quote management and list management. The platform is completely headless with over 600 APIs allowing for greater extensibility, easier integrations and consistent functional updates. Znode is a product of Amla Commerce.

www.znode.com


The Emerson Electric Co. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Ferguson, Missouri, United States. This Fortune 500 company manufactures products and provides engineering services for a wide range of industrial, commercial, and consumer markets. It had reported revenues of $15.B in 2017.

www.emerson.com

Digital Air Strike™ is the leading consumer engagement company. We provide the most comprehensive software and managed service platform for social media marketing, online reputation management, AI powered intelligent messaging, and lead response. A pioneer in consumer engagement technology, Digital Air Strike monitors, improves and manages consumer engagement for thousands of businesses across the United States and Canada including seven of the largest automobile manufacturers. It has revenues over $30M annually. www.digitalairstrike.com


With a North America headquarters situated in sunny Tempe, Arizona, and a practiced network of partners that extends their reach globally, Priasoft’s innovative technology is at the forefront of several of the world’s most notable Fortune 500 migration projects. Established in 1999, Priasoft was first to market a trusted tool-set to expertly migrate customer emails to and from messaging platforms. Since then, their solutions have continued to “set the standard” for proven migration practices and have resulted in the successful migration of over 30,000,000 Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes and Public Folders worldwide.

www.priasoft.com

Other Notable Highlights

$510K

Ascend Learning

In additional online ecommerce revenue growth annualized since launching the new website in July 2018 including an average monthly increase in overall conversion rate of 8.5% YOY

277%

Ascend Learning

Increase in SQLs delivered in 2018 from prior year. Responsible for delivering all martech integrations for overall campaign growth and success

470%

Ascend Learning

Increase in revenue growth delivered across more than 350 custom built B2B client storefronts from 2017 to 2018

$830K

Ascend Learning

Revenue driven from Paid Search in 2018, representing a 277% increase from prior year with a ROAS of 430%

530+

Ascend Learning

Increase in 4 to 5 star online company and product reviews following overhaul of the reputation management strategy and overall improvement to positive consumer sentiment

350%

nuHome

Revenue growth delivered in less than 12 months with a CMGR of 40% as company expanded into 35 states across the U.S.

$9.2M

nuHome

Growth in annualized revenue run-rate in less than 12 months (June 2015 to June 2016)

900%

nuHome

Increase in website visitors in less than 12 months while also launching online scheduling and activation portal tools

230%

Startegy

Increased client’s overall website traffic 230% in a year through site redesign, content marketing, SEM and SEO strategies

125%

Startegy

Increased software client’s inbound B2B conversions and leads by 125% in 12 months post merger

$70M

hibu

Annualized revenue from delivery of digital product (websites) to market in less than two years at a 7% CMGR

$22M

Znode

Increase delivered in overall enterprise sales pipeline (400% growth in 13 months) from B2B marketing campaigns

$550K

Znode

Annual division budget cost-reduction from paid advertising realized without any drop in traffic or conversions

500%

Znode

Increase in world-wide partner acquisition in 2013 by developing and implementing channel marketing plan

400%

Znode

Increase delivered in lead generation and sales pipeline growth from B2B campaign execution.

Career Timeline

  • 2008-Present

     

    Consultant and Strategic Marketing Advisor


    I have assisted many small and medium-sized businesses with transformational marketing strategy, improving processes and increasing B2B lead generation through a wide mix of online and digital strategies. Have custom developed over 10 websites for companies like Digital Air Strike, Viawest Group, Advantex, Priasoft, and Konstruct Design Build. These engagements have mostly focused on the client’s web presence and digital demand generation strategy optimization.

    ● Worked with clients to achieve their digital rebranding objectives including redesigning and development of five corporate websites

    ● One software client experienced a 125% increase in inbound leads in less than twelve months. Developed content marketing assets and an inbound framework to increase lead generation and awareness

    ● Consulted and assisted in martech integrations and optimization; architected metrics and reporting processes for analysis

    ● Delivered 32% increase in projected sales pipeline through inbound programs at Digital Air Strike and a 25% increase in prospect engagement

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  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2019

     

    Director of Marketing and Ecommerce, ExamFX


    As Director of Marketing and Ecommerce for the professional licensing business of Ascend Learning (Examfx), I was responsible for developing and leading the marketing and demand generation of a $22M business unit, including $13M across the primary web ecommerce channel that serves both B2B and B2C audiences. During this time, I successfully led the post-merger branding and communications strategy, redesigned all sales enablement and content materials, designed and implemented the new
    online website, enhanced revenue across B2B2C client organizations and candidates, and rebuilt the B2B demand generation engine.

    ● Redeveloped brand architecture and assets post-merger with TesTeachers and positioned all online and offline channels, technologies, and data analysis for scalability and growth sustainability

    ● Delivered significant increases in online conversion rates, online revenue, ROAS, consumer engagement, reputation scores, and all relevant KPIs while savings hundreds of thousands in out-sourced costs

    ●Introduced Account-Based Marketing strategies across key B2B client accounts utilizing enhanced integration between CRM, CMS, and Email Automation (Hubspot).

    ● Delivered a 277% increase in sales qualified leads YOY

    ● Developed social media and online engagement strategy to communicate and nurture across the various touch-points and channels. This includes increasing total social media followers by 386% in 1.5 years

    ● Implemented online reputation management strategies utilizing the Trustpilot enterprise platform that improved online reputation scores from 2.3 out of 10 to 9.0 out of 10 across over 520 positive reviews

    ● Designed and developed new website and ecommerce checkout in 2018 supporting a $12M ecommerce business and 1.4M unique users. This includes improving overall conversion rate 30% YOY and saving the business more than $300,000 in capital investment costs. Total project time was just four months.

    ● Built more than 350 client portals (stores) and increased ecom revenue by 470% post-implementation and led the effort to transition organization’s candidates to utilizing the B2B purchasing experience.

    ● Increased B2B direct revenue through storefronts 470% YOY to $1.7M

    ● Overall management of selected paid search vendor, A360, and delivered a 133% improvement in ad ROI, 32% improvement in profit per transaction, and reduced cost per acquisition by 50% across all online ads. Total revenue from paid sources improved 95% YOY to over $830k in 2018.

    ● Delivered over 50 new sales enablement tools and content marketing assets in less than a year

    ● Designed the content marketing program including creation of the Success Hub Blog; aggregating and publishing over 20 articles that were consumed by over 2k users in 2018 with associated value of $45k

    ● Co-developed Securities Industry Essentials product launch with Product Director including go-to-market strategy implementation. Surpassed 2018 new product revenue by 75%

    ●  Developed and led the student survey customer satisfaction program and established service benchmarks and pass rate information to be strategically utilized to measure overall company performance

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  • May 2015 - Jan 2017

     

    Chief Marketing Officer / Vice President of Marketing / Director of Marketing


    As Chief Marketing Officer at nuHome, I led the company’s overall marketing, communications and branding efforts through geographic expansion into 37 states. This also included primary responsibility for leading the digital transformation efforts including integrated digital strategy, sem, seo, web, social media, email automation, consumer experience (both client and consumer), paid advertising campaigns and online user engagement. I also maintained a key role in the on the investment team through its first Series A funding round and valuation ($50-80M). Here I worked with analysts on overall strategy, future initiatives, product marketing, budgeting and digital transformation that would result in rapid growth and increased company revenue.

    ● Part of executive team responsible for delivering a 40% (CMGR) and a 350% (YOY) revenue growth $1.8M to $10.1M in less than two years.

    ● Delivered a 2800% overall increase in social engagement across main social channels, including over 20k followers on Facebook

    ● Led a successful rebranding launch effort focused on a consumer brand architecture while expanding nationwide into 35 states and 105 MSAs

    ● Implemented B2B and B2C marketing strategies to increase both consumer subscriber adoption and signup by small businesses. Increased partner signups

    ● Designed and developed new company website with saw an increase of online visitors by 900% while also launching online activation and scheduling tools

    ● Assisted with the development of strategic investor materials with the C-suite, attended meetings with potential investors and presenting strategy

    ● Assisted product team with development of the ping tree system SaaS solution for SMB’s.

    ● Launched newly developed website and increased visitors by 900% in less than 16 months; implemented online scheduling tools and user activation portal

    ● Increased Pro improvement requests by 22% from 2016 to 2017 as well as an increase of 112% for partner appointments set

    ● Marketing and awareness efforts drove an increase in subscribers/users from 386k in 2015 to 1.2M in 2017 representing a 210% increase in two years

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  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2014

     

    Director of Digital Product Marketing


    Designed and developed the product marketing capability for digital products at hibu that include Search PPC, websites, social and other digital properties comprising over $700M in annual sales of various SaaS solutions. Interfaced with geo marketing teams, go-to-market teams, research teams, channel and sales organizations to deliver product research, positioning, offer programs and customer analysis that succeeded in accelerating revenue growth and adoption of digital products by customers.

    ● Developed product strategy with Go-to-Market and digital product team for websites that enabled a 7% GMGR to $38.4M in annual revenue in less than 14 months. Increased product sales from 259 websites at launch to over 45,000 in 2014.

    ● Responsible for refinement and optimization of go-to-market, messaging, and marketing initiatives for WebReach that achieved $32.6M in new revenue growth in less than 12 months. Increased product sales 110% from 2012 to 2014.

    ● Constructed messaging architecture, position and value proposition statements for product portfolio, including working with other teams to conduct market facing tests and analysis

    ● Designed and developed customer journey mapping for individual products that show engagement points, buyer behavior and actions for both company and target customer to assist in uncovering strategic opportunities for increased sales effectiveness

    ● Introduced “voice of customer” feedback and process methodologies to assist in product excellence objectives and customer satisfaction survey instruments

    ● Worked with other departments to pilot the ecommerce product solution for SMBs; onboarded 2,500 successful customers representing $3M in annualized revenue increase

    ● Conducted competitive research and developed sales enablement and product marketing tools to benchmark competitive offerings and comparisons

    ● Informed and consulted senior leaders on pilot customer feedback programs

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  • Jun 2011 - Oct 2013

     

    Director of Marketing, Znode


    Responsible for post-acquisition growth and strategic marketing execution of the newly acquired Znode ecommerce business unit. Led significant growth of our sales pipeline through integrated marketing strategy and inbound methodology implementation. Also assisted in increasing presence across Europe and the partner channel. I built and led a team of seven marketers while also assisting in the overall brand transformation strategy for the Yell Group into hibu. Was selected to the new digital products marketing and go-to-market team where I had duel roles for Znode and direction of product marketing.

    ● Planned, developed and executed B2B demand generation strategy and channel marketing campaigns across all core Znode products driving revenue, pipeline growth and customer engagement through all channels

    ● Managed the marketing communications roadmap as it relates to products, feature introduction and campaign gating. Working with outside creative agencies on advanced projects

    ● Managed the customer journey optimization strategy driving landing page testing, a/b multivariate testing, banner and ad copy continuity through to the demand funnel, and working to implement strategies to optimize conversion yield

    ● Managed the creative process and campaign evolution, across digital channels, stewarding the quality control process, aligning with legal requirements and ensuring strategic and brand alignment

    ● Developed content marketing strategy and launched over 40 various content assets in less than a year to facilitate demand generation

    ● Developed and directed the $2M+ annual marketing budget including $750k in paid search management

    ● Appointed by CMO to the Global Branding Council during hibu’s worldwide rebranding process

    ● Management responsibility of seven resources across two roles with hibu, including five in Columbus office, two in King of Prussia, and one in the UK

    ● Responsible for developing and directing the annual tradeshow and event schedule of more than 25 events per year in the U.S. and UK.

    ● Collaborated across the Product, Sales and IT teams around new product launches ensuring marketing voice is integrated and needs are clearly communicated, scheduled and executed

    ● Increased sales pipeline growth 400% in 2013 led by a newly developed and target inbound campaign towards wholesales companies and distributors.

    ● Responsible for development and integration of the martech platforms (Pardot, SFDC, and Sitecore) to ensure success of inbound B2B demand generation programs

    ● Maintained the relationship with Gartner and Forrester Research

    ● Significantly reduced paid advertising and spend by $500k a year without losing overall inbound lead conversion quality or any reduction in website traffic

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  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2011

     

    Marketing Manager


    Responsible for leading the marketing function for Znode, the leading .NET ecommerce platform for midsize and enterprise businesses. Znode was acquired in June 2011 by hibu after becoming one of the fastest growing businesses and featured in the INC 500. It was #21 fastest growing software company. Delivered the overall marketing strategy, demand generation, and budget management.
  • May 2008 - Jan 2011

     

    Sr. Marketing Specialist / Marketing Specialist


    Responsible for direct implementation and management of integrated marketing programs and objectives that support business unit with combined annual revenues of $150M.  General duties include ensuring marketing, branding, and communications projects are aligned and executed according to the overall marketing strategy and create value for the organization.

    ● Managed and execute all aspects of content creation, design, and implementation of nationwide marketing campaigns using various media and communication strategies

    ● Designed and produced all internal and external marketing collateral while also providing content support for nationwide sales offices and increasing the visibility of company’s value proposition strategy

    ● Responsible for lead management activities, which includes analyzing and coordination with different sales teams

    ● Maintained all marketing and branding guidelines while maintaining consistency in company marketing activities

    ● Assisted in marketing research activities such as evaluation of market opportunities, customers, and competition; assemble metrics to be used by Director of Marketing and senior management team

    ● Updated and managed company intranet and digital archives

    ● Design, coordinate and develop HTML invitations and facilitate execution of various nationwide e-campaigns

    ● Developed and initiated customer case studies, including interviewing, writing, and creation of copy and design

    ● Coordinated and supported the execution of company’s annual tradeshow and Lunch-n-Learn initiatives, ensuring on-time scheduling, setup, staffing, and delivery of marketing and promotion materials for 20 to 30 events per year

    ● Responsible for maintaining and optimizing online advertising and website tracking with Google Analytics; reporting of metrics to management, and updating nationwide business listing indexes

    ● Oversaw procurement and inventory management of company’s marketing fulfillment services, ensuring in-stock items available for order and timely delivery for support of various sales activities and programs

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  • Jan 2008 - May 2008

     

    Marketing Contractor

    Columbus, OH

  • May 2005 - May 2008

     

    President and Owner


    Small business startup that supplied products and services directly to area youth sports leagues in Columbus, OH and surrounding communities. Product and services included website design and management, catalog design, league photography sales, uniform sourcing, branded items, trophies, and equipment. A partner organization that aims to be a single-source solution for youth sports leagues in all areas of fulfillment and management.
  • Jun 2003 - May 2005

     

    Account Executive


    As division of Ohio based Environmental Services organization, the Fibercare division specialized in customized carpet maintenance programs for commercial, industrial, entertainment, and healthcare industry customers. Responsible for all sales and growth objectives of assigned area, as well as, overseeing customer accounts and renewal objectives. Additionally responsible for building out website, collateral and marketing requirements.

    ● Grew division revenue 60% in less than two years and 45 annual accounts

    ● Worked with local agency on rebranding and digital website strategy

    ● Developed internal CRM system to facilitate better sales tracking and pipeline processes for the company

  • Jan 2002 - May 2002

     

    Marketing Intern


    Worked on the Pontiac Aztek campus marketing campaign for the University of Tennessee. Was responsible for doing market and brand research initiatives that gauged segment interest of postgraduate buyers. Developed campus-wide campaign and event that aimed to create awareness and aggregated research results for presentation to corporate brand and product owners.