Work Experience
KUBRA (August 2018 - present)

SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT, MARKETING
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Reporting to the CEO, responsible for global marketing strategy and member of executive team
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Influence over $60M USD of annual opportunities YoY, company revenues of over $250M USD
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Recent overview of 2024 annual client conference. Built a $17M pipeline from a $350K spend
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Oversaw exhibits at 22 tradeshows in 2023 yielding 2300+ qualified leads
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Published/cultivated 25 client video testimonials over 2 years - strongly impacting sales wins
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Year 1 accomplishments can be found here.
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Tripled size of marketing team over 5 years, introduced product marketing discipline/team and achieved highest employee retention rate across the company over 4 years (even through the great resignation)
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Achieved 60% increase in attendance at annual client conference YoY (and growing) with most recent conference resulting in perfect attendee post-survey scores for “would you recommend to a colleague” and “rate the conference from 1 to 5” (5/5 in both cases)
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Rolled out positioning and strategy for 2025 company vision in-house – first ever strategy video with average employee ratings of 4.7/5
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Introduced new software platforms including CRM (Hubspot), social media sharing (Sociabble), lead capture software (iCapture), competitive intelligence software (Klue), marketing attribution software (CaliberMind) and lead generation/management (ZoomInfo)
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Achieved superb cross-functional collaboration with sales as evidence yearly performance survey with average score of 4.6/5 in terms of overall partnership satisfaction with several quotes including “marketing is the best department in the company”
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Participated in many industry conferences (virtual and in-person) as a trusted speaker and company brand ambassador. Host and attendee of Experience Better - The CX Podcast.
SENIOR DIRECTOR, FIELD MARKETING AND CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY MARKETS
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Responsible for overseeing North American demand generation and customer engagement strategy for community banks segment
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Oversee team of field marketers, event marketers and customer engagement specialists
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Manage collection and analysis of demand generation and customer engagement metrics and measurement to ensure maximum MROI
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Ensure introduction and adherence of Finastra brand into all marketing assets
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Strategic lead on Americas Finastra executive conferences
SENIOR DIRECTOR, DEMAND GENERATION, GLOBAL LENDING SOLUTIONS
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Responsible for North American demand generation strategy and execution for Global Lending Solutions division ($650M USD portfolio)
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Led team of demand generation specialists including: content, graphic design, project management, client reference/loyalty, events and marketing analytics specialists
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Assumed leadership role with respect to annual executive client conference securing high profile keynote speaker (Robert Herjavec) and oversaw content and communications plan
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Liaised with central corporate marketing team to leverage pool of design assets, talent and digital reporting capabilities
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Oversaw consumer mortgage origination market research study and leveraged it into multiple assets that have been used online, with clients, in sales & account management training, and at key industry events
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE (formerly Nexient Learning Inc.) (Dec. 2008 - Nov. 2014)
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
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Oversaw digital strategy, including SEM, email marketing, and social media
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Introduced ROI marketing metrics using custom technology and processes
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Monitored success rate/performance on a weekly and quarterly basis
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Managed marketing across IT, BPI, and Leadership LOBs
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Conducted market and brand awareness research using IPSOS
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Developed and implemented strategies to meet end goals and targets
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Planned and administered a $2M marketing budget
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Partnered with 4 sales directors across Canada
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Executed cold calling campaigns for sales lead generatioN
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Increased web traffic by 50% YOY (2011-2012) – an unprecedented performance
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Tripled the volume of online and offline marketing resulting in $2M in new revenue per quarter
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Launched the 1st ever Executive Speaker Series selling out events across Canada
For additional experience, visit my LinkedIn profile.