THE B2B CMO 100 LIST
Marketing Leaders Shaping
the Future
The B2B CMO 100 honors an elite group of marketing executives who are redefining leadership, driving business impact, and elevating the role of marketing within the C-suite. These leaders are not only delivering results, they are shaping strategy, influencing enterprise decisions, and setting the standard for modern B2B marketing leadership.

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The B2B CMO 100 List

Abby Gabriel

CMO, Schneider Electric

Abby Gabriel is Chief Marketing Officer for North America at Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and digital automation. A driven and strategic marketing executive, Abby is known for delivering superior results by blending high-level vision with precise operational execution. She approaches her work as a diplomatic challenger, bringing fresh perspective to both existing programs and new initiatives to ensure they meet their full potential. A collaborative leader at her core, Abby leads by example and consistently draws out the best in her teams, building a culture of accountability, creativity, and shared commitment to solving complex business challenges.

Adam Berlew

CMO, Equinix

Adam Berlew is the Chief Marketing Officer at Equinix, where he drives global marketing efforts focused on demand generation, pipeline growth and brand differentiation. He is responsible for advancing the company's market presence and accelerating customer growth and acquisition through innovative, data-driven strategies.

A board member and seasoned executive, Adam brings deep expertise across go-to-market strategy, product marketing, and strategy. He is known for building strong brands, innovating with AI and automation, and leading high-performing teams through periods of growth and transformation. With extensive experience across cloud, technology, and telecommunications, he has held senior leadership roles at Atlassian, Google Cloud, Broadcom, Dell, and BCG.

Alisa Barber

CMO, Paysafe

Alisa Barber is Chief Marketing Officer at Paysafe, where she leads a comprehensive transformation of the company's marketing function, focused on establishing a unified brand architecture, data-driven decision making, and centralized marketing operations. Since joining in 2022, Alisa has driven global marketing initiatives, increased merchant acquisition for payment processing solutions, and grown consumer engagement for wallet products. Her marketing philosophy combines compelling storytelling with data to generate demand at scale. Prior to Paysafe, she served as VP of Marketing and Demand at Verint, and before that spent over 17 years at FIS in senior sales and marketing roles within the financial services industry.

Amber Armstrong

CMO, Agentforce Applications at Salesforce

Amber Armstrong is Chief Marketing Officer of Agentforce Applications at Salesforce, where she leads marketing for a $24 billion portfolio spanning Sales, Service, Marketing, Commerce, and Field Service clouds. A portfolio CMO who thinks like a CEO, Amber specializes in translating complex AI technologies into customer-centric strategies, a through-line spanning over a decade from IBM Watson to LivePerson to Salesforce. She created Salesblazer, a media and community platform recognized as the number one content project of the year. Her perspective is shaped by a global mindset, having lived, visited, worked, or studied in 49 countries.

Amy King

CMO, Relias

As Chief Marketing Officer at Relias, Amy King leads the marketing organization responsible for driving awareness, growth, and engagement for a connected healthcare workforce platform serving 13,000 organizations and 4.5 million caregivers. Under her leadership, Amy has led the shift from a point-solution offering to a comprehensive portfolio that empowers healthcare learning, performance, compliance, and quality — improving patient care and workforce outcomes. Known for her ability to translate complex technologies into tangible value for healthcare leaders, Amy is a driving force behind leveraging AI and automation to enhance marketing effectiveness and operational efficiency. She fosters strong collaboration across Marketing, Product, Sales, RevOps, Customer Success, and Data and AI to champion a culture of trust, innovation, and adaptability. Since joining Relias in 2021, Amy has drawn on her extensive experience in leadership roles at Vanguard Software, Zaloni, Pixalate, and MaxPoint (Vericast) to advance the organization’s vision in a rapidly changing market.

“The bar for marketing is higher than ever. The most effective teams are harnessing AI and automation, upskilling their workforce, and creating new ways of working to distill what matters, demonstrate their impact, and adapt before the market makes the decision for them.”

Amy Osmond Cook

CMO, Fullcast

Amy Osmond Cook serves as Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Fullcast, a revenue operations and go-to-market platform revolutionizing how organizations align sales and marketing functions. As a co-founder with a Ph.D. in Communications, she brings entrepreneurial vision and intimate understanding of customer challenges to marketing strategy development. She leverages her founding perspective to drive Fullcast's market positioning, customer acquisition, and thought leadership within the revenue operations and GTM technology landscape. Amy has a proven track record helping multiple high-growth companies move from Series A through acquisition. She is also an award-winning business leader, educator, and community builder with a sharp eye for brand, revenue strategy, and storytelling.

Andres Botero

CMO, Horizon3.ai

Andres Botero is Chief Marketing Officer at Horizon3.ai, the AI-native proactive security company redefining how organizations validate and strengthen their defenses and behind NodeZero®, the world’s best AI hacker. A transformational leader with 20+ years of experience, he creates market categories, drives exponential pipeline growth, and orchestrates successful exits through strategic positioning, data-driven execution, and authentic sales partnership. Andres has achieved top-right positions in 12 Gartner Magic Quadrant categories across six companies. He previously served as CMO at Rubrik and Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at BlackLine, with earlier leadership roles at CallidusCloud, Aria Systems, SAP, and Siebel Systems.

Anthony Pappas

CMO, DXC Technology

Anthony Pappas is Chief Marketing Officer at DXC Technology, leading global marketing, brand, communications, and customer engagement with a focus on storytelling, demand generation, and data-driven performance. He also plays a central role in Lab X, DXC's AI incubator accelerating innovation across the business.

Before DXC, Anthony served as President and Chief Creative Officer of DMI's Global Brand Marketing division, transforming it into the company's top-performing profit center. He previously founded the Pappas Group, a digital creative agency serving Hilton, Toyota, and Under Armour, earning over 1,000 industry awards before its acquisition by DMI. Anthony is passionate about helping global brands find clarity, purpose, and connection in how they show up in the world.

Antonio Lucio

EVP and Chief Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer, HP Inc.

Antonio Lucio is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer at HP Inc., where he leads brand, marketing, and communications strategy globally. Having held Global CMO roles at Meta, Visa, and HP, and served as Chief Innovation and Portfolio Transformation Officer at PepsiCo, Antonio brings an unparalleled track record to one of the world's most iconic technology brands.

He is one of the few marketing leaders inducted into the American Advertising Federation, American Marketing Association, and Forbes Most Influential CMOs halls of fame. A passionate DEI advocate, he co-founded Virtuosi LEAP and serves as an Executive Fellow at Yale School of Management.

Brian Hovey

CMO, Rockwell Automation

Brian Hovey is Chief Marketing Officer at Rockwell Automation, a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. A customer-focused global executive with a proven record of delivering growth across dynamic industries, Brian brings deep expertise in developing differentiated go-to-market strategies, accelerating growth through product innovation and sales excellence, and driving digital-enabled commercial transformation. He has successfully led marketing across industries including high-tech computing, telecommunications, industrial automation, retail, and life safety. An agile commercial leader with P&L impact experience spanning startups to multi-billion-dollar global enterprises, Brian is recognized for building, cultivating, and inspiring world-class, high-performing teams.

Brian Kotlyar

CMO, Hightouch

Brian Kotlyar is CMO at Hightouch, the composable customer data platform, where he leads marketing strategy and drives customer acquisition. With extensive experience scaling B2B technology companies, Brian brings a proven track record of building high-performing marketing organizations. He previously served as SVP of Marketing at New Relic, where he played a pivotal role in tripling the company's growth rate during a period of rapid expansion in the public markets. He also served as Head of Marketing at Intercom and was an early employee at Sprinklr, which later went public on the NYSE, contributing significantly to that company's growth.

Bryan Law

CMO, Nerdio

Bryan Law is the Chief Marketing Officer at Nerdio, the leading platform for managing and optimizing Windows Cloud environments. Bryan brings an unconventional lens to marketing that is rooted in neuroscience, behavioral economics, and empirical research from organizations like the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute. Before Nerdio, Bryan held senior marketing roles at Salesforce, Tableau, ZoomInfo, and SentinelOne, as well as spent over a decade in strategy, analytics, and management consulting at Google and Monitor Deloitte. That foundation drives his belief that marketing is a system -- one that can be measured, optimized, and scaled to drive real business outcomes.

"The brands that win are the ones remembered in buying situations. Neuroscience tells us how to make that happen."

Carrie Palin

Senior Vice President and CMO, Cisco

Carrie Palin is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Cisco, where she leads brand strategy, field and partner marketing, digital experience, and global events as a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Under her leadership, Cisco earned recognition as the number one pure B2B brand globally by Interbrand, and she spearheaded a landmark transformation of Cisco.com. Before Cisco, Carrie served as CMO at Splunk, SendGrid, and Box, and held marketing leadership roles at IBM and Dell. Named to the Forbes World's Most Influential CMOs list in both 2023 and 2024, she serves on the boards of NetApp and DemandScience.

Cary Bainbridge

CMO, ABM Industries

Cary Bainbridge is Chief Marketing Officer at ABM Industries, a Fortune 500 facility services company, where she transformed the marketing function into a strategic growth engine. A core driver of ABM's brand transformation in 2012, she has also led the successful brand integration of more than 20 acquisitions into a cohesive, unified identity. Cary oversees strategic planning, market research, creative services, and integrated marketing while ensuring tight alignment across sales, communications, operations, and culture.

She also serves on the governing body of the Atlanta CMO Executive Summit and on the Emerging Leaders Council at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Chris Bontempo

CMO, Johnson Controls

Chris Bontempo is Chief Marketing Officer at Johnson Controls, where he leads enterprise marketing strategy focused on demand creation, capture, conversion, and expansion, while strengthening brand equity through market development, research, and planning. A seasoned B2B marketing leader, Chris brings deep expertise in aligning marketing with sales and partner ecosystems to solve complex customer challenges at scale. Before joining Johnson Controls, he served as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for IBM Americas, overseeing all marketing and communications across the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Chris also led field and channel marketing for IBM's Cloud and Cognitive Software portfolio.

Chris Koehler

CMO, Twilio

Chris Koehler is Chief Marketing Officer at Twilio, responsible for global marketing strategy with a focus on expanding brand awareness and driving messaging across Twilio's Segment and Communications platforms. With over 25 years of experience leading marketing, sales, and product teams, he brings expertise spanning customer analytics, branding, product marketing, demand generation, and customer success. Previously, Chris served as CMO at Box and held marketing and commercial leadership roles at Adobe, E*TRADE Financial, SunTrust Bank, and Claritas. He has a passion for analytics, digital trends, and building high-performing teams that deliver exceptional results and value to customers and stakeholders.

Cindy Zhou

CMO, Imprivata

Cindy Zhou, the CMO at Imprivata, brings extensive experience building high-impact marketing organizations across cybersecurity, AI, and enterprise technology. A seasoned go-to-market architect, she has been part of five successful exits and 16 mergers and acquisitions on both the buy and sell sides. Before Imprivata, Cindy served as CMO at KnowBe4 and LogRhythm, and held senior marketing leadership roles at IBM and Verizon. A member of the exclusive WSJ CMO Council, she was named a Star CMO by DCA Live in 2023, 2021, and 2019, and recognized as one of the Top 101 B2B Marketing Influencers by CMO Huddles in 2023.

"We always have to put the customer at the center, marketing has a much bigger role to play when it comes to customer retention and churn reduction than traditionally thought of in the past."

Colin Fleming

Executive Vice President and CMO, ServiceNow

Colin Fleming is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at ServiceNow, where he leads global marketing and communications strategy with a focus on bold storytelling, product-led narratives, and AI-native marketing operations. Named to Forbes' World's Most Influential CMOs list in his first year at ServiceNow, Colin brings nearly two decades of enterprise marketing experience. Before ServiceNow, he spent 13 years at Salesforce as EVP of Global Marketing and Chief Brand Officer, earning Adweek's B2B Brand of the Year and AdAge's Marketer of the Year honors.

His career began as a professional race car driver and Formula 1 test driver for Red Bull Racing, an experience that shaped his decisive, high-performance leadership style.

Dara Treseder

CMO, Autodesk

Dara Treseder serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Autodesk, overseeing global marketing, branding, communications, e-commerce, demand generation, digital initiatives, and education strategy for this forward-thinking technology company that is reshaping the way things are designed and created worldwide.  A veteran CMO, she previously held marketing leadership roles at Peloton, Carbon, GE Ventures, Apple, and Goldman Sachs. Forbes named her the World's Most Influential CMO, and she made history as the first Black inductee into the Forbes CMO Hall of Fame, and Business Insider named her one of the Top 25 Most Innovative CMOs in the World. Dara serves on the board of Robinhood.

Deb Wolf

CMO, Dataminr

Deb Wolf is Chief Marketing Officer at Dataminr, responsible for elevating the company's brand, driving customer engagement, and supporting growth goals. She brings deep expertise in category creation, demand generation, account-based marketing, and sales enablement. Prior to Dataminr, she served as CMO at Lookout, where she pivoted the company from B2C to B2B, expanded its product portfolio from mobile to cloud security, and scaled its go-to-market efforts. Deb has held marketing leadership roles at Workday, Integrate, and BetterUp, and advises CEOs at several early-stage AI and data companies.

Denise Persson

CMO, Snowflake

Denise Persson is Chief Marketing Officer at Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, where she has been a driving force since 2016. Overseeing worldwide marketing initiatives, she has played a pivotal role in scaling Snowflake's revenue from $1 million to over $4 billion, one of the most remarkable growth trajectories in enterprise technology. With over 25 years of experience at high-growth technology companies, Denise previously served as CMO at Apigee, which went public in 2015 and was subsequently acquired by Google. She began her career at Genesys, where she built a global marketing organization and helped guide the company through a successful IPO and acquisition.

"As a CMO today, you need to be good at so many things. You need to be a growth architect, you need to be a technologist, and you need to be a customer-obsessed ambassador."

Elizabeth Maxson

CMO, Contentful

Elizabeth Maxson is Chief Marketing Officer at Contentful, a leading content management platform trusted by more than 4,200 companies worldwide. With nearly two decades of integrated marketing leadership, Elizabeth focuses on AI-driven and personalized content strategies that help brands deliver at scale. Before joining Contentful, she served as CMO at Tableau, a Salesforce company, where she led very successful go-to-market strategy and end-to-end marketing initiatives. Prior to serving as Head of Marketing at Quip, Elizabeth spearheaded Strategic Technology Partnerships marketing at Salesforce, launching high-profile relationships with AWS, Google Cloud, Apple, Alibaba, in addition to other industry leaders.

"There's a huge opportunity to build trust with your executives if you're open and transparent about what's working and what's not."

Emma Chalwin

CMO, Workday

Emma Chalwin is the Chief Marketing Officer at Workday, leading global marketing to champion brand growth and drive customer demand. An award-winning storyteller and recognized industry leader, Emma’s work has earned numerous accolades for creativity and innovation. She is an unwavering advocate for empathetic, courageous, and purpose-driven leadership, bringing a genuine, human-first approach to technological change—with the belief that AI is the engine and human potential is the focus.

Before joining Workday, Emma served as the Executive Vice President of Field Marketing at Salesforce, successfully shaping go-to-market strategies and leading high-impact demand generation. Her extensive background includes global brand and marketing leadership positions at Adobe, McAfee, and Macrovision.

Fiona Carter

CMO, Goldman Sachs

Fiona Carter serves as Chief Marketing Officer and Partner at Goldman Sachs, the global investment banking and financial services company. In this prominent role, she leads comprehensive marketing and brand strategy for one of the world's most recognized financial institutions. She develops initiatives positioning Goldman Sachs across investment banking, trading, and wealth management sectors while maintaining brand integrity and market leadership. Her strategic leadership drives customer engagement, market positioning, and corporate communications that reflect Goldman Sachs' standing as a premier global financial services provider. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Fiona held C-Level leadership roles at AT&T and Omnicom Group. DAS.

Genefa Murphy

CMO, jFrog

Genefa Murphy serves as Chief Marketing Officer at JFrog, where she leads the company's global go-to-market strategy driving enterprise growth at scale. A visionary SaaS and AI marketing leader with over 20 years of experience, Genefa blends strategic rigor with creative excellence and relentless execution to build category-defining brands and high-impact growth engines. She brings a passion for authentic leadership, continuous learning, and harnessing the power of new technology. Previously, she served as CMO at Udemy and Five9, and held global marketing leadership roles at Micro Focus and HPE. She has been recognized globally as CMO of the Year.

Guy Marion

CMO, Chargebee

Guy Marion is Chief Marketing Officer at Chargebee, where he leads go-to-market strategy, brand awareness, and customer acquisition for a leading subscription management and revenue growth platform. A revenue-focused SaaS executive with over 15 years of experience, Guy has hands-on expertise scaling ARR from zero to $150 million across marketing, product, growth, and sales functions. Before joining Chargebee, he founded Brightback, a customer retention platform that was acquired by Chargebee and rebranded as Chargebee Retention. His expertise spans inbound and outbound marketing, partner ecosystems, marketing automation, and multi-segment go-to-market execution across SMB, mid-market, and enterprise customers.

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Heidi Bullock

CMO, Tealium

Heidi Bullock is Chief Marketing Officer at Tealium, a leading customer data platform, with a track record of building high-impact marketing organizations across global enterprise technology companies and high-growth startups. Known for building categories and her deep understanding of systems and people, she has led go-to-market strategy, account-based marketing, and sales alignment as CMO at Engagio and Group Vice President of Global Marketing at Marketo. Heidi is a frequent speaker and contributor to leading B2B marketing publications and serves as a board member and strategic advisor.

"For the c-suite, I align around the data that is important to them. Building credibility is making sure that we are aligned on key goals and that we are performing against those goals."

Heidi Wurpel

Vice President of Marketing, Emburse

Heidi Wurpel is Vice President of Marketing at Emburse, a leading spend management platform, where she brings 20 years of transformational marketing leadership across technology, strategy, change management, and portfolio management. A customer-centric, data-driven executive, Heidi operates at the intersection of technology, operations, and creative strategy, giving her a rare ability to bridge marketing and IT functions to drive meaningful business outcomes. Her experience spans global B2B organizations including Emburse and IDEXX, as well as small and mid-sized B2C businesses, equipping her with a versatile perspective on how brands of all sizes can thrive in rapidly evolving markets.

Holly Washington

CMO, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Holly Washington is Chief Marketing Officer of S&P Global Market Intelligence and a member of the division's Operating Committee, where she leads global marketing with a focus on brand building, customer engagement, and demand generation. Spanning both financial services and enterprise software, Holly brings a proven ability to guide brands through transformation with compelling storytelling and high-performing teams. She previously served as a Marketing Director at S&P Global from 2011 to 2019, and most recently as a Managing Director at SS&C Technologies. Her career also includes marketing leadership roles at J.P. Morgan, Thomson Reuters, and Lehman Brothers.

Jackie Helfrich

CMO, TE Connectivity

Jackie Helfrich serves as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for TE Connectivity's Industrial Solutions segment, leading strategic global marketing and customer experience initiatives. A marketing transformation leader with over twenty years of international experience, she excels at deconstructing complex challenges and designing distinctive growth solutions. Jackie has led high-performing teams managing partnerships across North America, Europe, and Asia, with expertise serving Aerospace, Defense, Marine, Energy, Industrial, and Medical sectors. After a transformative role at Xylem, a major water technology company, Helfrich returned to TE to advance commercial innovation and strategic marketing execution.

Jamie Domenici

CMO, Klaviyo

Jamie Domenici is Chief Marketing Officer at Klaviyo, where she leads global marketing, brand strategy, and revenue growth. Since joining in 2023, Jamie has guided the company through its IPO and championed positioning Klaviyo as the only CRM built specifically for B2C brands. A recognized category creator and Silver Stevie Award winner for CMO of the Year, she previously served as CMO at GoTo, leading the company's rebranding from LogMeIn and evolving its go-to-market strategy. Prior to GoTo, she spent a decade at Salesforce in marketing and customer success leadership. She is a passionate advocate for women in technology and inclusive leadership.

Janice Caston

EVP Marketing, Dynata

Janice Caston serves as Executive Vice President of Marketing at Dynata, where she drives comprehensive brand and marketing strategies across the SaaS landscape. An experienced marketing professional with a proven track record, Janice specializes in translating business objectives into multi-channel campaigns with measurable ROI. Her expertise spans enterprise-wide strategic branding, performance marketing, full-funnel content strategy, and digital innovation. Throughout her career, Caston has built and developed global teams across performance marketing, creative, communications, and digital channels. She is recognized for her pivotal roles in taking companies public and preparing organizations for significant acquisitions.

"The most impactful change I’ve made is pairing back and doubling down on what the data proves works. When marketers stop chasing everything and start prioritizing measurable outcomes, performance—and confidence in decision‑making—improves dramatically."

Jean English

CMO, CoreWeave

Jean English is Chief Marketing Officer at CoreWeave. She leads the company's category creation, the Essential Cloud for AI, by connecting marketing strategy directly to business growth and measurable financial outcomes. A data-driven executive, she has a track record of scaling and repositioning enterprise technology businesses at critical inflection points in highly competitive markets. Previously, she served as CMO at Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks, NetApp, and IBM Asia Pacific, where she helped grow and transform IBM's cloud business into a multibillion-dollar platform.

Jennifer Chase

CMO, EVP, SAS

Jennifer Chase is Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President at SAS, where she leads the company's data-driven marketing strategy with a focus on global brand awareness, demand generation, and customer engagement. A strategic leader with a 20-year tenure at SAS spanning both marketing and R&D, Jenn empowers marketers to be authentic storytellers who deliver impactful, measurable business results. A sought-after speaker and Forbes contributor, she is recognized as a thought leader in brand building, full-funnel B2B marketing, and AI adoption. She champions diversity as executive sponsor of the SAS Women's Initiatives Network and SAS Women in Analytics Network.

Jennifer Johnson

CMO, CrowdStrike

Jennifer Johnson (JJ) is Chief Marketing Officer at CrowdStrike, one of the most iconic brands in cybersecurity and the second fastest company ever to reach $2 billion ARR. With more than twenty years in enterprise software, she has led global marketing at Illumio, Tenable, Amplitude, and Tanium, successfully guiding Tenable and Amplitude through public offerings. A former Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, she advised enterprise portfolio companies on go-to-market strategy and currently serves on the Board of Directors at Immersive Labs. JJ is renowned for her bold storytelling, innovative go-to-market approaches, and ability to disrupt existing markets.

Jennifer Pockell Dimas

Chief Marketing and Experience Officer, Telarus

Jennifer Pockell Dimas is Chief Marketing Officer at Telarus, where she oversees brand management, demand generation, product marketing, marketing operations, customer marketing, and partner experience. A four-time CMO with over 20 years in B2B technology marketing, Jennifer brings deep expertise in category leadership, brand building, and pipeline momentum. She is known for scaling companies through pivotal moments, including growing Salesloft from $16 million to over $135 million in ARR and a successful PE exit, accelerating Drata's leadership in the GRC space, and repositioning Alfresco for a PE exit. She also serves as an advisor at G2 and Scale Venture Partners.

Jim Freeze

CMO, Anaplan

Jim Freeze is Chief Marketing Officer at Anaplan, leading the company's global marketing strategy with a focus on data-driven campaigns and highlighting the value Anaplan delivers to leading organizations across industries and functions. Jim brings more than 25 years of revenue-focused executive leadership across SaaS, AI, security, and telecom. Prior to Anaplan, he served as Chief Commercial Officer at VETRO, a fiber management SaaS leader, and as Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Genuity, where he played a central role in the company's $1.9 billion IPO. He has also led rebranding efforts at AI pioneer Interactions and contact center leader Aspect Software, and hosted the highly rated AI podcast ConversAItion

Josh Koenig

Co-Founder and SVP of Marketing, Pantheon

Josh Koenig is Co-Founder and SVP of Marketing at Pantheon, the leading WebOps platform empowering organizations to deliver fast, high-quality digital experiences at scale. A web industry veteran with wealth of experience, Josh was an early Drupal pioneer, contributing to the platform's first major public use case with the Howard Dean presidential campaign in 2003. He later founded the Drupal Dojo learning community and co-founded Chapter Three, a premier Drupal agency in San Francisco. At Pantheon, Josh champions developer experience and data-driven impact, helping web teams break free from enterprise monoliths to focus on meaningful strategic work. He was recognized as a Top 25 Software Products Executive by The Software Report in 2021.

Josh Mueller

CMO, Candescent

Josh Mueller is Chief Marketing Officer at Candescent, where he leads global brand, marketing, and communications strategy. With more than 20 years of experience, Josh has consistently led transformation, shaped impactful customer experiences, and driven sustainable growth. At Candescent, he and his team focus on building the company's brand, articulating its differentiated value, and driving demand across financial institutions and their customers. Before joining Candescent, Josh served as CMO and General Manager at Avaya, where he led global marketing, communications, and the hardware business. He has also held senior marketing and digital leadership roles at NI, Vonage, and Dun & Bradstreet.

Julien Sauvage

CMO, Cordial

Julien Sauvage serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Cordial, an AI-powered platform helping retail brands win the battle for attention through smarter customer signals and personalized messaging. With over 15 years of marketing leadership at category-defining companies — including Salesforce, Gong, and Clari — he specializes in brand storytelling, GTM strategy, and building campaigns that punch above their weight. Julien has a proven track record designing categories, launching products, and repositioning companies for breakthrough growth. He also teaches with the Product Marketing Alliance, where he nerds out on positioning frameworks and the psychology behind why messages stick.

Juliet Randall

CMO, Americas at SAP

Juliet Randall is Chief Marketing Officer for the Americas at SAP, where she leads regional marketing and communications with a focus on accelerating pipeline growth, strengthening strategic partnerships, and delivering business impact at scale. With over 20 years of experience across enterprise software, cybersecurity, and SaaS, she is known for building high-impact programs that align marketing with revenue outcomes.

A trusted strategic advisor to C-suite executives, she champions innovation, collaboration, and inclusive growth. Juliet is also a dedicated DEI leader and proud enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe and descendant of the Patawomeck Indians of Virginia.

Karen Feldman

SVP, CMO, Iron Mountain

Karen Feldman is Chief Marketing Officer at Iron Mountain, the global leader in information management and data storage services, where she leads global marketing strategy helping customers manage, protect, and extract value from their data. A business and marketing leader passionate about data-driven marketing and storytelling, Karen brings together expertise in strategy, marketing, and sales across technology, media, and telecommunications industries. She works every day to motivate teams to deliver innovation through the combination of creativity, data, and technology. Prior to Iron Mountain, Karen served as Chief Marketing Officer for IBM Consulting and held several additional leadership roles at IBM.

Katherine Post Calvert

CMO, PagerDuty

Katherine Post Calvert is the Chief Marketing and Growth Officer at PagerDuty, overseeing global strategy for brand, demand generation, and the company’s Commercial sales theater. In her role, Katherine is responsible for new customer acquisition, pipeline generation, and delivering growth through PagerDuty’s scaled product-led growth (PLG) motion, bridging PagerDuty’s brand authority with growing a global velocity business. Prior to PagerDuty, Katherine served as CMO at Khoros, a Vista Private Equity portfolio company, where she led global marketing, demand generation, and the global SDR organization. With more than 20 years of experience, Katherine has held leadership and consulting roles at a wide variety of technology companies, from start-ups to global public companies.

"When we use the same vernacular as the business—bookings, retention, and deal velocity—that is where we shift from being executors to becoming a true strategic partner."

Keith Landis

CMO, Xebia

Keith Landis is CMO at Xebia, a fast-growing AI consulting, engineering, and training partner to global enterprises. Over three years, he has led a full marketing transformation, consolidating 18 brands into one and embedding AI across the function.

Previously CMO of Persistent, he helped double revenue to $1B and propel the company into one of the fastest-growing brands in global IT services. Earlier, he spent years at IBM scaling B2B marketing for IT services and consulting.

Keith specializes in brand building, operating model transformation, and ABM, fusing creativity, data, and AI into one operating system.

Kelly Waldher

EVP & CMO, Palo Alto Networks

Kelly Waldher serves as EVP & Chief Marketing Officer at Palo Alto Networks, responsible for transforming and scaling the company's go-to-market initiatives and establishing Palo Alto Networks as the foremost authority in AI and cybersecurity. A tenured marketing executive with a diverse background across top technology companies, Kelly previously served as CMO at Zendesk, VP of Global Marketing for Google Workspace, and EVP and General Manager at Qualtrics. He also spent 14 years at Microsoft, most notably as General Manager of Microsoft 365 and Teams, driving global product marketing efforts. His expertise spans brand management, demand generation, product marketing, and organizational transformation.

Kimberly Storin

CMO, Zoom

Kimberly Storin is CMO at Zoom, leading global marketing as the company evolves into a modern AI-powered communications platform built for collaboration, culture, and connection. Kim believes that great marketing is rooted in real connections with customers, partners, and teams, and that those connections are the moments that define a brand.

She built the first marketing function at Zayo, delivering three consecutive years of revenue growth, and has held leadership roles at Fortune 50 companies and served as an M&A consultant at Deloitte. Kim chairs the Women's Fund for the Austin Community Foundation and is a founding member of Austin's Women in Revenue chapter.

Kim Salem-Jackson

EVP, CMO, Akamai

Kim Salem-Jackson serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Akamai, the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online. She leads global marketing efforts that strengthen the brand, connect with Akamai’s purpose, and create customer value. She fuels the company’s long-term growth strategies by spearheading critical functions, including demand generation, brand strategy, data analytics and science, corporate communications, product marketing, field, and digital marketing. Passionate about driving the next era of marketing excellence, her focus is on leading an AI-fluent organization and integrating AI across all functions—from data analytics to content creation—to deliver smarter, faster, and more personalized customer experiences. Her leadership philosophy is grounded in empowering others, fostering collaboration, and maintaining integrity. She believes in balancing ambition with empathy, using data as a compass, and championing inclusion by actively "sending the elevator back down."

Outside of Akamai, Kim loves spending time with friends and family, and enjoys travel, wine, and pilates.

Kirsten Allegri Williams

CMO, Infor

Kirsten Allegri Williams is Chief Marketing Officer at Infor, where she leads an end-to-end marketing and communications strategy showcasing how the company's differentiated industry cloud solutions solve complex operational challenges. A digital-first CMO with 20 years of experience in global marketing, demand generation, and digital transformation, Kirsten previously served as CMO at Optimizely, where she orchestrated a company-wide brand transformation across six acquisitions, and at SAP SuccessFactors, where she launched the Human Experience Management category. Her insights have been published in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, and AdAge. She serves on the boards of Propel Software and Gaia Ventures, and advocates fiercely for diversity in leadership.

Kristine Mullen

CMO, Philips

Kristine Mullen is Chief Marketing Officer at Philips, bringing a rare blend of strategic vision and operational precision to one of the world's most recognized healthcare technology brands. A results-driven leader with a track record of transformational impact, Kristine has formulated business strategies generating over $1 billion in revenue, launched digital products that drove $550 million in incremental growth, and built digital experience capabilities grounded in human-centered design, analytics, and agile development.

Kristine has successfully led acquisition integrations, improved customer retention and elevated associate engagement through innovative leadership and mentorship programs. Prior experience includes founding EleV8 HLTH Strategies, leading Humana's Health & Wellbeing Strategies, and holding senior roles at ProMedica.

Kristin Russel

CMO, symplr

Kristin Russel serves as Chief Marketing Officer at symplr, a leading healthcare technology software company transforming how healthcare organizations manage operations and improve patient outcomes. As a healthcare technology marketing leader, she develops strategies addressing the unique needs and challenges of healthcare delivery systems and providers. Her role encompasses brand strategy, demand generation, and product marketing initiatives focused on advancing symplr's market position. Previously, she founded and scaled a technology company in Europe before its acquisition by ING Bank and has held senior leadership roles at Humana, Cerner, and Omnicell.

Latané Conant

CMO, Parloa

Latané Conant serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Parloa, an essential AI technology partner for customer experience, bringing entrepreneurial spirit to accelerate market adoption. Her unconventional career journey spans sales, consulting, accounting, and marketing leadership, providing unique perspective on business challenges. Previously, she established herself as a category creator while leading marketing at 6sense. As an author and community builder, Conant demonstrates commitment to advancing industry dialogue and thought leadership. Her diverse background enables innovative approaches to positioning transformative AI technologies within competitive markets.

A passionate builder, Latané thrives on building something from nothing: new categories, loyal customers, and new ways of thinking about growth.

Laura Heisman

CMO, Dynatrace

Laura Heisman is Chief Marketing Officer at Dynatrace, responsible for the company's global marketing organization and playing a pivotal role in creating, optimizing, and personalizing the end-to-end customer experience. With more than three decades of expertise spanning customer marketing, branding, product marketing, public relations, and field marketing, Laura brings deep strategic communications experience to every business challenge. A self-described builder of brands, businesses, and the next generation of leaders, she previously served as SVP and CMO at VMware and held senior marketing roles at GitHub and Citrix. She is a dedicated advocate for women in technology.

Lena Waters

2X CMO & GTM Advisor

Lena Waters is a marketing executive and advisor who specializes in the inflection point where product-led growth meets enterprise scale. She has built and led global marketing teams across growth, demand, and brand at Notion, Grammarly, DocuSign, Responsys, and Lookout, bringing deep expertise in category creation and platform transitions. Most recently, as CMO at Notion, she led global go-to-market strategy as the platform evolved from a beloved productivity tool into the leading AI-connected workspace. Lena also advises early-stage startups, helping founders translate early traction into repeatable, scalable growth.

"Brand is the one thing that will continue to differentiate the company. It is the steroid that helps all other programs be more noticeable and effective."

Liz Shulof

CMO, Sumo Logic

Liz Shulof is Chief Marketing Officer at Sumo Logic, where she leads global brand and marketing strategy with a focus on amplifying the company's position in the security and observability markets. Passionate about creating exceptional brand experiences, Liz collaborates closely with customers, partners, and employees to bring the Sumo Logic story to life. She brings more than two decades of experience developing and managing strategic marketing initiatives for B2B technology companies. Prior to Sumo Logic, Liz served as Chief Marketing Officer at BeyondTrust, where she led global marketing and sales development strategy and programs

Lynn Lucas

CMO, Everpure

Lynn Lucas is Chief Marketing Officer at Everpure, formerly Pure Storage, leading the global marketing organization with creative strategies that amplify brand awareness and drive demand. With extensive go-to-market experience, Lyn brings a proven track record of shaping markets through differentiated marketing strategies across SaaS, software, and infrastructure sectors. Previously she served as CMO at Cohesity, building the global marketing function during hyper growth, and was recognized as one of the Fearless 50 customer-led marketers of 2023. She also held CMO roles at Veritas and Good Technology, and senior leadership positions at Cisco Systems.

Mandy Dhaliwal

CMO, Nutanix

Mandy Dhaliwal is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Nutanix, the industry-leading hybrid multicloud platform, where she leads global marketing strategy across demand generation, brand, product marketing, and customer advocacy. With over 25 years of B2B experience across AI, cloud, and software markets, Mandy previously served as CMO at Boomi and has held senior leadership roles at Fugue, BlazeMeter, SOASTA, EMC, and Legato Systems. A board director at Quiq, an AI-powered conversational platform, she is also a founding member of CMO Huddles, a peer community for B2B marketing leaders.

"As a C-suite executive, I lead as a business strategist first, marketer second. At Nutanix, that perspective has ensured marketing contributes directly to business priorities, be it growth, retention or positioning. When we solve core business challenges first, strong results naturally follow."

Maria B. Winans

CMO, Kyndryl

Maria B. Winans is the CMO at Kyndryl, where she leads global marketing, brand, and advertising strategy for the world's largest IT infrastructure services company. A recognized expert in data-driven marketing, brand engagement, and performance marketing, Maria has built Kyndryl's brand from the ground up, harnessing the power of data, analytics, and cloud technologies to deepen connections with customers and partners. Before joining Kyndryl, she spent 29 years at IBM, culminating as CMO for IBM Americas.

A native of Santiago, Chile, Maria serves as executive sponsor of Kyndryl's Hispanic Latin Community and has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Corporate Latina Executives of the Year by LATINA Style.

Maria Pergolino

CMO, SPS Commerce

Maria Pergolino is Chief Marketing Officer at SPS Commerce, where she leads global marketing strategy and execution, driving growth, deepening customer engagement, and strengthening the company's position as a category leader in retail supply chain solutions. With more than two decades building and leading go-to-market teams in B2B SaaS, Maria combines operational rigor with creative strategy to fuel growth and differentiation. She has previously served as CMO at ActiveCampaign, Anaplan, and Conga, and held marketing leadership roles at Marketo. She also served as Lead Operational Advisor for Scale Venture Partners and is recognized as an early leader in applying AI to modern marketing strategy.

Mark Boothe

CMO, Domo

Mark Boothe serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Domo, where he leads the development of a marketing engine built on consistency and data-driven insights rather than guesswork. With over fifteen years of diverse marketing experience, he brings proven expertise in aligning marketing more closely with revenue outcomes. Previously Vice President of Community, Partner, and Field Marketing at Domo, Mark combines deep organizational knowledge with strategic vision. He is passionate about driving business growth through innovative marketing initiatives while empowering customers with actionable insights and tools. Prior to joining Domo, Mark spent more than 10 years working in customer relations and marketing at Adobe and worked at Instructure as its senior director of customer marketing.

Martyn Etherington

CMO, BMC Software

Martyn Etherington is the Chief Marketing Officer at BMC Software, where he shapes marketing efforts to elevate brand presence, deepen customer engagement, and support business growth across global markets. He emphasizes strong alignment between marketing and business priorities to drive measurable results and sustained impact.

With extensive experience across enterprise technology companies, Martyn has held senior marketing leadership roles at Teradata, Cisco/Jasper, Danaher, and IBM. He is widely recognized for transforming marketing organizations, building global brands, and consistently delivering growth, earning accolades from Forbes, The Economist, and other industry organizations.

Mary Wells

CMO, Cloudera

Mary Wells is Chief Marketing Officer at Cloudera, the hybrid data cloud platform. An innovative marketing executive known for building high-performing teams and accelerating revenue growth, Mary has deep expertise in enterprise software markets spanning big data, AI, cloud, security, and IoT. Prior to Cloudera, she served as CMO at ASG Technologies through its 2021 acquisition by Rocket Software, and previously held marketing leadership roles at HPE, Axeda, Kalido, BEA Systems, BroadVision, and Sybase. Mary also serves on the board of many organizations associated with animal advocacy, elderly advocacy, and mentoring. She is a frequent guest speaker.

May Petry

CMO, MongoDB

May Petry is Chief Marketing Officer at MongoDB, where she leads global marketing to build brand, drive revenue, and accelerate enterprise adoption. Since joining in 2022, she has transformed MongoDB’s self-serve business into its most efficient acquisition channel, built a modern global demand organization, and unified product-led and enterprise go-to-market into a single growth motion. She strengthened MongoDB’s position as the generational data platform for the AI era, broadened awareness among builders and enterprises, and positioned the company as the default choice for modern application development across startups, AI-native builders, and large enterprises. With more than 30 years of experience at high-growth technology companies, including Pure Storage, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Yahoo!, and Sun Microsystems, she brings deep experience building and scaling go-to-market engines that connect product innovation to durable revenue growth. She is a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley.

"Customers should experience how you help them achieve their goals and grow faster. If it’s not seamless across every touchpoint, from human to digital to AI, fix it."

Meagen Eisenberg

CMO, Samsara

Meagen Eisenberg is Chief Marketing Officer at Samsara, the connected operations cloud platform, where she leads marketing and growth strategy. A seasoned operator and board member with extensive experience across enterprise and SaaS technology, Meagen has contributed to 24 successful exits, including four IPOs and 20 mergers and acquisitions. Before Samsara, she served as CMO at Lacework, acquired by Fortinet, and at Navan, formerly TripActions. She has also held senior marketing leadership roles at DocuSign, HP Enterprise, and ArcSight. Known for combining tactical precision with forward-thinking strategy, she excels at accelerating growth through data and technology.

Melissa Puls

CMO and SVP, Customer Success & Renewals, Ivanti

Melissa Puls is Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Customer Success and Renewals at Ivanti, responsible for all aspects of the customer journey, from initial awareness through purchase, adoption, expansion, and renewal, ensuring organizations maximize the value of Ivanti's solutions. A high-energy, results-oriented executive with more than two decades of marketing and business development experience in technology, Melissa brings a strong track record of fueling growth through customer-centric, integrated marketing strategies. She previously served as SVP and CMO at Avid, and has held CMO and senior marketing leadership positions at Optanix, Progress, Iron Mountain, and Infor.

Michael Atalla

CMO, UiPath

Michael Atalla is Chief Marketing Officer at UiPath, leading the company's marketing as it enters a new chapter of AI-powered automation and enterprise orchestration. A seasoned technology marketing leader, Michael has built his career around moments of transformation, previously holding senior marketing roles at Microsoft, where he helped pivot Office to mobile platforms and strengthened the security business, and at F5, where he guided the company's shift from hardware to software and SaaS.

A dynamic storyteller who translates technical complexity into clear, compelling narratives, Michael is also a committed equity advocate, championing inclusion and diversity as core competitive advantages in building high-performing teams.

Mona Kiblawi Charif

CMO, NTT DATA, Inc.

Mona Charif is Chief Marketing Officer at NTT DATA, Inc., where she leads global marketing strategy with a focus on AI adoption, transformation, and growth with a client-centered approach. A seasoned IT services executive, she has built a reputation as an award-winning leader known for driving measurable business impact across Fortune 100 organizations.

Mona is deeply committed to developing marketing talent, having mentored dozens of professionals, many of whom have gone on to become CMOs and senior leaders. She co-founded Women Inspire NTT DATA to champion workplace advancement for women and is also the co-founder of safespaceslebanon.org, supporting communities impacted by crisis.

Paige O'Neill

CMO, Culture Amp

Paige O'Neill is Chief Marketing Officer at Culture Amp, the leading employee experience platform, where she leads global marketing strategy with a focus on differentiated positioning that accelerates growth. An experienced CMO with deep expertise in B2B enterprise and mid-market SaaS spanning Fortune 100 companies to late-stage startups, Paige brings a unique perspective shaped by her background in both public relations and product marketing. She excels at building high-performance marketing organizations grounded in data and delivering results in dynamic environments. A board director, author, and active investor, she is recognized as an effective change agent and passionate builder of strong marketing teams.

Peter Isaacson

CMO, Invoca

Peter Isaacson is the Chief Marketing Officer at Invoca, where he currently oversees marketing across brand, product marketing, demand generation, and customer engagement. As a full-stack CMO, he focuses on building integrated marketing organizations that drive growth, strengthen market positioning, and support long-term business impact.

Prior to Invoca, Peter held CMO roles at Demandbase, Replicant, Castlight Health, and MicroStrategy. At Demandbase, he played a key role in helping define and scale the Account-Based Marketing category, establishing the company as a market leader. Peter is known for building high-performing teams and developing strategies that align marketing closely with revenue growth and business objectives.

Phil Walsh

CMO, EPAM Systems

Phil Walsh serves as Chief Marketing Officer at EPAM Systems, a global technology consulting and engineering services company serving major enterprises worldwide. Leading marketing for a large-scale technology services organization, he develops comprehensive strategies addressing complex client needs across diverse industries. Phil  combines expertise in B2B technology marketing with deep understanding of enterprise consulting and digital transformation. His leadership drives brand positioning, market awareness, and customer acquisition initiatives that position EPAM as an innovation leader in global technology services. Phil was previously the CMO of AKASA and a marketing leader at Cognizant.

Raj Sarkar

CMO, CloudBees

Raj Sarkar is Chief Marketing Officer at CloudBees, leading global marketing strategy and driving the company's transformation into a category leader in DevOps. A CMO with a software engineering heart and a storyteller's soul, Raj has spent 20 years building iconic cloud brands at AWS, Google Cloud, and Atlassian. He also served as CMO at 1Password, scaling the company to a $6.7 billion valuation, and as CMO of Prisma Cloud at Palo Alto Networks. Forbes recognized Raj as one of the top 50 CMOs on its annual Entrepreneurial CMO List.

"The true value of a modern CMO isn't found on the surface of brand or demand generation, but in returning to the product itself. By deeply knowing the user’s needs and the 'magic' of what we build, we reclaim our primary role as the indispensable bridge that connects the two."

Ray Wizbowski

CMO, ECI Software Solutions

Ray Wizbowski is Chief Marketing Officer at ECI Software Solutions, where he leads global marketing strategy focused on accelerating revenue, enhancing brand visibility, and driving customer engagement across diverse SMB markets. A four-time CMO for private equity-backed B2B SaaS companies, Ray brings over 20 years of technology marketing experience and a proven track record of transforming marketing functions into high-performing growth engines. Before ECI, he held CMO roles at Diligent, Solifi, and Entrust, optimizing go-to-market strategies across governance, secured finance, and secure identity markets.

Ray was named a Top 100 Marketer Award winner in both 2025 and 2026.

Rick Schultz

CMO, Databricks

Rick Schultz is Chief Marketing Officer at Databricks, where he leads worldwide marketing spanning product marketing, demand generation, branding, communications, events, field marketing, and community evangelism. With over 25 years of enterprise software marketing experience, Rick joined Databricks in 2017 and has helped fuel the company's growth from under $15 million ARR to approximately $5.4 billion in revenue run rate. Previously he served as SVP of Marketing at Alteryx, driving growth from 100 to over 2,200 customers through its pre-IPO phase. He also led technology product marketing for Oracle's $6 billion portfolio of database, analytics, security, and management products.

Rob Sobers

CMO, Varonis

Rob Sobers is Chief Marketing Officer at Varonis, responsible for the company's global marketing strategy and brand. With more than a decade at Varonis, Rob has overseen demand generation, product marketing, media relations, and brand development, helping build one of the world's most important high-growth cybersecurity companies. His background as a developer and designer turned marketing executive gives him a distinctive perspective on building brands and communicating complex security solutions. Prior to Varonis, he worked as a product designer at Fog Creek Software, creator of Trello and Stack Overflow, and is co-creator of Learn Ruby The Hard Way, a book that has helped tens of thousands of people learn the Ruby programming language.

Russell Banzon

CMO, Cresta

Russell Banzon is Chief Marketing Officer at Cresta, the unified platform for human and AI agents in customer experience. His career path is unconventional: finance professional turned sales rep turned marketer, Russell started at Morgan Stanley before discovering his passion for B2B marketing and go-to-market strategy. Prior to Cresta, he served as VP of Marketing at Gong, where he helped propel the company from seven to nine figures in ARR while leading category creation, international expansion, and the evolution from a single-product to a multi-product platform. His personal mission is to learn, grow, and succeed while helping others do the same.

Sarah Hodges

CMO, UKG

Sarah Hodges is Chief Marketing Officer at UKG, where she leads brand awareness, creative experiences, product marketing, demand generation, customer advocacy, and digital customer experiences. A passionate, customer-centric executive with more than twenty years of experience, she brings an entrepreneurial mindset to accelerating business growth and driving transformative change across global markets. Prior to UKG, Sarah served as CMO at Procore Technologies and held key leadership roles at Autodesk, including General Manager of ShotGrid and VP of Product Management for its Media and Entertainment portfolio, as well as strategic roles at PTC. She is also a sought-after speaker and advocate for women in technology.

Sarah Larsen

CMO, Hisense

Sarah Larsen is Chief Marketing Officer at Hisense, the global consumer electronics and appliance brand, where she leads marketing with the instincts of a storyteller and the precision of a growth driver. With three decades of cross-functional leadership, Sara brings an insights-based approach to demand generation, brand building, and market share growth across complex, fast-moving categories. A creative collaborator known for transforming brands through innovation, she balances profit performance with long-term brand health and has earned numerous industry accolades along the way. Her expertise spans technology, retail, entertainment, beauty, fashion, and consumer lifestyle.

Sara Varni

CMO, Datadog

Sara Varni is Chief Marketing Officer at Datadog, the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. A creative marketing leader with over 15 years of experience bringing enterprise software products to market, Sara has a proven track record of driving awareness and demand while building high-performing teams across creative, campaign management, PR, and product marketing. Prior to Datadog, she served as CMO at Attentive, a leader in SMS marketing, and as CMO at Twilio, where she bridged the developer and enterprise markets. She began her career at Salesforce, where she spent over a decade in various marketing leadership roles.

Scott Holden

CMO, Vanta

Scott Holden is Chief Marketing Officer at Vanta, where he leads the company's global efforts to build awareness for its market-leading agentic trust platform. With 20 years of marketing leadership at high-growth SaaS companies, Scott has driven category creation in competitive, fast-evolving markets. As CMO at Brex, he evolved the brand into the leading AI-powered spend management platform, launching high-impact campaigns featuring DoorDash, Robinhood, and the Boston Celtics. Prior to Brex, Scott served as CMO and Head of Go-to-Market at ThoughtSpot, and held multiple marketing leadership roles at Salesforce, including VP of Marketing for the Salesforce Platform, Sales Cloud, and Chatter.

Scott Morris

CMO, Sprout Social

Scott Morris is Chief Marketing Officer at Sprout Social, where he leads global marketing strategy for one of the world's leading social media management platforms. A seasoned B2B and B2C marketing executive, Scott brings a deep understanding of brand building, demand generation, and product marketing, with a track record of helping businesses scale using world-class storytelling and revenue-focused marketing programs. Before Sprout Social, he held senior marketing leadership roles at Zendesk and Adobe, developing a reputation for collaborative leadership, bold creative thinking, and tight sales alignment. Scott is also a Forbes contributor, sharing insights on marketing, brand strategy, and the evolving demands of modern marketing leadership.

"I’m a firm believer that the CMO should be the voice of the customer at scale to the company, to the C-suite, and to the board."

Siddharth Taparia

Global Chief Marketing Officer, JLL

Siddharth Taparia is the Global Chief Marketing Officer at JLL, a Fortune 200 commercial real estate company, where he leads a team of over 800 marketing and communications professionals worldwide. His focus spans brand equity, client demand generation, and market share expansion, including spearheading the launch of JLL Falcon, the company's proprietary AI platform accelerating digital transformation in commercial real estate. Siddharth believes that thoughtful AI integration is the future of the people-first marketing vision that enables scale and growth while allowing marketers to focus on client connections, subject matter expertise, and more.

Before joining JLL, Siddharth spent over a decade at SAP, serving as the Senior Vice President and Global Head of Corporate Brand and Experience Marketing. Named one of the Industry's Most Influential Marketers by Chief Marketer in 2024, he also appears on Adweek's inaugural AI Trailblazers Power 100 list.

Stephanie Buscemi

CMO, Confluent

Stephanie Buscemi is Chief Marketing Officer at Confluent, where she leads global marketing, developer relations, field CTOs, technology strategy, field enablement, and sales development, advancing Confluent's mission to redefine data infrastructure through the world's leading data streaming platform. Stephanie crafts strategic visions positioning Confluent at the forefront of the emerging data streaming category, with a firm belief that every AI challenge is fundamentally a data challenge requiring real-time data solutions. She focuses on building awareness, creating demand, and fostering community that fuels growth. An independent board member, Stephanie is also a passionate advocate for women in technology and mentors future female leaders.

Thea Hayden

CMO, Cognizant

Thea Hayden is Chief Marketing Officer at Cognizant, leading global marketing strategy across brand, creative, digital, events, sponsorships, thought leadership, communications, and field marketing. With over 25 years of experience, she has driven a comprehensive brand transformation at Cognizant since 2020, introducing a new visual identity, global brand platform, and high-impact activations anchored by strategic sponsorships and a data-driven MarTech approach.

Previously, Thea held senior marketing leadership roles at Dell Technologies, where she was instrumental in the post-EMC acquisition marketing integration, and at Compellent, where she guided the company through a successful IPO and acquisition. A storyteller at heart, she champions the belief that AI amplifies human insight to drive business growth.

Thomas Been

CMO, Domino Data Lab

Thomas Been serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Domino Data Lab, the only open enterprise AI platform powering the research, products, and experiences of leading companies worldwide. With over 20 years of sales and marketing experience, his mission is to strengthen Domino's voice and deliver its unique perspective on building and deploying AI at scale. His background spanning technical, sales, and global roles has shaped his approach to marketing as a combination of art, science, and technology.

Thomas is also an advisor for GoodBards and Riverwood Capital, where he shares his expertise in go-to-market strategy and alignment across functions.

Thomas Ranese

CMO, Intuit

Thomas Ranese is Global Chief Marketing Officer at Intuit, bringing over 25 years of integrated marketing and brand-building expertise scaling major businesses. An accomplished global CMO, Thomas previously led marketing at Google, where he launched the Pixel smartphone and the #MadeByGoogle device family, growing it to multi-billion dollars in sales. As CMO at Uber, he established Uber Eats, fueled 2X global growth, and launched the company's first global social impact initiative during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also served as the first CMO for New York State. A recognized LGBTQ advocate, Thomas was named to the Forbes Entrepreneurial CMO 50 list.

Tifenn Dano Kwan

CMO, Amplitude

Tifenn Dano Kwan is Chief Marketing Officer at Amplitude, where she leads global marketing with a focus on disciplined execution, AI integration, and revenue-driven growth. A seasoned enterprise CMO, Tifenn specializes in building high-performing teams and rigorous operating systems that transform marketing into an accountable growth engine closely aligned with sales and go-to-market strategy. Known for leading category pivots and scaling global organizations, she brings a rare combination of strategic vision and operational precision, reducing ambiguity while driving measurable impact. Recognized for her transformational leadership style, Tifenn champions psychological safety and people development as essential foundations for sustainable, organization-wide growth.

Tricia Gellman

CMO, Box

Tricia Gellman is Chief Marketing Officer at Box, where she owns the company’s global marketing strategy, including pivoting the brand and driving growth around a new AI story. A SaaS marketing leader and three-time CMO with more than 20 years of experience, Tricia has built brands and led transformational change at companies including Apple, Adobe, Salesforce, Checkr, and Drift. Throughout her career, she has been a builder, storyteller, and public speaker, leveraging deep expertise in operations, demand generation, and product marketing to drive accelerated revenue growth. She is passionate about leading AI-first strategies, evolving go-to-market models, and helping businesses reposition for more aggressive growth.

Victoria Albert

CMO, INFUSE

Victoria Albert is Chief Marketing Officer at INFUSE, where she leads global marketing, demand generation, and discoverability-to-revenue with heavy focus on growth and GTM. A data-driven strategist with a bias for action, Victoria excels at translating complex insights into high-impact marketing programs for B2B organizations. She holds three issued patents and certifications in Project Management, Change Management, and Six Sigma/LEAN.

A prolific speaker and thought leader, she has delivered keynotes at Forrester B2B Summit, B2BMX, Pavilion CMO Summit, HG AI Revenue Growth Summit, and more, addressing topics ranging from buyer trust and AI adoption to GTM innovation and B2B growth strategy.

"A marketing leader reports in the language of revenue. That's not a high bar. It's the only bar. Everything else is activity."

Wendy White

CMO, Daxko

Wendy White is Chief Marketing and Partner Officer at Daxko, where she drives brand, growth strategy, market expansion, and partner strategy while championing the company's AI transformation. A business leader who thinks in P&L first, Wendy has scaled companies through exits, M&A, and major growth inflection points—orchestrating brand, demand generation, RevOps, and customer experience as integrated business functions. Her career spans Intel, Microsoft, and Expedia, where she shaped go-to-market strategy across enterprise and SMB segments and served as a general manager.

A U.S. Army veteran and recognized GTM strategist, Wendy is known for architecting high-output teams powered by agentic AI and automation, while serving as a dedicated mentor to marketing professionals across all career stages.

"Building credibility isn't a single moment; it’s a continuous commitment to speaking the language of the business, specifically pipeline and bookings. I prioritize radical transparency by ensuring our data is clean, aligned, and tied directly to the strategic impact our CEO and the board care about most."

Zach Kitschke

Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Canva

Zach Kitschke is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Canva, where he oversees global marketing and communications across consumer, B2B, and international markets. Zach joined Canva as employee #5 and has played a pivotal role in the company’s growth from startup to a platform used by hundreds of millions globally. With experience across product, communications, and operations, he brings a unique cross-functional perspective and is known for building high-impact teams and driving innovative, scalable marketing strategies that support Canva’s rapid expansion.

Zach has been recognised as one of Forbes Most Influential CMOs, Business Insider's Most Innovative CMOs and is a frequent media source and thought contributor on key industry topics.

Zeynep Inanoglu Ozdemir

CMO, Atlassian

Zeynep Inanoglu Ozdemir serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Atlassian, leading comprehensive marketing strategy and execution across the software development and collaboration platform. Since joining Atlassian in 2023, she has taken responsibility for brand strategy, demand generation, product marketing, and communications initiatives. Her leadership focuses on driving customer acquisition and retention while building brand equity. Zeynep brings strategic expertise in executing large-scale marketing programs that resonate with global technology audiences. Prior to Atlassian, she was CMO of Palo Alto Networks where she oversaw the company’s rapid expansion into multiple cybersecurity categories. Zeynep was named as one of the ‘top 100 women in tech leaders to watch’ in 2023 by WomenTech Network.