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John Clinton

John Clinton

Denver,CO

Summary

Innovative Product Marketer with 15+ years of experience developing and executing successful go-to-market plans for a variety of products and services. Gifted storyteller with a track record of increasing revenues and market share via expert messaging, inventive marketing campaigns, and enabling sales. Articulate

communicator, natural leader with a roll–up–your–sleeves approach.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Independent Consultant

CW Ventures, LLC
02.2023 - Current

Marketing Consulting Services

  • Alchemer – Product Marketing – Created all new messaging for Alchemer's enterprise survey platform and products
  • Intuit – Campaigns – Innovate and optimize acquisition campaigns

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Propelo
09.2022 - 01.2023

    AI-Powered SaaS for real-time engineering metrics. Note: Tenure short due to company being acquired.

    • Led entire Product Marketing organization across core product line; liaised with customers to understand complex business needs & current market landscape in order to create and deliver product positioning, messaging, sales enablement, and value proposition
    • Trained Sales team to speak to competitive advantages, ROI, & ensure marketing campaign/messaging knowledge transfer, as well as translate features and benefits into real world value to prospects
    • Developed, launched, and led innovative campaign and demand gen strategy resulting in 35% increase of qualified leads to sales.
    • Optimized poor performing Google Ads and LinkedIn advertising campaigns improving all KPIs; reduced cost per lead by 50%

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Broadcom
06.2021 - 06.2022

DevOps SaaS Solutions

  • Tasked by CMO to performed extensive market research and competitive analysis to re-position 4 products into single, cohesive DevOps solution; led to 12% increase in revenue following quarter
  • Revamped campaign strategy via evaluation of buyer market preferences and behaviors combined with customer input and historical data, resulting in 30%+ increase of qualified leads over 3 months
  • Liaised with customers to develop deep understanding of business needs and current market landscape

Co-Founder

CW Ventures LLC
06.2017 - 05.2021

Medical device review platform (exited at $3M) .

  • Leveraged product and digital marketing skills to launch, build, and lead multi-million dollar lead generation business
  • Brought on high–value partners (e.g. Johnson & Johnson, ADT, Medical Guardian) through innovative outreach campaigns and winning pitches
  • Grew annual revenues from $0 to $3M+ w/ 30% margins in 3 years leading to successful exit of business to private equity group

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Synopsys
06.2016 - 06.2017

    CyberSecurity

    • Liaised with development on defining product features through customer input, competitive intelligence, and market trends
    • Selected by CMO to lead sales enablement efforts for sales & marketing kickoff, sales close rate rose by 8% following quarter

Product Marketing Manager

Sophos
04.2014 - 06.2015

    Cybersecurity

    • Repositioned highly technical product (enterprise data encryption) from check-the-box regulatory purchase to enterprise-wide data privacy solution with value clearly articulated to market
    • Engaged with Gartner Analyst leading to Leadership positioning

Marketing Manager

Webroot
01.2010 - 04.2014

    Cybersecurity

    • Flipped failing affiliate marketing program into success growing revenues from less than 0.5% of company total to 4% in one year

Product Marketing Manager

Intuit
01.2007 - 01.2010

Small Business Digital Solutions

  • Launched company's first stand-alone domain product

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Information And Communications Studies, Business Administration

California State University - Chico
Chico, CA

Skills

  • Go-To-Market Plans
  • Calculating ROI
  • Lead Generation
  • Industry Trends
  • Analyst Relations
  • Value Proposition
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Sales Enablement
  • Customer Buying Habits
  • Campaign Management
  • Product Development and Launch
  • New Product Introductions

Timeline

Independent Consultant

CW Ventures, LLC
02.2023 - Current

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Propelo
09.2022 - 01.2023

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Broadcom
06.2021 - 06.2022

Co-Founder

CW Ventures LLC
06.2017 - 05.2021

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Synopsys
06.2016 - 06.2017

Product Marketing Manager

Sophos
04.2014 - 06.2015

Marketing Manager

Webroot
01.2010 - 04.2014

Product Marketing Manager

Intuit
01.2007 - 01.2010

Bachelor of Arts - Information And Communications Studies, Business Administration

California State University - Chico
John Clinton