Tracie Poland

TRACIE POLAND

VP of Marketing

Denver, CO
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Summary

An accomplished chief marketing executive with over 20 years experience elevating brands and driving strategic initiatives within world-class Technology (IBM, Microsoft, PeopleSoft) and Fintech sectors. Excels in leading innovative demand generation projects, creating impactful go-to-market game plans, amplifying media, and brand presence.

A strong, open, and inspiring team leader who creates strong social values and brand allegiance internally and externally. Consistently achieves significant multimillion-dollar revenue growth up to 87% ARR and significant adoption and market penetration by leveraging market research and insight, customer-focused and data-driven approaches.

Experience

2018 Jan - Present
Chief Marketing Officer
CAREER SUCCESS

Spearheaded global marketing strategy for $15M VC backed financial technology software company headquartered in the U.K. and expanding into the North American market.

● Created and executed the global demand generation strategy that increased the sales pipeline by 3x.

● Initiated and led new branding strategy and global roll out.

● Led media, press and analyst strategy including building relationships with press and analysts in the UK and US.

● Developed and executed first annual Rimilia customer and prospect conference which achieved 100% of registration within 6 weeks of promotion. Based on the success it will be an annual event.

● Established a new product category and brought it to market through thought leadership, media, analyst. Landed coverage in The Sunday Times (London) and The Business Insider (Global).

● Led website redesign that doubled conversions and reduced bounce rate by 50%.

● Implemented Salesforce globally.

2013 Jan - 2018 Jan
Marketing Segment Lead
Microsoft

Led the Microsoft Dynamics U.S. Marketing team including demand generation, sales enablement, campaign strategy, product launch, brand strategy, analyst relations, and digital marketing targeting enterprise and public-sector segments.

Built pipeline to support $169M in revenue with a 20% YoY growth. Identified as top talent and selected for Microsoft's leadership development program.

Product Marketing Lead (Microsoft Dynamics)

Drove the marketing strategy and increased the revenue of the Microsoft Dynamics AX business in the U.S. market more than 100%. Launch lead for two new product releases. Developed new partner relationships to enable scale for sales teams. Partnered with the Lotus (Renault) Formula 1 team to host customers at the Grand Prix resulting in $10M in closed business.

2006 Jan - 2013 Jan
Worldwide Digital Demand Generation Marketing Manager
IBM

Responsible for all aspects of digital demand generation for IBM competitive campaign including internet marketing, paid search, content syndication, email and landing pages Coordinated and led all efforts with agency related to digital advertising, public relations, and analyst relations.

1998 Jan - 2005 Jan
Senior Product Marketing Manager
J. D. EDWARDS

Responsible for the design, development, and execution of campaigns to generate revenue for World Express solution targeted at small and mid-size businesses globally.

1998 Jan - 2000 Jan
Account Executive
CAREER SUCCESSMicrosoftIBMJ. D. EDWARDS

Closed sales of highly complex software systems with senior management and project teams. Year 2000 top performer for region; Top 30% worldwide performer for entire company

Education

San Diego State University
Bachelor of Science, Business Management

San Diego State University, San Diego, California

Bachelor of Science, Business Management

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