C-Suite Sales & Marketing Perspectives

Episode #265: Tetiana Gorbunova, Chief Sales Officer at Jooble, explains why quota-driven bonuses can sabotage ABM by pushing sellers to chase late-stage deals and pressure prospects. She shares how her team removed the bonus system and replaced it with KPIs, development plans, and structured performance reviews. She explains how this shift reduced desperate outreach, improved nurturing, and incre...

Episode #264: Tetiana Gorbunova, Chief Sales Officer at Jooble, introduces her sales leadership journey across multiple roles and transformations. She shares how leading more than 40 sales professionals requires focus, structure, and a clear team direction. She explains what it takes to operate across six countries while staying consistent in execution. She sets up the episode focus on what is cha...

Episode #263: Mark Greenaway, former Chief Revenue Officer at Crownpeak, explains why opportunity itself can become the biggest barrier to scaling revenue. He shares how spreading go-to-market teams too thin weakens execution, increases customer acquisition costs, and reduces long-term growth potential. Mark discusses how disciplined focus, cross-team alignment, and early trust-building enable CRO...

Episode #262: Sagi Reuven, Chief Revenue Officer at Deepdub, explains how ABM must evolve in an AI-driven market. He explains why trust and market knowledge set demos apart from production outcomes. He explains that sellers must communicate the roadmap and execution, not just the product. He closes with a lens for enterprise ABM that starts with the size of the customer problem. “Successful ABM is...

Episode #261: Brett Hannath, Corporate Vice President, Global Marketing at Intel Corporation, explains why many ABM programs fail too early when they are measured like consumer advertising despite much longer B2B buying cycles. He breaks down how misaligned expectations around timing and measurement often undermine ABM effectiveness, even when the strategy itself is sound. He also shows how ABM ca...

Episode #260: Maureen Power Sweeny, Chief Revenue Officer at RapidScale, breaks down why alignment is the foundation of sustainable growth in today’s market. She explains how trust, internal coordination, and a deep understanding of the customer must work together to drive consistent outcomes. She also highlights why misalignment across teams erodes credibility and decision-making and how aligned...

Episode #259: Steve MacDonald, CEO and Founder at Content Strategies, explains why B2B growth often breaks down inside the company, not in the market. He explains why internal alignment is the most common issue and why most teams claim to be customer-first but fail to execute. He breaks down what the voice of the customer really means, why typical sales and success motions limit honesty, and also...

Episode #258: Nathan Burke, Chief Marketing Officer at 7AI, explains why the funnel no longer matches how buyers actually purchase. He explains why being different is measurable and why sameness kills attention in cybersecurity, and he breaks down what buyers want now, including trust in the people behind AI. He also outlines how speed, service, and relationships can replace outdated motions. “The...

Episode #257: Venkat Patla, Chief Marketing Officer at RWA Wealth Partners, shares why reflection is essential for long-term marketing success in fast-moving environments. He explains how urgency without thoughtful judgment leads to mediocre outcomes and weakened brand trust. Venkat discusses balancing speed with insight while staying grounded in customer reality. He emphasizes why CMOs must prote...

Episode #256: Robert Sanchez, Chief Executive Officer at Anteriad, breaks down why overloaded B2B buyers are changing how they evaluate vendors and why the old playbook no longer works. He explains how trust is built by showing up where buyers already search for answers and by consistently delivering strong customer experiences. He also shares why brand and pipeline should be treated as one connec...

Episode #255: Vaughn Mordecai, Chief Revenue Officer at Mindmatrix, explains why partnerships must become a core go-to-market motion. He outlines how partner ecosystems unlock revenue that direct sales alone cannot. Vaughn shares why deal sizes grow, close faster, and win rates improve when trust and alignment exist. He also breaks down what leaders must commit to for partnerships to succeed long-...

Episode #254: Christy Marble, Chief Marketing Officer at Siteimprove, explains why AI is changing what “value” means in B2B. She argues that buyers want outcomes, not tools, and that AI makes it easier to deliver those outcomes. She also shares how agents and orchestration can connect systems to create seamless experiences. The result is faster execution, clearer value, and stronger alignment with...

Episode #253: David T. Roberts, Chief Executive Officer at SugarCRM, explains why loyalty is a primary growth lever for B2B. He shares how curiosity, process, and data make customer focus real. He breaks down how teams can activate feedback to improve retention. He also explains why context is essential for using AI well. “We try to show the customer, through every part of that lifecycle, that we’...

Episode #252: Anand Sankara Narayanan, Chief Marketing Officer at Finance House Group, explains why marketing faces an identity crisis in the C-suite. He argues that marketing has not clearly defined its value within organizations. He breaks down marketing as a discipline built on customer psychology, data, and persuasion. He shares practical ways leaders can defend strategy and build internal tru...

Episode #451: Grainne Maycock, Chief Revenue Officer at Acolad Group, explains why deals lose momentum. She outlines how internal friction and misalignment quietly stall progress. She also shares how trust is built through transparency and consistent follow-through. She closes with practical ways to operationalize customer voice and communication. “You can never overcommunicate on any strategy, an...

Episode #250: Asmita Singh, Chief Marketing Officer at BARBRI Global, explains why the voice of the customer is the foundation of a durable go-to-market. She explains how trust is built on credible data, not cherry-picked claims. She shares how marketing can connect siloed insights across sales, product, and service. She also outlines how bottom-up models improve revenue predictability with financ...

Episode #249: Stephanie Pilon, Chief Marketing Officer at Singular, shares how her team exceeded revenue targets without relying on paid media. She explains why long sales cycles and niche ICPs reduce the effectiveness of paid channels in B2B. Stephanie also walks through data-backed decisions that drove a strategic shift away from ads. Her approach shows how focus, alignment, and execution outper...

Episode #248:  Michelle Urdiales, CMO at LAM and a Member of the Regional Leadership Board at A.P. Moller - Maersk, explains how customer centricity must move beyond intention and become an operational strategy. She outlines how working backward from the customer shapes leadership decisions, prioritization, and long-term value creation. Michelle connects customer focus to retention, trust, an...

Episode #247: Vitaly Bochkarev, Chief Marketing Officer at Звук, explains how companies can grow when traditional channels disappear and trust becomes the real competitive edge. He shares how deep partner integration, not surface-level collaboration, creates scalable customer value. Vitaly demonstrates how unified journeys, shared KPIs, and multi-level buy-in turn ecosystems into high-performing e...

Episode #246: Vidhya Srinivasan, Chief Marketing Officer at Prophix, explains why internal alignment is the most significant barrier to scale. She describes how cross-functional miscommunication creates friction, anxiety, and stalled execution. Vidhya shares how simple, repeatable processes and clear engagement models unlock growth. She closes with a reminder that going back to basics is the funda...

Episode #245:  Willem Hendrickx, Chief Revenue Officer at Vectra AI, shares how customer insight becomes the foundation for strong strategy and lasting momentum. He shows how a clear ICP sharpens focus and accelerates growth. Willem connects culture, leadership, and the voice of the customer into one unified system. He highlights how internal alignment transforms customer evidence into predic...

Episode #244:  Jillian Als, Chief Marketing Officer at Dealfront, reveals why misalignment is the hidden challenge slowing growth inside every organization. She explains how internal definitions of success must match across departments. Jillian shares why direct, agenda-free customer conversations reshape strategy. She also warns that chasing AI without clarity results in wasted effort rather...

Episode #243: Jacqueline Woods, Chief Marketing Officer at Teradata, explains why execution only works when trust and culture come first. She shows how clear roles, accountability, and mutual respect unlock performance. Jacqueline connects preparation and discipline to sustainable innovation. Even with an average product, the right culture can still win. “When teams perform best, everyone feels li...

Episode #242: Kari Hanson, Chief Marketing Officer at Robin, explains why traditional ideas of predictability are breaking under the pressure of AI-driven change. She describes how shifting buyer behavior makes historic performance less reliable as a guide. Kari shows how brand and voice of the customer can restore clarity in this chaos and outlines a path to rebuild more predictable revenue syste...

Episode #241: Matt Gorman, Chief Revenue Officer at MSH, explains why the most significant barriers to sustainable growth are almost always internal rather than external. He shows how misaligned expectations, lack of internal trust, and weak revenue operations discipline undermine even strong strategies. Matt challenges leaders to define growth clearly, align risk tolerance, and protect their long...