Women in B2B Marketing

Leslie Forde is the CEO and founder of Mom's Hierarchy of Needs, a long-time B2B marketer, a strategic advisor to HubSpot, and the author of Repair with Self Care. She also runs the longest running national parent study on pandemic and post pandemic mental health. In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing, we talk about the emotional, mental, and logistical load carried by working women and why bu...

Originally published on August 26, 2024 This replay features the wonderful Surbhi Agarwal, 25+ year industry vet and former CMO at Applied Intuition. We talked about her path from engineering to product marketing to the CMO seat, what really changes when you leave companies like Intel and Google for a fast moving startup, and why she builds marketing around trust, clarity, and collaboration. Surbh...

Kim Winter has spent nearly a decade building and scaling product marketing across Yotpo and multi product orgs. In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing, we unpack how true product marketing starts with market context and the voice of the customer, then fuels everything from positioning to pipeline. Kim shares how to operationalize VOC with CS, why PMM should own recurring deliverables like quar...

Sidney Waterfall has led agencies, advised high-growth teams, and now runs marketing in-house at OpenBrand. In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing , we unpack how focusing on process, not outcomes, builds momentum, clarity, and GTM efficiency that actually lasts. Sidney shares how her team runs PR without an agency, uses proprietary data to earn credibility, and measures what truly moves the bu...

Molly George has spent her career inside B2B tech and on the agency side. Today she is the CEO and founder of Kickstand, a PR and research firm helping brands win in an AI-shaped search world. In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing, we unpack why PR is having a comeback in B2B, how AI search is changing the playbook, and what modern comms leaders are doing to show up in the consideration set. W...

Ruta Sudmantaite and Emma Davies have built their careers across marketing, consulting, and now tech entrepreneurship. After meeting as teammates at a B2B SaaS company, they went on to become fractional CMOs, podcast co-hosts of Blame It On Marketing, and founders of their own startups - Lava Metrics, a marketing analytics platform, and Thesmia AI, a low-cost AI assistant for HR teams. In this epi...

Recorded IRL at Pavilion’s GTM2025, Washington DC! Amanda McGuckin Hager has worn many hats in her career—sales, marketing, fractional consulting—and today she holds two big ones: CMO and CRO at TrueDialog. After starting out in sales and quickly realizing her heart was in marketing, Amanda built a path through Austin’s B2B tech community, leading teams, experimenting with growth plays, and eventu...

**Originally published on October 16, 2024** This replay features the brilliant Liza Adams - AI advisor, fractional CMO, and one of the top 50 CMOs to watch in 2024. We talked about her journey from Manila to Michigan, why gratitude fuels her leadership, and how she’s spent 20+ years helping B2B tech companies elevate marketing from “tactical” to truly strategic. Liza’s perspective on AI, trust, a...

Paige Tills didn’t set out to be a marketer. After starting in international relations and higher ed, she pivoted into business development at #samsales - where she built her way into marketing and ultimately grew into the role of VP of Marketing. Paige has built her role from the ground up, shaping the company’s content engine, experimenting with paid and organic channels, and scaling what starte...

Michelle Denogean has one of those careers that makes you stop and take notes. From dreaming of Super Bowl ads to running marketing at eHarmony and Edmunds, advising dozens of startups, writing a book, and now leading as CMO at Mindtrip—she’s lived the full spectrum of B2B and B2C. In this conversation, we dig into what’s working in B2B marketing today, how to scale reputation and relationships, a...

**Originally published on April 12, 2023** This episode features the one and only Thao Ngo - SVP of Marketing at Uptempo and a total gem of a leader. We talked about building team culture across time zones, leading through three back-to-back acquisitions, and why she ditched PR and the company podcast (and what’s actually working instead). Thao’s smart, hilarious, and brutally honest in the best w...

In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing , Jane Serra sits down with Neha Verma , founder of the Partner Marketing Community and a 15+ year marketing leader, to explore the evolving world of partner marketing. Neha shares her journey from studying economics in New Zealand to becoming a global voice in partner marketing - and how an “accidental” career move turned into her passion and purpose. Tog...

In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing , Jane Serra sits down with Sheevaun Thatcher, VP of Revenue Enablement at Demandbase, to unpack what enablement really means when done right. With decades of experience spanning pre-sales, sales, and enablement leadership, Sheevaun shares the lessons learned from building programs that actually move the needle on productivity, retention, and revenue influ...

In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing, Jane Serra chats with Ashley Artrip, GTM Engineering Manager at Clay, author of Career Design , and host of Career Advice You Never Got , to demystify one of the fastest-emerging roles in revenue: go-to-market engineering. Ashley shares her unconventional path from career coaching and entrepreneurship to helping companies architect systems that accelerate...

In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing, Jane Serra sits down with Shannon Howard, Director of Customer and Content Marketing at Intellum, to talk about the real work behind building lasting customer relationships that drive retention, advocacy, and long-term brand love. From her early days in B2C to leading customer marketing in SaaS, Shannon shares how she has learned to scale connection witho...

** Originally published on May 8, 2024 ** Katie Berg coined a phrase in this episode that stuck with me so much I literally made stickers: F*ck it Energy. It’s about saying yes to big, scary opportunities, chasing fear instead of avoiding it, and putting yourself out there even when you’re not sure you’re ready. And honestly? I think we could all use a little more of that energy right now - which...

In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing , host Jane Serra chats with Shachar Oren, co-founder, CRO, and CMO at EX.CO—a rare triple-title leader with a journalist’s storytelling soul and a sharp eye on revenue. Shachar’s unconventional journey from writing film reviews to building a video-first adtech company is full of insight for any marketer navigating career pivots, cross-functional leadershi...

In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing , host Jane Serra sits down with Natalie Cunningham, a two-time SaaS CMO, former agency leader, and one of LinkedIn’s most refreshingly honest voices in marketing. Natalie’s journey from rural Tennessee to the C-suite is packed with lessons on resilience, leadership, and pushing past “professional” expectations. She opens up about what it really means to s...

In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing , host Jane Serra chats with Kim Tran, a full stack marketing leader who helped take Gimmal to a successful exit as Head of Marketing and Business Development. Kim's path into marketing was anything but linear. She started in First Amendment law before building a career focused on growth, brand transformation, and operational rigor across fintech, edtech,...

In this episode of "Women in B2B Marketing," host Jane Serra is joined by Chaenara O’Brien - a sharp strategist who splits her time between leading digital GTM at vFunction and consulting with startups via Thought Bakery. Chaenara brings a refreshingly grounded, systems-first lens to modern marketing, shaped by a background in energy trading, operations, and engineering services. The conversation...

** Originally published on January 18, 2023 ** This episode is a favorite for anyone who's ever argued about buttons vs hyperlinks, wondered if open rates still matter, or just wants to get better at email without sounding like a spam bot. Kestrel Lemen is an email powerhouse: part strategist, part storyteller, and hands down one of the most insightful voices in email marketing. Her take on what a...

***Recorded LIVE at WIB2BM LIVE ATLANTA*** In this first-ever LIVE IN PERSON episode of "Women in B2B Marketing," host Jane Serra sits down with Trinity Nguyen (CMO at UserGems) and Kacie Jenkins (SVP of Marketing at Sendoso) for an unfiltered conversation about the mistakes, missteps, and full-on f*ckups that shape great marketing leaders. They open up about failed campaigns, tool disasters, even...

In this episode of "Women in B2B Marketing," host Jane Serra chats with Leanna Adeola, VP of Marketing and Chief Brand Strategist at Black Onyx Management. Leanna, recognized as one of the "Top 40 Under 40" by the Indianapolis Business Journal, shares her journey through various marketing roles, from agency work to in-house positions. They discuss the challenges of integrating management consultan...

** Originally published on January 4, 2023 ** This episode is an early gem from when the podcast first launched and features the incredibly sharp Leela Gill, a three-time CMO and builder of high-growth B2B teams. Her advice on navigating the first 30-60-90 days in a new marketing leadership role is timeless. And her take on KPIs, internal branding, and enabling your sales team as thought leaders?...

In this episode of "Women in B2B Marketing," host Jane Serra speaks with  Rissy La Touche , a seasoned marketer, advisor, speaker, and founder of Dimple Studio. Rissy shares her journey from B2C/B2B marketing to business owner, discussing the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship. The episode delves into the importance of clear communication, self-promotion, and public speaking in B...