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Vidya Peters is back on CMO Conversations, this time going even deeper on the importance of hiring and the leadership lessons she's learned building a marketing team from the ground-up. Plus, learn why *this role* was the first hire Vidya made (before she even joined Marqeta). 

Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the pod with your friends. You can connect with Tricia and Vidya on Twitter @triciagellman @vidya_peters @HYPERGROWTH_Pod

Vidya Peters is back on CMO Conversations, this time going even deeper on the importance of hiring and the leadership lessons she's learned building a marketing team from the ground-up. Plus, learn why *this role* was the first hire Vidya made (before she even joined Marqeta).

The Most Credible Form Of Marketing Any Company Can Do – Part 2 With Marqeta's Vidya Peters

Welcome to CMO Conversations – a brand new podcast that takes you inside the mind of the modern CMO. Every other week, Drift CMO Tricia Gellman sits down with a different CMO and goes deep on their experience. What did their path to becoming a CMO look like? What advice do they have for up-and-coming marketers? What’s their superpower? And how do they navigate the challenges of a role that's constantly evolving? 

Because if there's one thing today's CMO can count on – it's change. 

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CMO Conversations With Tricia Gellman

When Sydney Sloan joined SalesLoft as CMO, one of the first things she did was a customer journey exercise, zeroing in on new customers’ first 90 days with SalesLoft. Why'd she do it? Sydney says it was the best way to understand the challenges customers were facing and where marketing could provide value. In this episode, Sydney shares the key metrics she looks at every week, why she thinks marketing should get involved in the post-sale, what she’s learned marketing to different personas throughout her career, and the mantra that helps her stay laser-focused on the customer.&nbsp; Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the pod with your friends. You can connect with Tricia and Sydney on Twitter @triciagellman @sydsloan

Sydney Sloan

CMO, SalesLoft

In this episode, SalesLoft CMO Sydney Sloan shares the key metrics she looks at every week, why she thinks marketing should get involved in the post-sale, what she’s learned marketing to different personas throughout her career, and the mantra that helps her stay laser-focused on the customer. 


How Marketing Can Get Closer To The Customer (With SalesLoft’s Sydney Sloan) 

Tricia Gellman is the host of CMO Conversations, and on this episode, she’s also the guest. At the end of 2020, Tricia went on maternity leave to welcome her daughter into the world. But now she’s back at it and figuring out the balance of being a new mom, wife, and – you guessed it – CMO. She’s joined by Dena Upton, Drift’s Chief People Officer, for a candid discussion about her journey to motherhood, her transition back to work, and what she’s learned so far.

Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the pod with your friends. You can connect with Tricia and Vidya on Twitter @triciagellman @heydenaupton @DriftPodcasts

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Tricia's Article in Business Insider --> I'm a 3-time CMO and 5-time ironman triathlete, but having a child is the hardest thing I've ever done:  https://www.businessinsider.com/drift-cmo-tricia-gellman-motherhood-infertility-ivf-loss-career-2020-10

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister https://bookshop.org/books/the-rainbow-fish/9781558585362 

Big Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis https://bookshop.org/books/big-words-for-little-people/9780061127595

Dena Upton 

Chief People Officer, Drift 

Tricia Gellman is the host of CMO Conversations, and this episode, she’s also the guest. At the end of 2020, Tricia went on maternity leave to welcome her daughter into the world. But now she’s back at it and figuring out the balance of being a new mom, wife, and –you guessed it – CMO. She’s joined by Dena Upton, Drift’s Chief People Officer, for a candid discussion about her journey to motherhood, her transition back to work, and what she’s learned so far.

What I've Learned (So Far) From Being A 3-Time CMO & First-Time Mom

Tricia and Carol Carpenter (CMO of VMware) pick up right where they left off – going even deeper on how being a CEO helped her become a better marketer. Plus Carol shares the three biggest leadership lessons she's learned throughout her career. Trust us, you're going to want to write these down.

Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the pod with your friends. You can connect with Tricia and Carol on Twitter @triciagellman @carol_carolling

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolwcarpenter/

Carol Carpenter

CMO, VMware

Tricia and Carol Carpenter (CMO of VMware) pick up right where they left off – going even deeper on how being a CEO helped her become a better marketer. Plus Carol shares the three biggest leadership lessons she's learned throughout her career. Trust us, you're going to want to write these down.

How Do You Run Fast At Scale? (Part 2 with VMware's Carol Carpenter) 

If you want to meet a marketer who has done it all, look no further than Carol Carpenter. In her career, the Apple/Trend Micro/Google alum has been a product manager, a GM, a CEO, and not to mention, a marketing exec many times over. Now as VMware’s CMO, Carol is driving the 22-year-old software company’s digital transformation. In this episode, Carol talks to Tricia about how her non-linear career path helped her become a stronger marketer and recaps some of her biggest learnings from being a CEO.

Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the pod with your friends. You can connect with Tricia and Carol on Twitter @triciagellman @carol_carolling

If you want to meet a marketer who has done it all, look no further than Carol Carpenter. In her career, the Apple/Trend Micro/Google alum has been a product manager, a GM, a CEO, and not to mention, a marketing exec many times over. Now as VMware’s CMO, Carol is driving the 22-year-old software company’s digital transformation. In this episode, Carol talks to Tricia about how her non-linear career path helped her become a stronger marketer and recaps some of her biggest learnings from being a CEO.

What Being A CEO Taught Carol Carpenter (VMware’s CMO)

Not every CMO has the opportunity to work on both high-impact business issues and social issues, but Nancy Coleman is in a unique position. Nancy and her team at Maxar (a space technology company) have partnered with tier-one media outlets to break powerful new stories with indisputable satellite imagery. But even 2020 threw Nancy a curveball. In this episode, Nancy shares her best advice for taking a stance on social issues – start by examining your brand’s values, listening (really listening) to your team, and avoiding platitudes at all costs.

Plus, hear Nancy’s take on key leadership topics for CMOs going into 2021, like transparency, trust, and internal communications.

Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the pod with your friends. You can connect with Tricia and Nancy on Twitter @triciagellman @ncoleman_dg @HYPERGROWTH_Pod 

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For more on the Maxar News Bureau, visit: https://www.maxar.com/news-bureau 
To read the Pulitzer Prize-winning report by the Associated Press, visit: https://www.ap.org/explore/seafood-from-slaves/ 
Video "How Maxar Sees Slavery From Space" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPgth3PgxiE&ab_channel=MaxarTechnologies

Nancy Coleman

Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Maxar Technologies

Not every CMO has the opportunity to work on both high-impact business issues and social issues, but Nancy Coleman is in a unique position. Nancy and her team at Maxar (a space technology company) have partnered with tier-one media outlets to break powerful new stories with indisputable satellite imagery. But even 2020 threw Nancy a curveball. In this episode, Nancy shares her best advice for taking a stance on social issues – start by examining your brand’s values, listening (really listening) to your team, and avoiding platitudes at all costs.
Plus, hear Nancy’s take on key leadership topics for CMOs going into 2021, like transparency, trust, and internal communications.

Taking A Stance On Social Issues – Part 2 With Maxar's Nancy Coleman

There’s using your product to tell a story, and then there’s using your product to tell breaking news stories. In this episode of CMO Conversations, Tricia speaks with Nancy Coleman, CMO of Maxar (a space technology company), about the Maxar News Bureau – a partnership program with top tier media organizations that uses satellite imagery to provide indisputable truth at a time when credibility is critical.

Tricia and Nancy discuss the story that started it all – which involved the Associated Press, three investigative journalists, and smoking gun satellite imagery from Maxar – and resulted in the freeing of more than 2,000 slaves in Southeast Asia’s commercial fishing industry, action from the U.S. government, and a Pulitzer Prize.

Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review and share the pod with your friends. You can connect with Tricia and Nancy on Twitter @triciagellman @ncoleman_dg @HYPERGROWTH_Pod
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For more on the Maxar News Bureau, visit: https://www.maxar.com/news-bureau

To read the Pulitzer Prize-winning report by the Associated Press, visit: https://www.ap.org/explore/seafood-from-slaves/

Video "How Maxar Sees Slavery From Space" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPgth3PgxiE&ab_channel=MaxarTechnologies 



There’s using your product to tell a story, and then there’s using your product to tell breaking news stories. In this episode of CMO Conversations, Tricia speaks with Nancy Coleman, CMO of Maxar, about the Maxar News Bureau – a partnership program with top tier media organizations that uses satellite imagery to provide indisputable truth at a time when credibility is critical.

Tricia and Nancy discuss the story that started it all – which involved the Associated Press, three investigative journalists, and smoking gun satellite imagery from Maxar – and resulted in the freeing of more than 2,000 slaves in Southeast Asia’s commercial fishing industry, action from the U.S. government, and a Pulitzer Prize.

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CMO, Drift