Jon Russo

Founder

Nashville, Tennessee, United States32 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led growth from $50M to $200M through a successful IPO.
  • Over 14 years of experience in B2B marketing.
  • Expert in aligning sales and marketing processes.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2B SaaS marketing leader with extensive experience in revenue growth and strategic alignment.

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Skills

Core Skills

Account Based MarketingSales And Marketing StrategyNon-profit Management

Other Skills

6senseAnalyticsB2BB2B MarketingBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCRMChannel StrategyCloud ComputingDemand ForecastingDemand GenerationDemandbaseDigital MarketingDirect MarketingE-commerce

About

As a marketing leader, you're under pressure to show results - and fast. I get it. I've sat in your seat—as the senior marketing executive reporting directly to CEOs and COOs who expected marketing to deliver measurable pipeline, not just impressions from an agency. With over 14 years of proven experience, B2B Fusion partners with mid-market and enterprise teams to simplify go-to-market strategies, align sales and marketing processes, and deliver data-driven insights that fuel revenue growth. By leveraging tools like 6sense, Demandbase, HubSpot, Marketo, and Salesforce, the team has supported over 100 Account-Based (ABX and demand) clients to drive measurable outcomes. We at B2B Fusion enable marketing to function as a growth engine through clean strategies and actionable enablement and CMO-level reporting. Let’s connect if you’re looking for a partner to help marketing earn its seat at the revenue table. -------------------- Jon in 3ish words: disciplined, data-driven, & connector. Jon is a B2B SaaS marketing and inside sales leader with 20+ years of experience scaling recurring revenue from startup to IPO and acquisition. He led growth from $50M to $200M through a successful IPO, with two additional exits via acquisition. His experience spans high-growth startups to Fortune 500s where he was based in Silicon Valley, NYC, and Europe. Today, he leads B2B Fusion, helping mid-market and enterprise teams align sales and marketing to accelerate revenue.

Experience

Connecticut center for entrepreneurship and innovation (ccei)

Advisory Board Member

Aug 2023Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · NYC / Nashville · Hybrid

The growth ops community

Board Member - 501 (c) Non Profit

Jan 2013Jan 2021 · 8 yrs · NYC / Silicon Valley

  • Marketing Operations Cross Company Alliance (MOCCA) is the leading non-profit professional association dedicated to operational excellence in digital marketing. With 5600+ members representing over 2900 companies, members are leaders of Marketing Operations, Marketing Technology, Data Analytics, Digital Online Marketing, Demand Generation, and Lead Generation. B2B enterprise board members include Intel, Adobe, SAP, SiriusDecisions, IDC & others. As a board member, I currently represent/run the chapter events & sponsorship.
  • Sample event speakers:
  • ► SAP CMO
  • ► ChiefMarTech - Scott Brinker
  • ► Chief Digital Evangelist, Salesforce.com
Non-profit Management

B2b fusion

CMO & Founder

Jan 2011Present · 15 yrs 2 mos · Nashville / NYC

  • At B2B Fusion, we help identify new revenue conversion opportunities by:
  • ► Optimizing marketing and sales processes, and supporting systems.
  • ► Creating an Account Based revenue approach that unifies sales and marketing processes.
  • ► Providing CMO-credible reporting and data driven insights to invest money and time where it counts most.
  • System Expertise: Our team has several years of experience using 6sense, Demandbase, ZoomInfo, HubSpot, Marketo, and Salesforce, with over 100+ Account Based deployments.
  • Process Expertise: Account Based Marketing, Marketing Attribution, Email Deliverability, Lead Generation, Inside Sales, Marketing, Sales.
  • Current and past clients include companies in the following industries: high-tech, SaaS, healthcare and Financial services.
  • http://b2bfusion.com/
6senseDemandbaseHubSpotMarketoSalesforceAccount Based Marketing+7

Return path

SVP, Marketing, Executive Committee Member (acq. by Validity)

Jan 2009Jan 2011 · 2 yrs · NYC

  • Private $40M SaaS digital marketing company company that provided solutions to get legitimate email into the inbox and keep spam email out - at the nexus of B2C security, email infrastructure, and mobility. Customers included Schwab, eBay, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon, Eloqua, Marketo, and Aprimo.
  • Increased new booking revenue 200% in a year by implementing Eloqua automation platform, setting lead scoring/nurturing processes, establishing first SEO implementation, and leveraging Freemium offer.
  • Created company’s first marketing dashboard of metric reports for Board of Directors to inform on future direction of marketing return on investments.
  • Transformed marketing organization from North American support to a global, strategic business partner.
  • Hired, built, and led new team of 25 with $4M budget. Oversaw global demand generation, product marketing, field and channel marketing, inside sales, marketing operations, SEO/SEM, social network relations, retention, and professional services.

Ses satellites

SVP, Product Management and Marketing

Jan 2006Jan 2008 · 2 yrs · Luxembourg, NYC

  • Luxembourg headquartered, public $2.5B secure data and video satellite services company. Focused on media/entertainment, enterprise, network operator, and federal government segments in 160 countries. Customers included FedEx, Ford, NBC, Comcast, AT&T, FBI, and U.S. Department of the Navy.
  • Increased revenue from $500M to $600M in twenty-four months by initiating company’s first strategic sell through partnership with Cisco and through pricing increases resulting in 4% gross margin impact.
  • Launched company’s first integrated social media strategy consisting of 1300 customer/member blog, SEO/SEM, landing pages, and Wiki.
  • Improved sales processing time from 45 business days to 15 through Six Sigma benchmarking and metric monitoring of integrated CRM and SAP leading to $2M accelerated revenue in twelve months.
  • Created go-to-market strategy for North and Latin American regions. Responsible for $500M+ P&L, product management, demand generation, and marketing communication. Built team of 15 with $3M budget.

Ipass inc. (nasdaq: ipas)

VP, Marketing and Mobility, 16b Officer

Jan 2001Jan 2006 · 5 yrs · Silicon Valley, CA

  • Public $182M SaaS company that enabled enterprise customers to securely connect to their mission critical applications. Customers included Ford, Oracle, Cisco, Google, DoubleClick, Orange, BT, EDS, and Symantec.
  • Increased revenue 300% and expanded market share in F500 from 5% to 20% in 4 years through direct marketing campaigns with global partnerships with Intel and Cisco Systems.
  • Established company’s first customer and partner advisory boards in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden and the Americas which shaped company strategy.
  • Achieved ‘Gartner Leadership Quadrant’ best ranking designation for security solutions over 12 other competitors.
  • Created Technology Partnership program to further drive revenue to include Aventail, Juniper, Nortel, Cisco, Symantec, McAfee, Checkpoint, Microsoft NAP, Trusted Computing Group (TCG), Trend Micro and Sygate.
  • Led channel strategy, pricing, field marketing, demand generation, strategic alliances, public relations, & marketing communications. Built and hired team of 25 people in 5 countries supporting 150 sales professionals.

Frontier communications (nyse: fro. acquired global center)

VP, Data Product Management, Marketing & Business Development

Jan 1996Jan 2000 · 4 yrs · Silicon Valley, CA

  • Joined Frontier, a Fortune 500 company with $2.5B in annual revenues, through $180M 1998 acquisition of successful web hosting start up, GlobalCenter (Exodus). Retained by acquiring C.E.O. to lead M&A integration. Hired as employee #40 and led marketing and business development. Built co-marketing partnership with Cisco and IBM. Customers included Google, Yahoo!, and Netscape.

Us army

Telecommunications Officer

Jan 1989Jan 1993 · 4 yrs · Monterey, CA

  • Inactive Secret Clearance, National Defense Service Medal (Persian Gulf War), Parachutist Badge.

Education

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

M.B.A.

United States Army Schools & Centers

Basic Officer's Leaders Course

University of Connecticut

B.S. — Finance

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