Tim Hinds

Co-Founder

Boston, Massachusetts, United States15 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in B2B product marketing strategies.
  • Proven track record in messaging and positioning.
  • Strong leadership in product marketing initiatives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2B SaaS product marketing expert with a focus on messaging and go-to-market strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product MarketingGo-to-market StrategyMessaging

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAnalyst BriefingsB2B MarketingB2B Marketing StrategyBloggingBrand AwarenessBrand PerceptionBrand PersonalityBrand Positioning StrategiesCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer AdvocacyDeveloper MarketingGoogle AnalyticsIllustratorInDesign

About

I like helping B2B tech companies take on the big guys with their product marketing. How? 4 things: 1. Fluff-less messaging for each target audience about what it is and what they'll be able to do because of it 2. Immediately back that up with product proof and social proof so that they believe it 3. Keep it all consistent so that they remember it 4. Automate any processes that can be so that one product marketer feels like five

Experience

Applitools

Product Marketing Lead

May 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Remote

Product marketing alliance

Mentor | Course Committee | Ambassador

Apr 2019Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

  • Produced content used in the Messaging Masters course
  • Tested and provided feedback for Positioning Masters, Messaging Masters, Segmentation Masters, and Sales Enablement Masters courses
  • Mentor product marketers from entry-level to director-level
  • Co-organized Seattle product marketing meetups
Product MarketingMessagingGo-to-market StrategyProduct Launch

Grokspark

Co-Founder

May 2018Present · 7 yrs 10 mos · Greater Boston Area · Remote

  • PMMs use GrokSpark Messaging Enablement Platform to enable their teams with the right messaging for any situation in seconds.
Product MarketingGo-to-market StrategyProduct LaunchStorytellingMessagingWeb Development+4

Haproxy technologies

Director of Product Marketing

Feb 2017May 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos · Waltham, MA

  • Led positioning, messaging, and website copy overhaul projects
  • Developed go-to-market strategies for HAProxy Enterprise Edition and HAProxy Edge
Product MarketingGo-to-market StrategyProduct LaunchStorytellingDeveloper MarketingMessaging+1

Neotys

2 roles

Director of Product Marketing & North American Marketing Operations

Promoted

Feb 2016Jan 2017 · 11 mos · Waltham, MA

  • Led product marketing for all Neotys products and directly managed the NorAm marketing team
  • Repositioned Neotys from a load testing company to a continuous performance validation company to include a new monitoring product and compete better in Agile and DevOps orgs
  • Created a customer advocacy program that increased NeoLoad’s rank on itcentralstation.com from the #10 load testing tool to #3 in less than a year and to #2 the following year
  • Implemented a scrum process with 1-week sprints for the marketing team that allowed us to be both focused and flexible resulting in a high level of productivity with limited resources
  • Introduced predictive analytics to the organization for identifying the best fit target accounts and contact on which to focus sales energy
Product MarketingGo-to-market StrategyProduct LaunchStorytellingDeveloper MarketingMessaging+1

Product Marketing Manager

Jan 2013Jan 2016 · 3 yrs · Waltham, MA

  • Developed messaging for Neotys solutions for specific use cases and segments along with content including web pages, videos, sales slides, datasheets, webinars, blog posts, and more
  • Created new messaging that balanced the business value delivered by the capabilities of Neotys’ products with the technical details required for prospects to properly evaluate them
  • Worked closely with the VP of Product Management on new features suggestions, backlog prioritization based on trends and customer insights, pricing strategy, feature value, etc.
  • Regularly enabled sales teams on new product releases, new solutions messaging, new and updated collateral, and internal sales tools like buyer personas, competitive battlecards, etc.
  • Interviewed customers and wrote customer stories highlighting their business success for sales decks, case studies, product quotes, and presentations at our annual user conference
  • Collaborated with performance engineers on webinars, demo updates, and live presentations
Product MarketingGo-to-market StrategyProduct LaunchStorytellingDeveloper MarketingMessaging+1

Accurev (acquired by micro focus)

3 roles

Product Marketer

Promoted

Nov 2011Jan 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos · Lexington, MA

  • Led cross-functional teams to develop and execute go-to-market and product launch
  • plans for new products
  • Developed, tested, and refined key messages and value props for new GitCentric product
  • Created content for GitCentric including web pages, blog posts, product videos,
  • explanation diagrams, infographic, whitepapers
  • Enabled sales team to sell GitCentric by providing datasheets, new sales deck, FAQ,
  • competitive analysis, and messaging training
  • Briefed industry analysts on all aspects of GitCentric product
  • Spoke with prospects and customers about AccuRev and GitCentric at industry trade shows
  • and conferences
  • Worked closely with product management to conduct research interviews to direct product roadmaps
  • Performed many of the same Marketing Specialist duties listed below
Product MarketingGo-to-market StrategyProduct LaunchStorytellingDeveloper MarketingMessaging+1

Marketing Specialist

Promoted

Jan 2011Oct 2011 · 9 mos · Lexington, MA

  • Conducted Win/Loss analysis by mining data from Salesforce.com, interviewing lost
  • prospects and new customers
  • Polled customers using the Net Promoter Score methodology to determine customer
  • satisfaction levels
  • Wrote several workflows and Apex triggers in Salesforce.com to automatically update
  • fields, send out emails, track # of activities across accounts, opportunities, and contacts
  • Implemented DemandTools, DupeBlocker, and PeopleImport to automate the process of
  • cleaning new lead information, importing leads, deduping records, associating new leads
  • to existing accounts
  • Linked KeySurvey to Salesforce in order to automatically record all surveys from leads and contacts in Salesforce
Developer MarketingMessaging

Marketing Research Associate

Jul 2010Dec 2010 · 5 mos · Lexington, MA

  • Developed, executed, and analyzed a survey of 500 Agile practitioners on their use of
  • Agile methodologies and their purchasing behavior around software development tools
  • Screened and scheduled interviewees for in-depth interview market research projects on
  • Agile development
  • Automated screening process for inbound leads wanting to participate in research
  • projects through the creation of web-based screening questionnaires
Developer Marketing

Associated grocers

Business Analyst Intern

Jul 2009Sep 2009 · 2 mos · Baton Rouge, LA

  • Created, customized, and maintained SharePoint sites for corporate projects
  • Troubleshot any problems in the implementation of new tools on the project intranet sites
  • Participated in project team meetings with the corporate project manager and members of cross-functional teams
  • Assisted in the planning and execution of several corporate projects involving business process management, promotional programs, point of sales systems, emergency preparedness, and others

Education

Product Marketing Alliance

Positioning | Messaging | Segmentation Master's

Jan 2021Jan 2022

Southeastern Louisiana University

MBA — Marketing; Business Administration

Jan 2009Jan 2010

Louisiana State University

BA

Jan 2004Jan 2008

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