Dave Dabbah

Co-Founder

San Rafael, California, United States25 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • $100M+ in additional revenue across multiple companies.
  • Scaled startups to enterprise-level brands with data-backed strategies.
  • Built world-class marketing teams driving significant business impact.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS marketing leader with extensive experience in brand building and revenue generation.

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AdvertisingBusiness DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceBusiness StrategyCRMChannel PartnersCompetitive AnalysisCorporate BrandingCreative DirectionCustomer AcquisitionDigital MarketingDirect MarketingE-commerceEmail MarketingEntrepreneurship

About

Hi, I'm Dave Dabbah. I'm a dynamic, visionary CMO who's spent 20-plus years shaping global brands. I like to say that building global brands from scratch is my craft. I thrive at the intersection of growth, strategy, marketing, branding, and storytelling—I have a proven track record of accelerating growth, scaling operations, and building global brands beyond $150M ARR. My superpower is translating complex technology into memorable brands that drive rapid growth and leave a lasting impression on the market. As a growth-focused marketing leader, I don’t just build marketing teams—I create revenue-driving engines. My expertise spans enterprise marketing, developer marketing, and PLG, and I enjoy solving complex pipeline problems. I thrive with startups, turnarounds, and high-growth brands. 📈 The Results: ✔️ $100M+ in additional revenue across multiple companies ✔️ Scaled startups to enterprise-level brands with data-backed strategies ✔️ Built and led several world-class marketing teams that drove significant business impact Beyond my day job, I’m also passionate about The Business of Sports. As the creator of The National, "the NAT", I explore the strategy, buzz, and economics behind the sports industry. 🎙️ https://thenat.substack.com/ Oh, and I also host a weekly NBA podcast, which has garnered over 1.5 million views in the past 12 months. 📩 Let’s connect. Feel free to DM me, as I provide brand reviews and advice to companies and management teams around the globe on both their corporate brands and personal brands. Specialities: Global Brand Building, Branding, GTM, PR, Communications, Growth, Growth Marketing, Marketing, Demand Generation, Developer Marketing, Growth Strategy & Execution, Revenue Marketing, Product-Led Growth (PLG), Go-to-Market Strategy, Enterprise Marketing Strategy, Marketing-Led Revenue Operations, Complex Pipeline Optimization, AMB, Account-Based Marketing, B2B, B2B Marketing, SaaS marketing, SaaS, Integrated Marketing Campaigns, Storytelling, Market Positioning, CMO-Level Strategic Leadership, Startup Marketing, Turnaround Marketing, Analytics, Data-Driven Decision Making, Brand Differentiation in Competitive Markets, Multi-Market Expansion Strategy, Customer Acquisition & Lifecycle Marketing, Marketing Team Building & Mentorship, Scaling Brands Beyond $150M ARR, Sports Business, NBA, NFL, NBA Business, NFL Business, Sports Media

Experience

Stealth branding

Founder and CMO

Aug 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

  • Stealth isn’t just about analyzing brands—we fine-tune them for rapid growth. We provide deep-dive brand reviews, uncover new growth opportunities, and deliver bold, strategic marketing recommendations.
  • 🚀 Key Impact:
  • ✔️ Helped companies around the globe refine their brand strategy & scale revenue
  • ✔️ Created a flat-fee subscription marketing model, improving accessibility for startups
  • ✔️ Optimized marketing for numerous brands, increasing engagement by 50%

Robocorp

Chief Marketing Officer

Oct 2021Sep 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Led marketing at Robocorp, a category-defining AI automation company that makes intelligent automation accessible to businesses worldwide. Focused on demand generation, brand building, and GTM strategy, driving significant revenue growth.
  • Our company is at the forefront of delivering AI Agents to companies around the world who are embarking on their digital transformations. We are backed by a growing list of great investors, which includes Artisanal Ventures, Benchmark, Canvas Ventures, FirstMinute Capital, Harpoon Ventures, Slow Ventures, and Uncorrelated Ventures. Acquired by Sema4 AI.
  • 🚀 Key Achievements:
  • ✔️ Increased marketing-driven revenue by 50%
  • ✔️ Scaled lead generation efforts, resulting in a 75% increase in pipeline
  • ✔️ Positioned Robocorp as a leader in AI automation, leading to its acquisition by Sema4 AI

Forbes communications council

Contributor to Forbes Communication Council

Oct 2021Aug 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

Clevertap

Chief Marketing Officer

Oct 2020Oct 2021 · 1 yr

  • CleverTap is revolutionizing mobile user engagement for brands all over the world. Today, CleverTap is run by over 10,000 brands and delivers over 1 trillion user behavior interactions every month.
  • We Are Definitely Hiring!

Agora.io

Vice President of Marketing

Jul 2017Jul 2020 · 3 yrs

  • Agora.io offers real-time engagement SDKs that allow developers and product owners to easily embed voice, video, interactive streaming, and messaging for any mobile, web or desktop application and go live globally in a matter of days.
  • Today, Agora delivers over 20 billion minutes a month of real-time voice, video, and interactive streaming across the globe. Agora is trusted by product owners and developers and powers live streaming and video interaction for leading social and enterprise brands across the globe, with use cases in a wide variety of industries including social, gaming, entertainment, education, enterprise, e-commerce, healthcare and more.

Stealth start-up

Board Advisor

Jun 2017Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Agriculture + IoT + Blockchain = Cool

Dabbah.io

CMO - Strategic Marketing Consultant

Feb 2016Feb 2018 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • We provide strategic marketing, branding, and business operation consulting for start-ups. Clients include: SonicCloud, OWL.ai , Agrotics, N3N and Agora.

N3n

Marketing Consultant "Consulting CMO"

Oct 2015Oct 2016 · 1 yr · San Jose, CA

  • Think Visualization - At N3N we monitor, detect and predict IT/Business operations issues in real-time.
  • As a marketing consultant for N3N I'm responsible for the North America brand launch which includes development of N3N's online presence. In addition I'm overseeing the launch of the companies sales and marketing systems which includes process development integrated into the companies business operations systems.

Hawq a service of ephox

GM/VP of Marketing

Oct 2012Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Palo Alto, California

  • The world's first website content error protection service monitors websites for content errors. Website content is always changing and with Hawq watching over, your brand will always be protected. Marketers and developers from around the globe use Hawq to detect web content errors like branding errors, broken hyperlinks, spelling mistakes, SEO mistakes, and accessibility issues.
  • As GM I’m responsible for product development, marketing, sales and brand development.

Ephox

Vice President of Marketing

Oct 2010Sep 2015 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Palo Alto, CA

  • If you’ve ever edited anything on the Internet, the chances are you’ve already used one of our products. Ephox, develops the software that enables rich content to be created in applications like Wordpress, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Evernote, Joomla and more. Ephox tools are used by millions of web authors worldwide and by industry leaders including Facebook, Coca Cola, IBM and Oracle.
  • As Vice President of Marketing I’m responsible for global marketing of five brands which includes
  • TinyMCE, Textbox.io, EditLive!, Ephox and Hawq.I have overall responsibility for marketing which ranges from lead generation, brand development, market research and public relations.

Lucky hand beer

Board Member

Jan 2009Dec 2013 · 4 yrs 11 mos

  • Board Member. Responsible for developing Lucky Hands initial marketing and branding strategy. Today Lucky Hand can be found in over 250 restaurants and bars in Northern California and has distribution deals with several grocery chains including Whole Foods and Bevmo. The company also has 3 additional distribution deals throughout California. Lucky Hand can now be found from SF to San Diego.

Emaillabs

2 roles

VP of Marketing

Jul 2005Jun 2009 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Lyris, Inc is a leading software-as-a-service company which specializes in integrated marketing solutions. As VP of Marketing I was the driving force behind the development & launch of the company’s multi-channel marketing solution, Lyris HQ. I oversaw five brands and managed a $4.5 million dollar advertising budget. During my tenure the company grew from $11 million to a $46 million dollar run rate.
  • Brand Strategy
  • Framed transition for new corporate brand strategy, which led to product & brand consolidation of an email marketing service, web analytics tool & content management system into a new service called Lyris HQ. Additionally oversaw the corporate brand and product marketing strategy for the company.
  • Revenue Growth
  • Led development of lead generation program which resulted in monthly lead growth from 200 leads to well over 5000 leads a month. We generated 50% year over year growth 3 years in a row.
  • Budget
  • Managed and leveraged annual advertising budget of $4.5 million, adding over $30
  • million of top-line growth in 2 years.
  • Team Building/Sales Management
  • Recruited and empowered a 25 person sales/marketing team. Oversaw the day-to-day operations of the companies software sales organization, leading the team to record sales in 2005, 2006 & 2007.
  • Analysis/Board Involvement
  • As a member of the companies executive management team I regularly presented detailed reports to the executive management team and the board. Responsibility’s included business analysis and assisted with mergers.
  • PR/Analyst Relations
  • Developed and managed PR strategy for all 5 brands. Worked with outside PR & IR firms. Managed analyst relations, which including working closely with Forrester & Jupiter Research.
  • Product Development
  • Led the development and staffing of the product management team. Additionally oversaw the redesign of the Lyris’ flagship product and created the LyrisHQ brand.

GM/VP

May 2000May 2005 · 5 yrs

  • As the first employee of EmailLabs/Uptilt I played a significant role in the development, launch and growth of EmailLabs which quickly became one of the most well respected email marketing firms in the Silicon Valley.
  • At EmailLabs I led the companies product development, marketing and sales strategy.
  • As the VP of Sales/Marketing, I hired and created an extensive sales organization & sales processes that enabled the companies run rate to increase 100% year over year for the first 5 years. Developed and executed our product strategy and created and ran our marketing programs.
  • Team Management – Built sales & marketing organization from the ground up.
  • Board Involvement – Interacted with board members regularly to help assess our progress in sales, marketing, product development and overall financial position of the company.

Education

California State University, Fullerton

Radio and Television

Jan 1991Jan 1995

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