Eric Eden

Co-Founder

Washington, District of Columbia, United States24 yrs 3 mos experience
AI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Led marketing for companies achieving $10 Billion in exits.
  • Built demand engines generating 9-figure pipelines.
  • Expert in AI tools and strategies for SaaS growth.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS marketing leader with expertise in AI-driven strategies and revenue growth.

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Skills

Core Skills

Embedded FinanceSaasAi ProductivityArtificial Intelligence (ai)

Other Skills

B2B MarketingAI GrowthLovableGamma AppAnthropic ClaudeVeo 3PerplexityPodcastingMarketing ExecutiveMarketing ManagementLead GenerationProduct MarketingProduct ManagementMarketing Automation - Lead NurturingEvent Marketing / Tradeshows

About

Over the last decade, I’ve led AI-native, revenue-owned marketing for B2B SaaS—from startup to IPO/exit—building systems that compound: category narrative → predictable pipeline → efficient payback. I partner tightly with CEOs, CROs, marketing teams and product to turn strategy into results + ROI: ARR, CAC/LTV, win rate, and expansion. I am an expert in AI tools, AI Agents, and helping companies find the best use cases for leading AI solutions like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini Signature Wins: part of leadership journeys at companies that went public; scaled demand engines that drove 9-figure+ pipelines; shipped pricing/packaging and lifecycle programs that improved payback and retention. Driven 8 successful exits for VC and PE backed companies for combined total of $10 Billion. Core Competencies: Demand Generation, ABM, AI-Powered Content Ops, Marketing Architecture, RevOps Alignment, Pipeline Forecasting, PLG + Enterprise Motions, Category Design, Positioning & Messaging, Pricing & Packaging, Sales Enablement, Analyst Relations, International Expansion, Partner/Ecosystem, Live + Virtual Events, M&A Integration, Team Design & Hiring, Budgeting & Finance, Executive Communications. I’m currently advising AI/SaaS teams and select PE/VC portfolio companies. Open to Fractional CMO, board-level advisory, and keynote invites. Message me here

Experience

24 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
8 mos
Current Experience

Charge forward

Co-Founder & Partner

Jan 2026Present · 4 mos · Remote

  • Charge Forward is a community, consultancy and media platform helping SaaS and AI executives build new revenue streams through embedded finance (payments, lending, banking, etc.).
Embedded FinanceSaaSB2B Marketing

Prompt magic

Co-Founder and AI Advisor

Sep 2025Present · 8 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area · Hybrid

AI ProductivityAI GrowthArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Thinking deeply ai

Founder & Advisor

May 2025Present · 1 yr · Washington DC-Baltimore Area · Remote

  • Thinking Deeply is a free online community for AI professionals and enthusiasts to keep up on everything happening in AI.
LovableGamma AppAnthropic ClaudeVeo 3Perplexity

Information venture partners

Executive In Residence

Aug 2021Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Advising SaaS and Fintech portfolio companies on marketing and growth strategies

Postclick

Chief Marketing Officer

Mar 2020Jul 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • At Postclick, we work with 10,000 of the most innovative companies in the world to significantly increase their return on digital advertising investment.

Dext

Chief Marketing Officer

Jul 2017Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • I was in charge of directing the company's global marketing team and driving growth of 500,000 businesses using solutions globally. Company was acquired by Hg Capital - the largest software investment firm in the EU.

Hcentive

Chief Marketing Officer

Jul 2016Jul 2017 · 1 yr · Reston, VA

  • I was the global marketing leader for hCentive. The company raised $30 million in funding and was acquired by United Healthcare. During my time at the company we successfully won enterprise customers that directly led to United Healthcare acquiring the company.

Socrata

Chief Marketing Officer

Aug 2015Jul 2016 · 11 mos · Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • I led the efforts to market the company's solutions to local and federal government agencies. Socrata raised $50M in private equity and was acquired by Tyler Technologies NYSE TYL.

Cvent

Senior Vice President of Marketing

May 2005Aug 2015 · 10 yrs 3 mos · Tysons Corner, VA

  • I led all aspects of Cvent's 300 person marketing organization globally. I was a key member of the senior management team at the company through 10 years of growth, an IPO in 2013 and two years of successful growth as a public company that led to the company being acquired for $1.6 Billion.
  • Key Achievements:
  • ● Achieved 35%, 10–year compounded annual revenue growth with YoY profitability by generating +100K inquiries and sales leads each year for 400-person sales team across seven business units.
  • ● Generated 99% of $200M in annual revenue via marketing programs.
  • ● Successfully established "Event Management Software" category and positioned Cvent as category leader that led to an IPO on the NYSE and the company being taken private for $1.6 Billion.

Neustar

Director Marketing Operations

Jun 2001Jul 2003 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • I was the leader of the marketing team that launched web site registration services for .BIZ and .US top level domains which sold over 2 million registrations in the first two years.

Verio / ntt communications

Director Sales & Marketing

Aug 1998May 2001 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • I led a large sales and marketing team at this publicly traded company that sold web site hosting, web design, co-location and Internet connectivity to businesses. This included sales and marketing efforts for selling e-commerce web sites to over 10,000 SMBs around the world. Verio acquired 53 companies in the above areas using $2 Billion in VC funds and was purchased by NTT Communications for $5.5 Billion in 2001.

Network solutions

Manager Partner Marketing / Customer Services

Aug 1995Aug 1998 · 3 yrs

  • I started at Network Solutions as an associate right after graduating from college in 1995 as part of a small government contract with the National Science Foundation to maintain the central Internet registry. During the hyper growth of Internet adoption I grew with the company and was promoted several times. I was a part of the team that took the company public in 1997. I helped the company go from 100,000 .COM domains (registered web sites) to over 5 million in my three years at the organization through partner marketing programs, and product marketing efforts. The company realized over $500 Million in sales during my three years at the company. Network Solutions is one of the biggest success stories of the dot com boom.

Education

The University of Akron

B.A. — Mass Media Comm and Computer Programming

Jan 1991Jan 1995

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