Mike Rizzo

CEO

Ladera Ranch, California, United States21 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of MO Pros community for Marketing Operations.
  • Developed first user community at Mavenlink.
  • Co-host of Ops Cast podcast for Marketing Ops professionals.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a MarTech expert with a strong focus on community building and marketing operations.

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Skills

Core Skills

Community ManagementMarketing OperationsCommunity BuildingPodcastingMarketing StrategyDemand Generation

Other Skills

Critical ThinkingForecastingCommunity DevelopmentCommunity EngagementAnalytical SkillsAdvisory BoardsCustomer Advisory BoardsB2B MarketingCase StudiesSalesforce.comMarketing Budget ManagementBusiness OwnershipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)MartechEmail Marketing

About

Mike Rizzo is a career marketing operations professional passionate about using a people-first approach to building scalable and efficient solutions to the challenges faced by marketing, business operations, and client success teams. With his extensive background in marketing Mike helped build, launch, manage and optimize Mavenlink's first user community and Client Advisory Board programs. In 2017 he also founded the growing community of MO Pros - a place where thousands of Marketing Operations Professionals connect, collaborate and help elevate the practice of Marketing Ops. He is also the co-host of the podcast called Ops Cast. As the founder of MarketingOps.com, Mike is taking a community-led approach to building a platform purpose-built to elevate Marketing Operations Professionals.

Experience

21 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
6 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Outset

Strategic Advisor

Apr 2023Apr 2025 · 2 yrs · Irvine, California, United States · Remote

Marketingops.com

3 roles

Community-led Founder and CEO

Promoted

Jun 2022Present · 4 yrs

  • With very few exceptions, the majority of products in the Marketing Automation and MarTech space have completely failed to build products and features for the Marketing Operations Professional. The industry just keeps giving us more tech to integrate, manage and maintain.
  • I'll be taking a community-led approach to building resources that are purpose-built for MO Pros to:
  • build centers of excellence that help us demonstrate ROI and earn us a seat at the proverbial “table” of leadership
  • help us easily and efficiently accomplish work that we NEVER have time for (hang on, I have another fire 🔥 to put out)
  • prove that we’re getting the most out of the technology we’re managing
Critical ThinkingCommunity ManagementForecastingCommunity DevelopmentCommunity EngagementAnalytical Skills+7

Co Host

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 5 mos

  • Ops Cast by MO Pros is a podcast for Marketing Ops Pros by Marketing Ops Pros.
  • Tune in here: www.themopros.com/opscast
Critical ThinkingForecastingAnalytical SkillsB2B MarketingMarketing Budget ManagementPodcasting+1

Founder

Jan 2017Present · 9 yrs 5 mos

  • The number one community for Marketing Operations Professionals.
  • I don’t know about you, but I have always found it really hard to find other Marketing Operations Pros to network with both locally and online.
  • So in January 2017, I started a Slack channel dedicated to connecting with Marketing Operations Professionals.
  • Today we're a growing community of wicked smart Marketing Operations Professionals who love learning and collaborating with each other.
  • You can join us here: https://www.marketingops.com/join
Critical ThinkingForecastingAnalytical SkillsB2B MarketingMarketing Budget ManagementBusiness Ownership+2

Stack moxie

Head of Community & Advisory Programs

Jun 2021Apr 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Remote

  • Helping Stack Moxie as they continue their community-led approach to building product(s) and features. They'll soon launch an Industry Advisory Board, and a Customer Advisory Board.
Critical ThinkingCommunity BuildingForecastingAnalytical SkillsAdvisory BoardsCustomer Advisory Boards+6

Mavenlink

Manager, Community and Loyalty Programs

Jul 2019Jun 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · Irvine

  • In the span of just a few years (with a great deal of cross-department collaboration) I helped build, launch, manage and optimize Mavenlink's first-ever user community and Client Advisory Board programs.
Critical ThinkingForecastingAnalytical SkillsB2B MarketingCase StudiesSalesforce.com+3

Human.marketing

Director of Marketing Strategy Client Accounts

Jun 2018Jul 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo · Irvine, CA

  • Orange County full-service Inbound Marketing Agency. We take great pride in becoming a fully integrated team within your organization and promise that you'll think of us as a remote marketing team.
  • As a Director of Marketing Strategy for Client Accounts, I partner with small to mid-size businesses to build and execute a KPI-focused Inbound Marketing Strategy. My clients leverage our full-service marketing agency for content marketing, web design, social media marketing, demand generation, email marketing and more.
  • Experts in HubSpot, Magento, Big Commerce, Shopify, Mailchimp, and much more.
Critical ThinkingForecastingAnalytical SkillsB2B MarketingCase StudiesSalesforce.com+3

Inmobi

Sr. Manager Growth Marketing - Publisher Platform

Jan 2018May 2018 · 4 mos · Orange County, California, United States

  • InMobi is a global mobile advertising platform that specializes in delivering the best ROI for mobile marketers. A mobile-first and mobile-only platform, InMobi has been pioneering the next generation of ad experiences, including video advertising, on the back of deep learning based optimization engines.
  • InMobi platforms help brands, performance marketers and app publishers engage mobile users across different stages of their lifecycle, converting each mobile moment into an opportunity to drive engagement and revenue. Recognized by Fast Company as one of The Most Innovative Companies in 2016, InMobi reaches over 1.5 billion unique mobile devices worldwide, and is redefining business models for the mobile ecosystem. For more information, visit www.inmobi.com
Critical ThinkingForecastingAnalytical SkillsB2B MarketingCase StudiesSalesforce.com+3

Aerserv (acquired by inmobi)

Director of Marketing

May 2017Jan 2018 · 8 mos · Irvine, CA

  • About AerServ:
  • AerServ is the leading inventory and audience monetization technology for mobile publishers. AerServ helps thousands of mobile publishers increase revenue through AerServ's ad mediation platform, and increase yield by delivering brand-based ads from the AerMarket ad exchange. AerServ's mediation layer is powered by OpenAuction technology, the industry's first true, comprehensive unified and simultaneous auction. AerServ's entire platform and infrastructure is built with a publisher-first objective and provides best in class support from account managers and software engineers. The company was founded in 2013 and has offices in Irvine, California. Visit AerServ at www.aerserv.com or follow us on Twitter at @AerServ.
  • My Role:
  • I'm in charge of designing and executing a marketing plan to achieve AerServ's growth goals.
Critical ThinkingForecastingAnalytical SkillsB2B MarketingCase StudiesSalesforce.com+3

Orange logic

Sr. Marketing Manager

Nov 2016May 2017 · 6 mos · Irvine, California

  • My primary Objectives / Responsibilities:
  • Develop and deploy demand generation programs that align with our growth goals.
  • Partner with sales leaders to manage and set pipeline definitions, metrics and goals.
  • Liaise with executive leadership, product development, sales, and the marketing team to develop strategies for inbound and outbound campaigns.
  • Optimize lead management, data hygiene, lead scoring, and lead nurture models that align with industry best practices.
  • Ensure optimal lead flow and follow-up on marketing generated leads.
  • Manage and negotiate with vendors while managing the demand generation budget.
  • Build and manage the sales + marketing alignment where neither department had previously existed
  • Build a new website (www.orangelogic.com)
  • Build and execute on product marketing, pricing, and brand marketing strategies
  • Evaluate and provide strategic advice on market positioning across multiple verticals
  • Implement and manage HubSpot CRM, Website, Blog, and Automation
  • Plan and execute on content marketing strategies including social
  • More to come as we see more growth!
Critical ThinkingForecastingAnalytical SkillsB2B MarketingCase StudiesSoftware as a Service (SaaS)+3

Mavenlink

Marketing Operations and Events Manager

Mar 2014Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Irvine, California

  • Achievements:
  • Generated over $1,000,000 in incremental opportunities with email campaigns and nurtures in less than 6 months.
  • Improved conversion rates on the blog by 1000% with technology and “growth hacks”
  • Generated Conference Leads and MQLs that turned to opportunities ~ 20-30% of the time.
  • Responsibilities
  • 1. Design, manage and constantly improve lead management and lead flow processes and procedures through our marketing stack (HubSpot, Unbounce, and Salesforce).
  • 2. Support marketing team & programs with underlying technology & best processes by providing training, analysis and documentation on all marketing technology operations.
  • 3. Execute email, webinar & other demand generation campaigns to support marketing lead gen goals.
  • 4. Own end-to-end funnel metrics and provide analysis/reporting using Excel/Salesforce/HubSpot to promote smarter data-driven decisions.
  • 5. Provide logistic and campaign support for online and offline events.
  • 6. Monitor, manage, and maintain quality of marketing database.
  • 7. Research, analyze, recommend and execute conferences to help meet the marketing demand generation goals.
  • 8. Develop a world class sales & marketing partnership that drives the company’s revenue goals via innovative process improvements, sales enablement, and accurate, intelligent funnel management.
  • 9. Work cross-functionally with engineering, product and sales to identify opportunities to optimize data structures or processes to improve marketing and sales productivity.
  • 10. Identify marketplace trends, tools and technologies to drive online acquisition, improve conversions, and support the growth of the business.
B2B MarketingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Salesforce.comMarketing Operations

Medata inc.

Marketing Administrator

Jan 2013Feb 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo · Tustin, CA

  • As marketing administrator, I worked with team members in sales, development, and all other departments in an effort to garner new sales opportunities and improve upon existing client relationships.
  • Responsible for project management of a new corporate website, marketing events/conferences, and email campaigns.
  • I was responsible for the integration & maintenance of marketing automation platforms at Medata. We used Pardot and ACT-ON. I acted as the CRM administrator for SugarCRM, although we started in Salesforce.
  • Additional Responsibilities:
  • Managed and update social media channels
  • Managed corporate website redesign project and engage key stakeholders
  • Helped set standards for design in alignment with brand positioning
  • Oversaw the functionality, layout and CMS for the Medata website
  • Managed process for creation and updating of content
  • Assessed new technologies to determine if they were fit for our needs
  • Gathered and report digital metrics and trends
  • Managed the process for content owners to update online content
  • Worked with marketing organization to build lead generating and nurturing programs to
  • attract prospects, build relationships and retain existing clients
  • Played a key role in the marketing team to design, build and coordinate a wide mix of
  • marketing campaigns and activities, including: partner programs, white papers,
  • webinars, PR, SEO, Google AdWords campaigns, social networks, banners, e-
  • newsletters, blogs, etc.
  • Enhanced and managed marketing information systems to include marketing automation
  • systems, integrated CRM (ACT-ON / PARDOT)
  • Advised Marketing on how to optimize offline content for online use cases
  • Worked with IT on issues affecting website and online presence

Specific media

2 roles

Account Manager

Aug 2012Jan 2013 · 5 mos · Irvine, CA

  • Support all campaigns throughout duration of their flight.
  • Daily pacing to ensure full budget delivery.
  • Provide customer service to operations, clients and sales as needed.
  • Daily optimizations to meet client performance expectations.
  • Complete monthly billing process for each campaign.

Ad Trafficking

Jun 2011Aug 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos · Irvine, CA

  • Maintain account performance on our dedicated Ad Server. Update and/or implement campaign requirements to assist account managers/sales team.
  • Specific Media is a next generation media platform company that enables brands to seamlessly connect with consumers no matter where they are. Working across formats and screens, Specific Media makes addressable advertising a reality. Specific Media’s suite of products inspire brands to think differently about their marketing initiatives – combining formats such as video and display and incorporating creative original programming to drive deep engagement and loyalty.

Cal state fullerton

Student

Aug 2010May 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Orange County, California, United States

  • Studied online marketing, and business marketing strategies. Worked with clientele to improve their marketing strategies. Often led business teams, spending time guiding and encouraging classmates to reach the team goals.

Medata

Account Coordinator

May 2010Jun 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo · Tustin

  • Account Coordinator, May 2010-Present MEDATA, TUSTIN, CA
  • Manage the maintenance of customer production and development processes in the workplace.
  • Accomplishments:
  • Established a priority log, held weekly meetings to maintain company direction and team focus.
  • Established documentation for data tracking and system performance.
  • Developed improved processes for managing information required by customers.

Dick's sporting goods

Account Manager - Key Person - Team Sales

Aug 2004May 2010 · 5 yrs 9 mos · Dick's Sporting Goods

  • Handled both large and small accounts ranging from in-store customers to team sales for schools and athletic programs throughout the greater Orange County region. Established and maintained new clientele, while consistently hitting quarterly goal on overall sales.
  • Sales Accomplishments:
  • Earned “Excellent Initiative Certificate” in the first six months of employment. Promoted from stock to floor sales.
  • Earned employee of the month and two-time Exceptional Sales Performance within the department. Recognized for ability to quickly establish rapport with customers, up-sell products and build a loyal clientele. Promoted to Team Sales.
  • Earned Exceptional Sales Performance in Team Sales department. Promoted to Assistant Manager “Key Person”, established three new accounts worth over $10,000.00/year within first twelve months. Recognized for establishing improved operations and organization of department.

Education

Cal State Fullerton, College of Business and Economics

BA Business Marketing — Online Marketing SEO & Strategic Internet Operations

Jan 2008Jan 2012

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