hi y'all, i'm emily. b2b saas marketing vp on sabbatical. open to head of / vp marketing roles. Austin native. Lover of local parks. Dog mom to Willa. Stained glass maker. Owner of a Valorant Riot gun buddy (IYKYK).
Want me as your next VP/Head of Marketing? I'm open to the right opportunity (email me). Podcast, panel, investing, or advising? Reach out. On the internet, technically: linkedin, twitter, github, youtube. all the commitment of someone chronically online, none of the content.
Musings
· Why I'm building in deathtech · My marketing playbook for 2026 · The marketing team I'd build today (to do that playbook) · I built a Severance-inspired Slack bot and won incident.io's Build-On contest
Where I've worked
Deskpro // 2024–2025 // VP of Marketing $25M Series A. Recruited to build the marketing team; 98% of new business was marketing-generated. AI help desk for IT, HR, and support — cloud or on-prem.
FusionAuth // 2022–2024 // VP of Marketing Bootstrapped to double-digit millions, then a $65M growth round. Customer identity for developers. 100% inbound motion.
Trustpage // 2022 // Director of Marketing Seed. Trust center platform for security reviews. Acquired by Vanta (after I left).
Pushnami // 2019–2021 // Director of Marketing Marketing automation and ad network for content publishers and affiliates. Named fastest-growing company in Austin, #2 in Texas (Inc.).
OutboundEngine // 2016–2019 // Sr. Manager, Demand Gen & Ops → Head of Marketing Raised $55M. Marketing automation for SMBs. Helped grow the company post-Series B.
Currently building
Setlr.io — the infra for settling estates
Things I built to solve my marketing pain points
skills mktgskills.ai — repo of claude skills 🏆 awardica.com — award directory / tracker normalizer.dev — open source api to normalize marketing attribution