Cody Ward
Angel Investor
Chicago, United States
Cody Ward is a startup investor in Chicago. Hi, I’m Cody. I specialize in generating pipeline and accelerating revenue for hypergrowth companies via marketing.And I’ve failed enough times over the last 10 years to learn what levers generate profit and what levers do not.Common initiatives I spearhead are demand generation, pipeline acceleration, customer acquisition strategy, ABM up-sell/ cross-sell programs, revenue measurement, multi-channel attribution optimization, sales / marketing integration, technology stack architecture, budget optimization and team building.My sweet spot is the intersection of B2B, SaaS, $50MM to $250MM ARR, 50%+ YoY growth, VC/PE backed, acquisition heavy and expanding globally. And I take pride in accelerating growth at these organizations by designing scalable, effective and predictable growth engines and teams. My approach holistically unifies the people, strategy, tactics, process, technology and data together.My personal why is… I believe value is derived by simplifying the overly complex in order to return time, the most valuable resource.Connect with me if you want a partner in pursuing life-long learning and honing this marketing craft. I’m always striving to get better at it.---Specialties: - Recruiting, coaching and retention of high performing marketing talent. - Demand generation engine design and optimization. - Account based marketing (ABM) strategy and measurement. - Go To Market (GTM) strategies for global expansion. - Performance-driven digital marketing channel expertise. - Effective top, middle and bottom of funnel performance campaigns. - Web user experience and conversion optimization. - Establishing and improving marketing operations and agile processes.Technical Skills/Tools: -Architecting/Integrating Technology Stacks -Executive Framing / Board Presentations -Budget Management -ABM: Rollworks, Integrate, Drift, Engagio, Sendoso -Marketing Automation: Marketo, Eloqua, Pardot, HubSpot, Act-On -Email Marketing: ExactTarget, MailChimp, Sigstr -Digital Advertising: Paid Search (Google AdWords, Bing), Social Advertising (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter), 3rd Party Content Syndication -CRM: SalesForce -Data Mangement: LeanData, ZoomInfo, Bombora, RingLead -CMS: Wordpress, WebFlow -Analytics: InsightSquared, Domo, Google Analytics
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