Jeffrey Brown
Marketing Ops, Data Ops, and Marketing Technology
Profile
I'm a lifelong learner and perpetual tinkerer with a passion for exploring new skills and ideas—both professionally and in my personal life. Whether it's picking up a new hobby or building a digital tool from scratch, I thrive on the process of discovery and hands-on problem-solving. Empowered by technology and driven by curiosity, I make the most of available resources to better understand the world, create useful solutions, and continuously grow as a person and a professional.
Experience
Sr. Manager, Marketing & Data Operations
2023–PresentMural
- Own and manage the Segment Customer Data Platform (CDP), ensuring seamless integration with downstream systems including Inflection, Marketo, Salesforce, Pocus, Qualified, and others
- Serve as the primary liaison between Data Engineering and Revenue Operations, facilitating clear communication and alignment on data strategy and execution
- Oversee the accurate capture, transformation, and orchestration of attribution data across the marketing and sales tech stack
- Define and maintain the event schema for go-to-market data, including the creation of a unified event taxonomy and identification of key properties, traits, and data requirements across systems
- Support the evaluation, implementation, and onboarding of new tools and technologies within the go-to-market tech stack, including recent initiatives like Salesforce Data Cloud
- Create and maintain SQL-based views in Databricks to support PLG data analysis and enable data activation in downstream tools such as Gainsight
Director, Marketing Operations
2021–2023McGaw
- Develop implementation strategies for customer data platforms and analytics tools such as Segment, mParticle, Lytics, Amplitude, Mixpanel, and Google Analytics
- Connect disparate systems by creating custom integrations and data pipelines
- Establish data sources and sync to core business systems leveraging ETL tools and custom written queries
- Design, execute, and manage optimization campaigns across websites, testing platforms, CDPs, analytics tools, email providers, and more
- Conduct qualitative research projects and serve as a trusted resource and subject matter expert
- Design, build, and execute on marketing operations programs, email campaigns, and other creative ops/campaigns to help clients achieve core business objectives
- Develop internal MOPs and DevOps processes as well as company tools
- Manage multiple projects and clients across a variety of different verticals and industries
Technical Architect
2018–2021Reach Marketing
- Designed and developed marketing automation solutions for clients across various verticals
- Developed user interfaces for custom tools, reporting dashboards, and web assets using a wide array of frameworks, libraries, and systems
- Led implementations of newly acquired platforms such as Marketo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud; made strategic recommendations for martech stack enhancements
- Leveraged platform APIs and custom ETL solutions to connect disparate systems
- Created web and email assets using platform-specific syntax, dynamic content, custom scripting, and API libraries
- Served as a company-wide technical consultant for web development requests
- Provided pre-sales technical support to help drive new business and grow revenue
Marketing Automation Consultant
2017–2018Fathom
- Orchestrated account kickoffs, alignment exercises, and immersion sessions to fully understand a client's core business
- Led client account teams to implement marketing automation solutions, including triggered messaging, automated lead intake, and real-time personalization
- Ensured all initiatives were fully aligned with clients' core business objectives and KPIs, and proved the value of marketing automation through analytics
- Produced thought leadership content and sales support materials to help drive new business and promote brand awareness
Marketing Automation Strategist
2015–2017Fathom
- Developed messaging strategies leveraging client customer personas, existing engagement data, and personalized content
- Designed and implemented custom marketing automation solutions spanning multiple channels and stages of the lead lifecycle
- Conducted business immersion sessions to gather campaign requirements from key stakeholders
- Created frameworks and toolkits to facilitate the campaign planning process, including account kickoff documents, program playbooks, and implementation workbooks
- Ensured campaign assets adhered to brand guidelines and industry best practices
- Outlined optimization roadmaps for in-market campaigns to promote an iterative, agile digital strategy for all clients
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Email Marketing Specialist
2013–2015Fathom
- Developed marketing email and landing page assets in alignment with best practices and industry standards
- Tested and debugged full mobile responsiveness across all devices and clients using tools such as Litmus, 250ok, and Email on Acid
- Worked as an extension of client teams to ensure campaigns were launched on time, in full, without errors
- Defined testing strategies and methodologies for optimizing asset performance utilizing behavioral analytics tools, such as Hotjar, VWO, and CrazyEgg
- Produced campaign performance reports using various data visualization and BI tools, specifically Tableau and Google Data Studio
Marketing Coordinator
2011–2013Kasper Holdings
- Used HTML and CSS to create email campaigns and optimize them in line with subject line, creative, and strategy best practices
- Designed, developed, and implemented marketing programs and strategies in collaboration with purchasing team
- Coordinated marketing campaigns across all channels including search, email, social, and on-site promotion
- Built and executed link-building strategies to meet search engine optimization goals and strategies
- Leveraged Google Analytics data to track website user behavior in order to enhance current campaigns and create successful new ones
- Split tested website content and creative to optimize for numerous metrics including click-through-rate, revenue, average order value, and bounce rate
Customer Service Specialist
2010–2011Kasper Holdings
- Wrote marketing copy for company's new product lines, as well as product descriptions for existing inventory
- Assisted customers with concerns ranging from product availability to shipping and delivery issues
- Submitted and filed freight and insurance claims with shipping carriers
- Updated and managed online inventory systems
- Diagnosed and resolved problems with orders to ensure quality control and consistent customer experience
Proficiencies
- Marketing Operations
- Marketing Automation
- Full-Stack Web Development
- Data Engineering
- Full Funnel Strategy
- Server-Side Programming
- Digital Marketing
- Data Science and Business Intelligence
- Strategic Communication
Certifications
- Segment Analytics Expert
- Segment Implementation Expert
- Amplitude Implementation Expert
- Amplitude Insights Expert
- Workato Automation Pro I, II, and III
- Marketo Certified Solutions Architect (MCSA)
- Marketo Certified Consultant
- Marketo Certified Revenue Cycle Analyst
- Certified Adobe Audience Manager Business Practitioner
- & many more…
Qualifications
- Deep experience building and managing data pipelines across modern data stacks, including Databricks, Segment, and downstream GTM platforms
- Strong data engineering skills, with a track record of creating and maintaining analytical and activation-ready views to support product-led growth strategies
- Proven ability to define and maintain comprehensive event schemas and taxonomies to ensure consistent, high-quality data across marketing, sales, and analytics systems
- Skilled in implementing and onboarding new tools and capabilities within complex go-to-market tech ecosystems
- Effective cross-functional communicator and strategic partner between Data Engineering and Revenue Operations, aligning technical execution with business goals
Technical Knowledge
Marketing Automation
Inflection, Marketo, Hubspot, Pardot, Braze, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Customer.io, Iterable, Klaviyo, Sendgrid
CMS
Wordpress, Contentful, Drupal, Ghost, Sharepoint, Django CMS, Hygraph, Sanity
Data Storage & Transformation
Databricks, MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, BigQuery, Snowflake, Tableau (data sources), MongoDB, CouchDB, Redshift, PostgreSQL
Analytics & Reporting Platforms
Google Analytics (UA & 4), Amplitude, Mixpanel, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Google Data Studio
CRM
Salesforce, Hubspot, Zoho, SugarCRM, Freshsales
Go-To-Market Tools
Gainsight, Outreach, Pocus, Drift, Qualified
CDPs & Tag Management
Segment, Rudderstack, mParticle, Amplitude, Google Tag Manager, Tealium
Cloud Services
Firebase, AWS, Azure, Heroku, Google Cloud, Digital Ocean, Mongo Atlas, Pantheon
ETL & Data Orchestration
Funnel.io, Tray.io, Workato, Pipedream, Zapier, Fivetran, Apache Airflow (Astronomer), Stitch
Languages
HTML, CSS, Javascript, Typescript, Preprocessors (PostCSS, SASS, SCSS, LESS), Python, SQL, NoSQL (MongoDB), JSON, YAML (Go, Rust, and Solidity in progress)
Testing & Staging
Eslint, Jasmine, Karma, Mocha
Production
Gulp, Grunt, Jenkins, Apache Kafka, Travis-CI, Gitlab
Application Frameworks & Libraries
Vue, Astro, React/Next.js, Angular, Django, Flask, Gatsby
Libraries
Bootstrap, TailwindCSS, Bulma, jQuery, Foundation
Repositories & Version Control
Git, Github, Bitbucket, Gitlab
Virtualization & Containerization
Docker, Kubernetes, Libvirt (managing KVM + QEMU), Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare Workstation
Education
B.A. in English, Focus: Rhetorical Strategy
The Ohio State University · 2007–2010
On-Site Technical & Training Seminars / Conferences
Marketo/Adobe Summit, Tableau Conference, etc. · 2009–Present
Extensive Open Source Work & Self-Study
MIT Open Courseware, LinkedIn Learning, Codecademy, Personal Projects, Pluralsight, etc. · Life-Long