Hi, I’m Dave Kaupp
An accomplished executive with over two decades of leadership experience helping VC-and PE-backed startups, early stage, and public companies launch and scale their brand and products, or turnaround their business for profitable growth. As a former agency founder, I bring a dynamic, creative & results-oriented approach to driving growth and business transformation through creative differentiation across extensive periods of growth including; digital & traditional strategy, M&A activity, operational streamlining, and brand evolution. My passion lies in uniting marketing teams and enabling sales while working with leadership teams under a common vision that deliver on strategic goals and profitable business outcomes.
Here’s what sets me apart:
LEADERSHIP STRENGTHS
Experienced in developing strategy and leading execution of complex transformations and go-to-market initiatives for startups and established companies, resulting in successful exits, 3 favorable acquisitions, and an IPO.
Successful at ideation and execution of inventive and creative integrated marketing that drive customer engagement, increased awareness and product adoption.
Able to create, evolve, and build brand equity, leading to more impactful and measurable customer experiences and rapid revenue growth from $5M to $600M.
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• SaaS / Enterprise Technology
• Marketplaces & Exchanges
• eCommerce
• Professional and Managed Services
• Consumer Products
• Supply Chain
• Retail/Fashion Merchandising
• Agency/Marketing Services
• Manufacturing/Sustainable Tech -
• Strategy
• Corporate Marketing
• Brand Creative Strategy & Execution
• Product Marketing
• Digital Marketing & Transformation
• Demand Generation
• Sales Enablement
• Operational Efficiency
• Revenue Acceleration
• Product and Sales-Led-Growth
• Competitive Positioning
• Marketing/Sales Automation/MarTech
• Content Marketing
• Resource Optimization
• Process Architecture -
Degrees:
BS, Boston College, Management & MarketingCertifications:
MIT Sloan-Certified Blockchain
HubSpot Inbound Marketing
Pragmatic Product Marketing Framework
ASANA,
Jira
Confluence
HubSpot
Marketo
Salesforce
Terminus
LeadForensics
Drift
Figma
Twitter Spaces
Discord
Technology Adoption: (partial list)
Bizzable
CrazyEgg
Google Analytics
Vidyard
Wistia
Semrush
Seismic
Alyce
Outreach
Slack
Zapier
Ringlead
Clearbit
Zoom Info
HG Insights
Survey Monkey
Swifttype
Prismic
WordPress
Shopify
Facebook
LinkedIn
Twitter
Instagram
Discord
Klue
Semrush
Sales Navigator
Tech Target
AHA
Salesforce CPQ
Conga Composer
Adobe Suite