Kristen Lease

Kristen Lease currently serves as the Marketo Consulting Manager at Adobe since August 2022, following a tenure at Akamai Technologies where roles included Director of Marketing Automation and Senior Manager of Marketing Operations. Prior to Akamai, Kristen was a Project Executive at Bluewolf, an IBM Company, and served as Global Director of Ecomagination for GE, overseeing critical marketing and operational strategies. Experience also includes a role as Enterprise Business Consultant at Marketo, where extensive support was provided to enterprise clients on marketing automation and digital strategy. Early roles at GE Capital Fleet Services focused on digital marketing management, while Kristen began a career in communications with General Electric through a leadership development program. Kristen holds a B.S. in Journalism and Business Institutions and a Master's in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University.