Mike R.

VP of Marketing and Business Development at Kaizen Technology Partners

Mike R. has a diverse work experience spanning over several industries and roles. Mike most recently worked at Oak Rocket as the VP of Marketing and Business Development. Prior to Oak Rocket, they were the Founder of Rogan Consulting Partners LLC.

Mike also worked at DoiT International as the Head of Product Marketing, where they built and led a globally distributed team while defining go-to-market strategies for AWS and GCP customers.

Before that, they held several roles at Salesforce, including Senior Product Marketing Manager for Sales Cloud and Sales Cloud Einstein. At Salesforce, they developed cross-functional playbooks, go-to-market plans, and product messaging for products generating billions in annual revenue.

Earlier in their career, Mike worked at Bluewolf, an IBM Company, as an Engagement Manager, managing Salesforce implementations for clients globally. Mike also has experience at Lenovo, Duke University, Oasys Mobile, and M&T Bank, where they held roles in customer insights, IT analysis, web development, and programming/analysis, respectively.

Mike R.'s education history includes:

- From 1996 to 1999, Mike attended Niagara University and completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer and Information Sciences, with a focus on General studies.

- In 2006 and 2007, Mike pursued an MBA degree at Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business, specializing in Marketing & Strategy.

- In 2021, Mike obtained a certification in Product Marketing Leadership from Product Marketing Alliance.

- Mike also completed various certifications, including the Product-Led Growth Certificate Program from ProductLed in May 2022, the Gamification certification from Coursera Verified Certificates in May 2013, and the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in July 2022.

- Additionally, Mike is a member of the American Marketing Association—Washington, DC.

- Mike has indicated completion of several Salesforce.com certifications, including Salesforce.com Certified Administrator, Salesforce.com Certified Advanced Administrator, Salesforce.com Certified Sales Cloud Consultant, and Salesforce.com Certified Service Cloud Consultant, although the specific completion dates are not provided.

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Timeline

  • VP of Marketing and Business Development

    May 1, 2023 - present

  • Head of Marketing (Fractional CMO)

    March, 2023

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