I am a long-time CMO for both public and private companies. More recently, I've tried my hand as a fractional CMO. Along the way, I’ve also advised a handful of startups.
Born in New York City and raised in a nearby leafy bedroom community, I took the long route to Silicon Valley through Tokyo. I’m the author of The Professional Marketer and a syndicated blogger, as well as a frequent speaker on marketing topics. Speaking engagements have included guest lectures at UC Berkeley’s tech incubator, the Nasdaq Entrepreneur Center, and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
When not writing or poring over marketing texts, you’ll find me golfing, doing crosswords, or trying to keep up with my wife on a standup paddle board. I’ve long wondered which is harder: crossing the chasm or a 200-yard carry over a water hazard.
Speaking
Here are some of my past speaking engagements:
AI for Marketers Summit | San Francisco 2026
MarketingProfs B2B Forum 2020
"YouTube for B2B? Your Secret Weapon for Awareness and Demand." Recording here. Slides here.
Ranked in Top 10 Must-See Sessions, TopRank Marketing. The audience liked it, too:
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Guest Lecturer, GSB Marketing 326: Customer Acquisition
My "The Value of Experimentation" talk covered real-world examples of experiments used to grow the customer funnel.
Nasdaq Entrepreneur Center
"When to Hire Your First Marketer (And Who to Hire)" Presentation here.
Products That Count San Francisco
"How to Market Deep Tech Products" Presentation here.
Here's what the audience had to say about my talk: "Wonderful speaker." "Tight, relevant information." "So clear and honest. Everything was right at the heart of the matter."
Growth Marketing Conference
San Francisco, December 2015 – Keynote Panel “Monetization & Retention Techniques to Scale Growth”
Marketing Mondays at Berkeley’s SkyDeck
Berkeley, November 2015 – “How to Spy on Your Competition”
Awesome marketing talk by @timmatthewssv at @SkyDeck_Cal! Really helpful and learned a lot - thanks again! pic.twitter.com/GSBVGLpaxj
— Liz (@ThisIsKlinger) November 16, 2015
MarketingProfs B2B Marketing Forum
Boston, October 2015 – View the presentation “How to Create Diagnostic Content”