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Chief of Staff to Sprinklr CMO Tom Butta

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At 14 I worked with a software engineering team in India to create, design, and market the first website forum that allowed people to share their dreams with others. During my formative years at Hamilton college, I joined the founding team of Smigin (www.smigin.com) - a tech startup that allows travelers to easily speak foreign languages while abroad. Working directly with Google and R/GA, Smigin has powered conversations for users in over 175 countries and has been ranked the #1 education app in 13 countries on the iOS app store. Working directly alongside Smigin's CEO, I led the business development and demand generation functions. One highlight was creating the Smigin Ambassador program, which sells the Smigin travel app to universities across the country. In spring 2016, we partnered with Yale University as our flagship school. After, I served as Chief of Staff to CMO Tom Butta at Sprinklr - one of the fastest growing companies in enterprise software valued at over $3 Billion. Most notably, I developed and executed our global internal and external brand launch, repositioning Sprinklr as a challenger brand in the CXM space and rallying our 2,500 employees around the cause. During my second year, I also directly supported Sprinklr’s President Carlos Dominguez creating go-to-market proposals for priority enterprise products. I then joined SignalFx early to build and manage their brand / field marketing functions. During my time, the company more than tripled in size, raised two venture rounds (Series D by a16z, Series E by GC & Tiger), and saw revenues consistently grow over 100% YoY. In October 2019, Splunk acquired us for $1.05 Billion. After transitioning and working with the Splunk team for some time, I was appointed as the regional marketing lead for the entire Splunk Commercial Americas business with hundreds of software sales reps on the west, central and east coast respectively. In 2020, I founded a development and hospitality company called bantr with the mission of creating living environments that inspire people to progress holistically in their lives. Check out our current projects in Wisconsin here: https://www.bantrliving.com. I am an entrepreneur, creative thinker, passionately driven problem solver, athlete, optimist and friend. Please feel free to reach me on LinkedIn or austin@bantrliving.com. I'd love to connect and hear what you're up to.