Seasoned go-to-market and results-oriented leader with a track record of delivering exceptional strategic and operational performance across sales, operations, marketing, product management and business unit leadership from early-stage startup to public company; with both domestic and international experience. Career highlights include an exit of $2.6B sale of Callidus to SAP, a successful Medallia IPO in 2019 (NYSE: MDLA), and an established Unicorn Startup at Degreed I perform at best when serving as a change catalyst by setting the vision, developing, and executing strategic plans to facilitate rapid growth or turn-around processes of under-performing business units. Areas of Expertise *Sales Operations *Sales Enablement *Product Marketing *Product GTM Launch/Releases *Portfolio Planning *Channel (ISV/GSI) Organizations *Enterprise Software Implementation/Deployment *Strategic Planning/Execution *Go-to-Market Strategies *New Market Penetration *M&A Integration *P&L Management *Pricing & Commercialization *Change Management *Cross-Functional Team Alignment *KPI Improvements *Inside Sales (SDR) *Demand Generation *SaaS

Customer-centric executive with extensive experience leading organizational transformation and inspiring high performance teams. I love to deal with complicated business problems and to figure out the best way to rally a team / organization around solving them. I combine a strategic general management mindset and a strong business acumen with a highly collaborative, insights-driven approach that keeps the customer at the centre. Able to operate well in ambiguity and influence internally and externally with a number of cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership. I have experience leading teams in a variety of areas - but each of my roles had an element of transformation and organizational change associated with them. - consumer loyalty / loyalty programs - innovation / design thinking - consumer insights - digital strategy - M&A - Post-merger integration - customer experience - strategic partnerships

Content Marketing | B2B Copywriting | Sales 🦄 Ex-software sales rep turned conversion copywriter "A good copywriter knows the rules. A great copywriter knows the prospect." -Michael Giannulis Shoot me an email at [email protected] to see writing samples that aren't available on my website. For freelance writing inquiries please visit www.christinegomolka.com

Creative Copywriter & Tech Marketer/ Host of the Brand-Side Podcast/ Storyteller of the Year at the Top Women in Marketing 2021 Awards/ 2020 Marketer of The Year Finalist at The Drum B2B Awards/ www.christinegoos.com Christine is a creative copywriter and B2B marketing director with over a decade of experience in brand and digital advertising, content, communications, creative technology, and martech. She’s won over 30 advertising awards from shows like The Cannes Lions, The One Show, The New York Festivals, and Eurobest. She was the Marketer of the Year Finalist at The Drum B2B Awards in 2020 and The Ad Club of New York Young Innovator Finalist in 2016. Christine has represented Finland three times in international advertising competitions: Cannes Young Lions in 2014 and 2012 and Eurobest Young Creatives in 2014. She also completed TBWA’s global creative director training program in Tokyo the same year. She has been a guest speaker at Advertising Week New York and hosted Adweek and Digiday webinars. She has written articles for trade publications like Adweek, Digiday, eMarketer, MartechSeries, The Huffington Post, and The Drum. In 2018, Christine published a book of New York short stories called Naming Painkillers. Christine hosts he Brand-Side podcast where she chats with creative and brand leaders from companies like TBWA, MullenLowe, Mattel, StitchFix, SmileDirectClub, Pandora, BET+, and more.

- Self-Improvement / Empowerment Life Coach, Author and Speaker - Spokesperson and Quarterlife Coach for American Express - Expert on Twenty-Something Life, Issues, Quarter-life crisis - Professional Speaker - Spoken to over 10,000 college and graduate students nationwide - Trademarked "Expectation Hangover" - Consultant for The Leadership Institute - Previous Content Manger at The Zizo Group, Producer for capessa.com - Author: 2005: Twenty Something, Twenty Everything 2008: The Twenty Something Manifesto - Masters in Spiritual Psychology, 2008 - Masters in Consciousness, Health, and Healing, 2010 - Launched massive twenty-something research project in Jan 2007; aggregated and analyzed twenty-something data - Freelance writer and blogger - Created and facilitated a YPO-WPO Young Women's Summit in Feb. 2011 Specialties: Professional speaking, Self-improvement and empowerment, Twenty-something life, work/life balance consulting, coaching & counseling, Educating people on preventing and treating “Expectation Hangovers”, Relationship guidance, College & Greek System expertise, Spiritual Psychology, Career Transition. Christine has appeared as an expert on The Today Show, CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, E!, Style and PBS, as well as various local television and radio shows

Dr. Christine Izuakor is the CEO of Cyber Pop-up, an on-demand cybersecurity service platform powered by vetted and highly skilled cyber freelancers. Izuakor is also the author of the “Ultimate Guide to Building a Career in Cybersecurity” available now on Amazon! She has over a decade of experience leading cybersecurity functions within Fortune 100 companies and recently played a critical part in embedding cyber security in large enterprise DNA by training the global workforce on cyber security, supporting execution of the organizations security strategy, and developing cyber talent pipelines. Prior to this, she led numerous security functions from vulnerability management to handling legal implications of data security. Today, through Cyber Pop-up, she helps corporations of all sizes and industries solve a diverse range of strategic cybersecurity challenges on-demand. Christine earned a Ph.D. in Security Engineering, becoming the youngest student and first African American woman to do so. Izuakor also completed a master’s degree in information systems security from the University of Houston in 2012 and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Her research has been published in several international journals, and her original contributions to the security industry have been presented in international conferences from South Korea, to Italy. In 2017, her rapid growth within the technology industry landed her a spot on Chicago Business Crain’s Tech 50 List. She was also honored in the 2018 Crains 20 in their 20s list. She’s also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Cheddar News, CW, Hemispheres Magazine, and more. Dr. Izuakor is also active in the diversity and inclusion community. She was a co-founder and former Vice President of Gen Trend, United Airlines’ Millennial business resource group, served a 2 year term as the Head Editor of the Illinois Diversity Council Editorial Board and volunteers as a cybersecurity mentor with Year Up. She is dedicated to increasing diversity within cybersecurity and has continually curated cybersecurity development and scholarship programs to further this agenda. Christine is a first generation Nigerian in America, native Houstonian, Chicago resident and avid traveler. She appreciates learning about different cultures and shares her journey on social media, igniting travel curiosity in folks across the globe.

Strategic Human Resource leader with extensive experience across multiple global industries and functions. Reputation as a true business partner, aligning human resource vision to support organizational goals and initiate change across business and geographic boundaries. Champion for women leaders and their development in the workplace. Creative thinker, decision-maker and effective communicator. Successfully build systems and teams from the ground up to deliver value-add solutions. Specialties: Strategic Planning, Change Management, Succession and Talent Assessment, Leadership Development and Coaching; thrive in fast pace culture