Building From the Ground Up

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Ankur Arora on Making Corporate Security Impossible to Ignore Ankur Arora, VP of Marketing at Ontic, didn’t arrive at marketing through the front door. He came in through the side, carrying a consulting toolkit, a forensic eye for business problems, and a father’s obsession with the perfect package. Ontic is the system of record for […]

Proof of You

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Ariel Wengroff on Ownership in the Age of AI In this episode, Ariel Wengroff, EVP of Communications and Marketing at Ledger, shares her unconventional career journey from politics to media to blockchain. She discusses the importance of digital identity, ownership, and control in the evolving digital landscape, and how Ledger is shaping the future of […]

Mission as North Star

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Kristina Pae on Marketing the World’s Best-Kept Secret in Education Kristina Pae, VP of Communications and Marketing at Milton Hershey School, has spent her career as a builder. From a cloud-computing startup in the roofing contractor industry to a management consulting firm, then a decade at a mid-size independent school, she has always gravitated toward […]

Music, Mission, and Movement

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Inside Lisa Farris’s Advocacy-Driven Marketing Beyond the Brief: A marketing conversation with Lisa Farris, CMO, Impact One & Chief Advocacy Officer at Soundtrack. Q: Lisa, your path to the C-suite is anything but conventional. You’ve worked across advertising, major labels, and even the Recording Academy. How did that journey shape the marketer you are today? […]

Beyond the Speeds and Feeds

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Alexis Crowell on Solving the “Rock Potato” AI Problem Join us as Alexis Crowell, Chief Marketing Officer & General Manager of the Americas at Axelera AI, shares details about her rich international career, insights into leadership, AI, and cultural nuances in global markets, and how to build successful businesses. Discover how her diverse experiences shape […]