20+ Years • Strategy • Execution • Growth

About the builder behind the work.

Executive-level marketing leadership with 20+ years building growth systems across B2B SaaS, HR tech, fintech, payments, and AI-enabled platforms.

Marketing Leadership
Product Thinking
Revenue Focus

Daniel A. Brown

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VP-level marketing leadership • Strategy + execution • Procurement-ready process

I build marketing engines that connect strategy to execution and reporting with clear accountability to pipeline, revenue, and adoption.

Based in Nashville, my work centers on turning marketing into a predictable revenue driver. Experience includes demand generation, positioning, lifecycle strategy, and analytics across complex sales cycles and procurement-driven environments.

My operating principle is simple: creative without positioning fails, strategy without execution stalls, and execution without reporting erodes trust. The focus remains on alignment between strategy, delivery, and measurable outcomes.

Pipeline creation, CAC efficiency, forecasting
Full-funnel growth from awareness to retention
Attribution, reporting, and performance cadence
Positioning, messaging, and GTM architecture
ABM, lifecycle, paid media, partner marketing
Sales + Product alignment and enablement

Experience Snapshot

A quick scan of roles and outcomes across product, growth, and revenue marketing.

Founder — Worqrs

Product, Growth & Marketing Lead • Nov 2025 – Present

Founded and built a modern HRIS and workforce execution platform designed for operational clarity — integrating HR, PTO accrual logic, task management, scheduling, and per-seat subscription billing.

Vice President of Marketing — APS

Apr 2024 – Nov 2025

Owned and scaled end-to-end marketing and demand generation with direct accountability for pipeline and revenue impact. Delivered 228% YoY MQL growth, increased marketing-sourced ARR 89%, and increased average deal size 72%.

Senior Director of Marketing — Catalis

Jan 2019 – Mar 2024

Led marketing across a portfolio of SaaS and payments platforms following aggressive M&A activity. Built centralized demand and analytics infrastructure supporting 35+ acquired entities and produced multiple high-ROI campaigns.

Director of Marketing — Value Payment Systems (VPS)

2012 – 2018

Led B2B and B2C marketing for a high-volume payments platform serving government, enterprise, and consumer markets, including partner and co-branded initiatives.

Principal / Founder — CompanyZero Marketing & Design

2003 – 2012

Founded and led a full-service marketing consultancy delivering strategy, creative direction, and demand programs across technology, healthcare, higher education, and professional services.

Education

Formal training in communication, strategy, and design.

Master of Arts — Political Communication

Norwich University

Bachelor of Fine Arts — Design Communication

Belmont University

Let’s Talk

If you’re building pipeline, launching a product, or tightening a GTM system, I can help.