Great careers are no coincidence. A number of smart marketers are ready to step out of their comfort zone and take their career development into their own hands. At Adobe, we know it takes a lot of courage and passion to challenge the status quo and transform the way you engage with your audience. That’s why we recognize the 50 talented marketers who celebrate their success and share their mission-driven, inspiring stories with the world. This is how the Fearless 50 program came about.
About the fearless 50
The Fearless 50 is a year-long program for marketers who have one thing in common: an unstoppable urge to drive digital transformation in their businesses. This mission unites the members of the program, while criteria such as many years of experience or industry are secondary.
The ultimate goal of the Fearless 50 is to sharpen the leadership skills of its members and provide them with all the necessary tools for a world-class digital transformation. Mentoring opportunities from senior executives, webinars on a variety of topics, speeches, and thought leadership opportunities – these are just a small fraction of the transformative experiences available to program members.
One of our finalists, Enrico De Leon, hit the nail on the head when he described what the Fearless 50 is all about. “Fearlessness is not the absence of fear, nor does it make one immune to failure. It’s about being brave. Being part of the Fearless 50 is an affirmation that trusting the data, accepting change, and growing through experience are the foundation of courage. To be fearless does not mean carelessness. “
Look at what recognition is called Fearless Marketer means for the program participants:
- “A fearless marketer accepts the fact that opposing values complement each other. Darkness glorifies the light and challenges bring out the strength of the people. ”-Ajay
- “To me, being fearless means driving innovation and excellence. Set a good example and be brave enough to take action and make decisions despite the fear! ”- Karan
- “Once you become fearless, marketing becomes limitless.” – Zenita
- “The Fearless 50 understand that to achieve extraordinary results, you have to take extraordinary measures – but also not stand alone.” – Tricia
- “It’s so exciting to be part of a group of marketing pioneers who love to share thoughts, ideas and experiences to empower and inspire others to push creative boundaries further.” – Nicol
- “Being a member of the Fearless 50 means always breaking new ground and doing new and exciting things.” – Kate
Meet the Fearless 50
Now is the time to meet our Fearless 50 finalists! After receiving hundreds of nominees who really stand out in the field, this decision was not an easy one. However, we managed to narrow the list down to the top 50 by selecting the bravest and most fearless marketers who overcame the toughest business challenges. We look forward to introducing them to you:
Abhishek Chandra, Marketing Automation Manager, Wunderman MSC
Adele Miller, Global Marketing Automation Manager, IFS
Ajay Sarpal, Advisor
Amy Walls, Manager, Mar Tech & Ops for Planview, Inc.
Anju Visen-Singh, Assistant Vice President, Marketing, University of Calgary
Anna McLauchlan, Head of Lifecycle Marketing, Trade Me
Ben Scott, Senior Digital Marketing Manager, Grant Thornton Australia
Caitlin Poliska, Senior Director, Marketing & Sales Ops, Adobe Practice Lead, The Pedowitz Group
Carole Elwell, Director, Digital Solutions, Southwest Airlines
Chelsea Kiko, Senior Manager, Marketing Department, Hileman Group
Cheryl Mason, Executive Director, Digital Marketing Strategy, JPMorgan Chase & Co
Chris Willis, Global Marketing Operations Manager, Trimble
Christine Zeng, Marketing Automation Manager, American Express Global Business Travel
Clare Carr, VP, Marketing for Parse.ly
Cristan Hutto, Director, Marketing Department, JDA Software
Dolphins Tsiranana, Marketing Automation Consultant, Sportivemind Ltd
Dipalli Bhatt, Director of Marketing & Demand Gen, Enghouse Networks
Divya Jumani, former Global Head of Digital Marketing Operations, Cochlear
Enrico de Leon, Associate Director, Marketing Operations, AMRI Global
Erin Bickford, Director, Global Digital Marketing Strategy, Manulife
Euan Howden, Director, Marketing Platforms and Campaigns, Education New Zealand
Grace Brebner, Product Manager, Marketing Automation & CRM, Tourism Holdings LTD
Jake Schlan, Senior Manager, Marketing Technology & Operations, Palo Alto Networks
James Chung, Senior Manager, Marketing Operations and Email Marketing, Uber
Jennifer Wong, Head of Marketing, convoy
Jenny Robertson, Vice President, Technology, ANNUITAS
Kalina Bryant, Head of Customer Marketing, Signifyd
Karan Hari |, Senior Product Manager, GlobalLogic
Kate Federhar, Senior Marketing Operations Manager, CenturyLink
Katy Snyder, Director, Demand Gen, BitTitan
Kelly Jo Horton, Senior Engineer, MarTech, Space
Kimmah Shah, Director of Digital Strategy, Clutch
Kristina Schroffel, Senior Marketing Technologist, S&P Global
Lucy Alligan, Director of Global Marketing Automation, State Street Global Advisors
Makiko Hultz, Program Manager, Marketing Operations, Honeywell
Matthew Gomez, Senior Manager, Marketing Ops, Laureate Education
Nadia Milani, Digital Marketing Manager, Grand & Toy
Nicol Maurer, Email Marketing Manager, Balboa Capital
Rachit Puri, Digital marketing, thought work
Richard Wasylynchuk, Senior Director, Global Marketing Operations and Strategy, Visier
Ryan Worden, Global Digital Marketing Analytics Manager, Sealed Air Corp.
Sara McNamara, Senior Marketing Operations Manager, Cloudera, Inc.
Scott Merselis, Marketing Operations Manager, BusinessSolver
Scott Berns, Senior Director, Marketing Technology and Operations, Centurylink
Scott Wright, Email Marketing Manager, Golden Peak Media
Shamah abraham, Marketing Automation Manager, MISUMI
Stacy Blackman, Associate Director, B2B Marketing, Mspark
Susan Campbell, Marketing Group Leader, Panasonic
Tricia Saunders, Director, Marketing Operations & Technology, Trimble
Zenita Henderson, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, SCTE-ISBE
Join our Fearless 50 list in 2020
Are you a marketer interested in joining this phenomenal development program? Keep an eye on Marketo’s blog and social channels – we’ll announce when 2020 nominations will be open next summer. Subscribe to our blog today to keep up with our current Fearless Marketers’ insights and be the first to see the Fearless 50 announcement next year.
