Open to senior marketing roles · Raleigh-Durham or remote

I build the measurement, then I move the numbers.

Growth and demand generation marketer with 10+ years across B2B SaaS, enterprise ABM and DTC. I turned a $2M budget into $10M of pipeline and about $5M in sales at Avalara, ran 6sense ABM at Red Hat, and at ChicknLegs I built the AI-assisted reporting leadership now uses to decide where every marketing dollar goes.

Years in growth & demand gen
10+
Pipeline from a $2M budget
$10M
MQLs, year over year
+66%
Apple Books ROAS in a quarter
+250%
Marketers at my 6sense keynote
1000

Brands I've worked with

  • Red Hat
  • IBM
  • Apple
  • LexisNexis
  • CounselLink
  • Avalara
  • DAVO by Avalara
  • Apple Books
  • Horizon Investments
  • Ply Gem
  • Oprah's Book Club
  • Window World
  • Red Ventures
  • ChicknLegs
  • Apple News+
  • Kiss the Ground
  • Campbell University
  • Jan-Pro
  • KickDry
  • Lytho
  • insightsoftware
  • Vyde

Results

The numbers behind the work.

Headline results from B2B SaaS, enterprise ABM and DTC. The case studies below show how each one happened.

Pipeline
Avalara · DAVO, 2024–25 $10M ▲ 5x a $2M budget · ~$5M in sales
MQLs, year over year
Avalara · paid demand +66% ▲ Creates +11.8% YoY
Contact → opportunity
Red Hat · 6sense ABM +30% ▲ Presented to 1,000 marketers
Non-brand ROAS
ChicknLegs · DTC, vs prior 28 days +14% ▲ Measured on Shopify orders

Skills

CapabilityDepthYears
Paid search & shoppingGoogle, Microsoft, PMax · 50+ accounts
11
Paid socialMeta, LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube
11
Attribution & incrementalityBrand/non-brand split, LTV:CAC, geo holdouts
9
ABM & intent data6sense, Demandbase · BDR alerting
7
BI & SQLPower BI, Tableau, SQL, Looker Studio
9
Programmatic & displayThe Trade Desk, DV360, direct deals
6
Lifecycle & emailKlaviyo, HubSpot, Pardot, Eloqua
8
Martech & automationSalesforce, HubSpot, GTM, Zapier, APIs
9
AI workflows & building toolsAI-assisted reporting, agent workflows, AI creative testing
3
Launch & campaign planning50-week launch calendar, integrated launches
6
Web, SEO & trackingGA4, GTM, redirects, Core Web Vitals
11
Agency & vendor managementQuartile, ClickToast, publisher deals, RFPs
11

Recent work

  • Launched an AI-assisted marketing performance dashboard that ChicknLegs leadership uses weekly: brand and non-brand ROAS against a break-even line.

    Sep–Oct 2026
  • Non-brand ROAS up 14% on the prior 28 days; email revenue up 852% year over year.

    Oct 2026
  • Brought hundreds more products live in Google Shopping overnight with new feed rules.

    Sep 2026
  • Built a Black Friday VIP segment from cohort and repeat-purchase timing.

    Oct 2026
  • Launched an AI side project run by scheduled AI agents for daily QA, data checks and moderation.

    Sep 2026

LinkedIn recommendations

14 people on working with me.

Managers, teammates and clients from agency days to today, quoted word for word. Open any card for the full recommendation.

“Chris has sharp marketing intuition, but every recommendation is grounded in data. He consistently pressure-tests ideas against expected ROI and CPL, ensuring that strategy translates into efficient, practical execution.”

Alan RuttenbergVP of Marketing, VydeManaged Chris directly · 2026
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I recently brought Chris Hetzler on to help build out a demand generation strategy. As a new VP of Marketing working with a lean team and limited resources, I needed someone who could quickly bring structure, clarity, and momentum. Chris did exactly that. He developed a comprehensive demand gen plan that thoughtfully explored every viable marketing channel and tailored each approach to the specific industries we’re targeting.

In my opinion, Chris has sharp marketing intuition, but every recommendation is grounded in data. He consistently pressure-tests ideas against expected ROI and CPL, ensuring that strategy translates into efficient, practical execution.

On top of that, he’s reliable and easy to work with—he checks in regularly, communicates clearly, and delivers on time.

Superb work all around.

“He’s helped me understand audience segmentation within the 6sense platform and was always willing to help with anything I needed.”

Melanie Prieto-BreslowDigital Marketing StrategistWorked with Chris on partner paid media at Red Hat · 2024
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I have enjoyed working with Chris for the last year on partner paid media campaigns. He’s helped me understand audience segmentation within the 6sense platform and was always willing to help with anything I needed. I found him to be hard-working, bright, and a skilled communicator. I am glad to have worked with him!

“Jan-Pro consistently was on top of google search result, as Chris was fantastic at overseeing how Jan-Pro was bidding, and consistently adjusting ad-copy to keep us on top.”

Shazib HassanFranchise Developer and Brand Leader, Jan-Pro of RaleighClient · 2020
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Chris and I worked on my company’s (Jan-Pro of Raleigh,) Paid Search campaign for a considerable amount of time. Paid Search is a micro-auction war of computer code, all battling for advertising supremacy. Jan-Pro consistently was on top of google search result, as Chris was fantastic at overseeing how Jan-Pro was bidding, and consistently adjusting ad-copy to keep us on top.

“Chris is a marketing star, he is able to both manage and execute complex paid digital strategies (multi platform approach) with an overall look at how those tactics fit into a much larger marketing mix.”

Alex SwansonDirector, Key AccountsWorked with Chris on the same team · 2020
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Chris is a marketing star, he is able to both manage and execute complex paid digital strategies (multi platform approach) with an overall look at how those tactics fit into a much larger marketing mix. His experience and dedication gave me the utmost confidence and I knew with Chris on my team we could achieve any Client objective or goal.

Chris is an individual I’d want on any team with me. We shared experiences across B2B Clients specifically, but his strategic thinking and problem solving are exactly what you want in a colleague. And his is always willing to learn what he does not know!

“I was lucky enough to have Chris as my mentor when I began my professional career, it’s due to his attention to detail and willingness to help that allowed me to grow from an intern at TriMark Digital to a confident full-time employee.”

Rachel AndersonDigital Marketing SpecialistWorked with Chris on the same team at TriMark Digital · 2020
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Chris is one of the most passionate and encouraging co-workers I have ever had the pleasure of working with! He’s always willing to go above and beyond to help his clients, as well as his co-workers. I was lucky enough to have Chris as my mentor when I began my professional career, it’s due to his attention to detail and willingness to help that allowed me to grow from an intern at TriMark Digital to a confident full-time employee. Anyone would be lucky to have him as an employee!

“Analytical to the core, Chris not only understands the details of every campaign he works on but he is able to communicate them clearly to non-technical team members.”

Rachel LynchSenior Marketing Project ManagerWorked with Chris on the same team · 2020
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I had the pleasure of starting my career at the same time as Chris. He is an extremely dedicated and reliable professional. When we worked together I could always count on him to keep me in the loop about the latest trends and bring fresh ideas to the table for our clients. Analytical to the core, Chris not only understands the details of every campaign he works on but he is able to communicate them clearly to non-technical team members. Anyone lucky enough to be on Chris’s team will not only be gaining a wealth of technical ability but also a truly caring coworker and friend.

“There is no shortage of data in digital marketing, and where Chris excels is at deep-diving into that data, making sense of it, and translating it into actionable changes to make his campaigns and strategies even stronger.”

Laasya VulimiriAssociate Director of Paid Media, TriMark DigitalWorked alongside Chris on the paid media team · 2020
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I had the pleasure of working alongside Chris on the Paid Media team at TriMark Digital for 10 months.

After having worked so closely with Chris, I can say without a doubt that he is one of the most knowledgeable, data-driven, and thoughtful marketers that I have ever met. Not only is his foundational and executional knowledge of Paid Media extremely strong, he is also, specifically, an excellent B2B digital marketer. B2B client accounts come with inherent complexities and Chris always rose to the challenge of finding innovative ways to tackle those complexities and meet clients’ goals. There is no shortage of data in digital marketing, and where Chris excels is at deep-diving into that data, making sense of it, and translating it into actionable changes to make his campaigns and strategies even stronger.

During our time working together, Chris served as a mentor to me and lead by example of what a great digital marketer should be. He is quite thoughtful and thorough in his approach to both communication and his work. I am grateful to have learned so much from him in our time working together, and am a better marketer because of him. Chris brings a high level of passion, skill, thoroughness, and dedication to his work, and any company would be lucky to have him on their team.

“Chris has been a tremendous asset to Campbell Athletics and myself personally as we have grown our ticket sales and attendance.”

Ricky Ray, Ed.D.Director of AthleticsClient, Campbell Athletics · 2020
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Chris has been a tremendous asset to Campbell Athletics and myself personally as we have grown our ticket sales and attendance. Chris has spent numerous hours studying our challenges and forming a strategy to assist our marketing efforts. I highly endorse Chris and his work!

“Chris was instrumental in building out our Adwords strategy and maintaining the account. … Chris always felt like a true extension of our team.”

Molly ClarkMarketing Director, LiineClient while Chris was at TriMark Digital · 2020
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I got the pleasure of working with Chris for a few years during his time at TriMark Digital. Chris was instrumental in building out our Adwords strategy and maintaining the account. He was able to quickly understand our product and business objectives and worked closely with our team to help accomplish them. Chris always felt like a true extension of our team, he was available for calls and quick problem-solving when needed and had the ability to explain his work in a way that those around him with limited digital marketing knowledge could easily understand. I hope to get the chance to work with Chris again!

“He is fantastic at explaining the most complicated aspects of paid media to myself and clients in a way that resonates and makes the most sense.”

Amanda PowellWorked with Chris on the same team · 2020
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Chris is a sharp, curious individual who I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside with. He and I have worked together with various clients and he is fantastic at explaining the most complicated aspects of paid media to myself and clients in a way that resonates and makes the most sense. He is constantly striving to learn more, and spends his free time researching new trends. He is very dedicated to his work and will succeed in any role you put him in.

“Many in the space claim to be ‘data-driven,’ but Chris is the epitome of the term.”

Dani RobertsFull-Funnel Marketing & Integrated Digital Strategy ExecutiveSenior to Chris on agency B2B accounts · 2020
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I cannot recommend Chris highly enough. After working with him for 2+ years mainly on our B2B accounts, it became abundantly clear that Chris simply has the mind for numbers, and that makes him a highly successful paid search professional. The level of paid media strategy that Chris brought to the table on a daily basis was incredibly valuable both to our agency and to our clients. His ideas were innovative and forward-thinking, and he always had the client’s new business goals at the forefront of his mind. Beyond that, his execution of those ideas was nearly flawless and he demonstrated expertise in managing budgets, handling client expectations and producing and adjusting realistic projections and goals on a daily basis. Many in the space claim to be ‘data-driven,’ but Chris is the epitome of the term. He takes the data that he generates, analyzes it and utilizes it for fuel to better his campaigns and strategies. It was truly an honor to work with Chris; I was able to learn so much from him and I know others around him have always felt the same. He is a valuable asset to any team that he is a part of for so many reasons.

“He not only was able to manage multiple vendors and platforms, but he was able to do so across multiple clients at the same time.”

Matt OttWorked with Chris on the same team at Red Ventures · 2020
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Chris was an exemplary teammate. While at Red Ventures, I had the opportunity to work on several client accounts with Chris. He was a valuable asset to our team both as an extremely intelligent/experienced digital marketer but also as an incredible teammate. What stuck out to me the most about Chris was his ability to juggle multiple projects at the same time. He not only was able to manage multiple vendors and platforms, but he was able to do so across multiple clients at the same time. He consistently put our team first by going the extra mile to stay late to complete a project or ask if anyone needed any assistance with completing their projects. Any team/company would be lucky to work with someone as skilled at digital marketing and team oriented as Chris.

“At TriMark, he was the go-to guy for optimizing our B2B accounts.”

Warren SnellGlobal SMB & MM Demand-Gen MarketingWorked with Chris at TriMark Digital and Red Ventures · 2020
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I’ve had the pleasure of working with Chris at two different companies, TriMark Digital and Red Ventures.

Chris is a great guy and a passionate digital marketer. At TriMark, he was the go-to guy for optimizing our B2B accounts. At Red Ventures, he has balanced a tremendous workload and vastly expanded his digital knowledge.

Chris is very smart and he is a hard worker. If there is something he doesn’t know, he is not afraid to admit it, but you best believe he will research it and learn everything that he can. The essence of a digital marketer is at his very core, in his desire to optimize and constantly improve.

“Christopher is the smartest and hardest working marketer I’ve ever known. He can solve any problem, no matter how technical or complicated …”

Eric WarnckeFounder, SEC Marketing GroupWorked with Chris on a different team · 2020
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Christopher is the smartest and hardest working marketer I’ve ever known. He can solve any problem, no matter how technical or complicated and is always the last one out the door every day. He’d be a key player in any situation, which is why I am always excited any time we have the chance to work together. Chris will always be a winner, no matter what he is focused on.

Highlights

The Career Run

11 years. 7 splits. One climb.

I run most days, so here is my career as a route. Scroll to run it: the trail climbs with every role's scope, and each checkpoint holds the numbers from that stretch. Click a checkpoint to open it.

2011–2015 Foundation

BSBA, Marketing · Magna Cum Laude

NC State University, Poole College of Management · Raleigh, NC

Marketing degree, graduated magna cum laude, plus a PR internship at Triangle Downtowner Magazine growing engagement across a 52,000-follower social audience.

Social followers engaged
52K
2015–2019 Agency · B2B lead gen

Paid Media Associate → Paid Media Strategist, B2B SaaS Vertical Lead

TriMark Digital · Raleigh, NC

Ran paid media for 50+ lead-gen clients, built the B2B SaaS team, and automated spend monitoring for 500+ campaigns. Associate of the Year 2017, Performance Marketer of the Year 2018.

Client accounts
50+
Avg. CPA cut per year, 4 yrs
-15%
Tag coverage (from 50%)
99%
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2019–2020 Performance · Apple Services

Associate, Paid Media

Red Ventures (Apple Services team) · Charlotte, NC

Managed up to $2M a month in programmatic and display for Apple services, grown from $200K, across The Trade Desk, DV360 and direct publisher deals, then earned the budget share to scale it.

Apple Books ROAS, one quarter
+250%
Partner CPA
-90%
Budget share earned (from 20%)
70%
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2020–2021 Fintech · B2B

Digital Marketing Manager

Horizon Investments · Charlotte, NC

Owned digital for a fintech and asset manager serving thousands of financial advisors: product-launch campaigns, 1:1 and 1:few ABM for priority accounts, and direct reporting to the executive committee.

Blog & newsletter readership, one year
+50%
Months to double it
12
2021–2024 Enterprise ABM & MarTech

Principal Systems Analyst, Marketing Capabilities

Red Hat · Raleigh, NC

Global 6sense and ABM martech lead. Routed intent signals to BDR pods as automated alerts, built 1:1, 1:few and 1:many playbooks, and co-presented the program at 6sense Breakthrough 2023.

Contact → opportunity conversion
+30%
Keynote audience (marketers)
1,000
Campaign delivery automated
~25%
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2024–2025 B2B SaaS · Paid & demand gen

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Avalara (DAVO by Avalara) · Durham, NC

Owned the full DAVO marketing budget across paid search, social, display, video, email and events. Launched Reddit as a channel new to all of Avalara and tied every dollar to pipeline in Power BI.

Pipeline from a $2M budget
$10M
Sales from that budget (~2.5x ROAS)
~$5M
MQLs year over year
+66%
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2026–now DTC growth · now

Marketing Manager

ChicknLegs · Cary, NC

Own paid media, email, analytics, agencies, affiliates, brand protection and launches for a DTC running brand, and built the AI-assisted reporting leadership uses to budget marketing.

Non-brand ROAS vs prior 28 days
+14%
Email revenue, year over year
+852%
Data sources in one dashboard
7
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DistanceSplit 1 / 7

0 of 6,130 lifetime miles

Systems I built and handed off

Infrastructure that kept running after me.

The data pipelines, martech stacks, architectures and processes I set up and left with each team.

ChicknLegs

Marketing performance dashboard with unit economics built in

Data infrastructureArchitecture
  • One AI-assisted dashboard over 7 data sources, so ROAS questions get one answer built on Shopify orders.
  • Break-even ROAS, 12-month LTV by first-order channel, LTV:CAC and target ROAS by campaign type.
  • Brand and non-brand reported separately, so budget follows new-customer growth.

Stack Shopify · Google Ads · Meta · GA4 · Klaviyo · Windsor.ai

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DAVO by Avalara

Spend-to-pipeline reporting and a downstream signal loop

Data infrastructureProcess
  • Power BI dashboards with SQL access to paid media data, linking spend to new-customer creates and churn.
  • Downstream quality signal sent to the agency so bidding could follow pipeline.
  • ROI-based budget reallocation process, plus Reddit set up as a new channel.

Stack HubSpot · Power BI · SQL · Google Ads · Microsoft Ads · Meta · Reddit Ads

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Red Hat

ABM architecture: intent signal to the right BDR pod

ArchitectureMartech stackProcess
  • Automated high-intent alerts from 6sense to BDR pods, with contact and content detail.
  • 1:1, 1:few and 1:many playbooks by product, industry and ICP, plus the ABM go-to-market guidelines as global 6sense lead.
  • Redesigned campaign workflows, tools and vendor partnerships so about a quarter of campaign delivery ran automatically.
  • Tableau dashboards consolidating 12 data sources, with recurring data requests automated.

Stack 6sense · Demandbase · Salesforce · Eloqua · Tableau · SQL · ZoomInfo

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Red Ventures · Apple services

Programmatic measurement and partner onboarding

Data infrastructureProcess
  • A weighted click post-back so partners could optimize toward real value with limited conversion data.
  • Custom SQL on Redshift, analyzed in Tableau, to surface trends platform dashboards miss.
  • Vendor onboarding that met Apple brand and privacy policies, used for a dozen-plus publisher-direct deals.

Stack The Trade Desk · DV360 · Redshift · Tableau · Airtable

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Vyde

Demand gen framework and full tracking stack for a site relaunch

Martech stackArchitectureProcess
  • GA4 and Google Tag Manager tracking for forms, booked calls and click-to-call, with Google, Meta and Microsoft pixels and verified CRM routing.
  • Offline-conversion re-uploads to Google and Meta and CRM lead scoring.
  • A redirect map so no ranking URL broke, and a 100+ task go-to-market checklist.

Stack WordPress · GA4 · Google Tag Manager · Search Console · Zoho CRM

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TriMark Digital

Campaign monitoring automation and tagging for the agency

Data infrastructureProcess
  • Automated spend monitoring, reporting and alerts for 500+ campaigns across search, social and programmatic.
  • Site tag coverage raised from 50% to 99% as tagging and attribution consultant for a global B2B client.
  • Built the B2B SaaS team and the onboarding for the associates who grew it.

Stack Google Tag Manager · Google Ads · LinkedIn Ads · DV360 · Pardot · Demandbase · 6sense

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Two presenters on stage in front of the 6sense Breakthrough 23 backdrop, with the audience in the foreground

Speaking

On stage at 6sense Breakthrough 2023.

In Dallas, I co-presented how Red Hat turned sales development into an ABM function, routing intent signals to BDR pods, to roughly 1,000 B2B marketers.

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Recognition

What colleagues said inside the company.

Internal kudos and peer awards from Avalara and Red Hat, transcribed from the original certificates.

Avalara · Passion

“Thank you Chris Chan, Chris Hetzler and Anup H for a fantastic review on the progress made in DAVO marketing programs in Q1 and our plans for Q2. It's fantastic to see the progress we are making with the optimizations on the campaigns. Your actions have directly changed the business outcome over the last quarter. Thank you!”

Kris Kolady · Apr 2025
Avalara

“Chris H, Thank you for working so hard on putting together meaningful metrics for DAVO. …”

Cristine Vickery · Dec 2024
Red Hat · Reward Zone

11 peer awards from colleagues, 2022–2023

  • Red Hat Multiplier: Collaborate×4
  • Team Advocate: Encourage Others×4
  • Customer Focus: Go Above and Beyond×1
  • Customer Focus: Adopt Customer Perspective×1
  • Team Advocate: Focus on Team×1

Certifications and education

  • Google Ads Search Professional Certification Google · 2026 Active through October 2027 Verify ↗
  • Data Integration Expert Windsor.ai · 2026
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) Scrum Alliance · 2024 Active through March 2028
  • Accelerating B2B Marketing Forrester · 2023 Forrester Certified
  • Datorama Power User Salesforce · 2022
  • Investment Advisory Solutions Money Management Institute · 2021 Course, accepted by IMCA for CE credit
  • Google Partners Specialist Challenge Google · 2016–17 Search, Display, Mobile, Video and Shopping
  • HubSpot Marketing Hub Software HubSpot Academy · 2024
  • BSBA, Marketing, Magna Cum Laude NC State University · 2015 Dean's List, Fall 2012 – Spring 2015

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