Mentoring Beamline Accelerator's cleantech startups on marketing and growth.

Mentor

Developed a business model competition for university students and learned about startups.

Project Manager, Innovation and Business Centre

Teamdash is an all-in-one recruitment software provider that helps recruiters streamline the whole hiring process, saves up to 70% of time spent on recruitment and makes it possible to hire top talent fast.

Advisory Board Member

At Pipedrive, I worked on user acquisition, initially managing content marketing and later running performance marketing channels. 

• Managed and scaled PPC campaigns on software directories.
• Launched and scaled paid social campaigns.
• Built a display retargeting program and executed a retargeting lift test.
• Worked with developers, copywriters, and agencies on launching new messaging campaigns. 
• Project managed the content team, line managing the editor.
• Tested trade shows as a channel for the first time for Pipedrive.

Digital Marketing Manager

Head of Marketing

Coordinated volunteers across numerous culture and sports projects.

Volunteer Coordinator

At Ampler, I scaled the company from 0 to 12m in annual revenue.

• Launched the company to the market in 2016
• Built and led a team of 25 Marketing and Retail professionals
• Achieved 100% year-over-year sales growth throughout my time as CMO
• Developed the full-funnel omnichannel D2C marketing strategy that underpinned Ampler's growth, including online and offline demand gen and demand capture, building and scaling the test ride programme, and launching retail showrooms

Marketing, growth and positioning strategy for tech companies.

I consult growing technology companies on positioning, marketing strategy and execution, messaging, brand building, developing sustainable growth functions, and product launches. I've supported companies like Teamdash, CrowdIn, VOK Bikes, Comodule and others.

Strategic Marketing and Growth Advisor | Visiting CMO

Intern Marketer

Wrote album reviews for new music releases.

Freelance Writer

• Created the messaging and marketing strategy for the launch of Ampler Bikes.
• Planned and executed a successful Indiegogo campaign, raising more than $150,000 and leading to additional six-figure direct website sales after the campaign.

Marketing Campaign Manager

Founder-level growth execution for fast-growing companies.

I bring over a decade of marketing and growth experience across software and hardware – as a founder, executive and specialist. That means when I work with you, I'm not just advising: I execute on strategy, user acquisition, positioning, product launches, and more.

Past clients include Teamdash, Crowdin, VOK Bikes, Comodule, and others.

Fractional CMO | Founder-Level Growth Execution

• Owned content marketing and SEO activities in the marketing team.
• Drove a 160% increase of search traffic to site over 12 months.
• Executed a keyword research, which formed the basis for building content marketing assets. 
• Managed the content calendar, writing, publishing and promoting blogs, landing pages, and infographics intended both for prospects and customers. 
• Undertook content and link building outreach, getting placements in publications such as Inc. and Allbusiness.com, among others. 
• Engaged in continuous on-page SEO work, rewriting pages, improving internal linking and working with developers to improve site performance.

Content Marketing Specialist

Spent the summer learning about equity research and e-banking.

Markets, E-Banking

Co-founded Esgrid to turn enterprise supply chains sustainable.

- Landed 20+ enterprise and banking customers and served thousands of suppliers, hitting €100k ARR with 20% MoM growth in 2024.
- Raised a funding round from 2C Ventures, Lemonade Stand, Startup Wise Guys, EstBAN and leading Baltic angels.
- Pivoted twice when the EU sustainability reporting market collapsed in 2025 (Omnibus/CSRD rollback) before returning capital to investors with 6 months of runway still in the bank.

Co-Founder, Growth

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Co-founder

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