Katherine Ayombil, MBA
Sr. Director, Marketing at DreamBox Learning- Claim this Profile
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Steven Guttentag, PhD
Katherine is a digital marketing specialist on the fast track to becoming a Chief Marketing Officer. I initially hired Katherine in a very focused lead generation role. Starting almost from scratch, she built a team and delivered on the company's lead generation targets. However, it quickly became apparent that she had a broader marketing skill-set, and she quickly become the company's lead marketing executive, overseeing all aspects of lead generation, marketing and public relations. I was particularly impressed with Katherine's ability to partner with the sales team, avoiding much of the typical friction between sales and marketing. She created an environment where the sales leadership and sales professionals all appreciated her contributions and relied on her to deliver their numbers. I already miss working with Katherine and can recommend her without hesitation.
Ted Ochs
While CFO at Reading Plus, I thoroughly enjoyed working with Katherine and appreciated the expertise and discipline she brought to the marketing function. We jumped light-years forward when Katherine joined our organization. The tools, processes, metrics, and marketing capability she brought made an immediate impact on the company and helped accelerate our growth plans. She worked closely with sales, customer success, and finance executives to align teams and goals through detailed, benchmarked revenue models and measurable operations to actively track performance against goals. I appreciated how her well-organized plans tightly aligned with the company’s strategic objectives and were backed with a business case and credible data analysis to guide allocation decisions. Katherine made it easy for me as a CFO to say ‘yes’. Contributing to her success was a strong team, much of what she had to build and develop since the company had only a few individuals when she joined.
Steven Guttentag, PhD
Katherine is a digital marketing specialist on the fast track to becoming a Chief Marketing Officer. I initially hired Katherine in a very focused lead generation role. Starting almost from scratch, she built a team and delivered on the company's lead generation targets. However, it quickly became apparent that she had a broader marketing skill-set, and she quickly become the company's lead marketing executive, overseeing all aspects of lead generation, marketing and public relations. I was particularly impressed with Katherine's ability to partner with the sales team, avoiding much of the typical friction between sales and marketing. She created an environment where the sales leadership and sales professionals all appreciated her contributions and relied on her to deliver their numbers. I already miss working with Katherine and can recommend her without hesitation.
Ted Ochs
While CFO at Reading Plus, I thoroughly enjoyed working with Katherine and appreciated the expertise and discipline she brought to the marketing function. We jumped light-years forward when Katherine joined our organization. The tools, processes, metrics, and marketing capability she brought made an immediate impact on the company and helped accelerate our growth plans. She worked closely with sales, customer success, and finance executives to align teams and goals through detailed, benchmarked revenue models and measurable operations to actively track performance against goals. I appreciated how her well-organized plans tightly aligned with the company’s strategic objectives and were backed with a business case and credible data analysis to guide allocation decisions. Katherine made it easy for me as a CFO to say ‘yes’. Contributing to her success was a strong team, much of what she had to build and develop since the company had only a few individuals when she joined.
Steven Guttentag, PhD
Katherine is a digital marketing specialist on the fast track to becoming a Chief Marketing Officer. I initially hired Katherine in a very focused lead generation role. Starting almost from scratch, she built a team and delivered on the company's lead generation targets. However, it quickly became apparent that she had a broader marketing skill-set, and she quickly become the company's lead marketing executive, overseeing all aspects of lead generation, marketing and public relations. I was particularly impressed with Katherine's ability to partner with the sales team, avoiding much of the typical friction between sales and marketing. She created an environment where the sales leadership and sales professionals all appreciated her contributions and relied on her to deliver their numbers. I already miss working with Katherine and can recommend her without hesitation.
Ted Ochs
While CFO at Reading Plus, I thoroughly enjoyed working with Katherine and appreciated the expertise and discipline she brought to the marketing function. We jumped light-years forward when Katherine joined our organization. The tools, processes, metrics, and marketing capability she brought made an immediate impact on the company and helped accelerate our growth plans. She worked closely with sales, customer success, and finance executives to align teams and goals through detailed, benchmarked revenue models and measurable operations to actively track performance against goals. I appreciated how her well-organized plans tightly aligned with the company’s strategic objectives and were backed with a business case and credible data analysis to guide allocation decisions. Katherine made it easy for me as a CFO to say ‘yes’. Contributing to her success was a strong team, much of what she had to build and develop since the company had only a few individuals when she joined.
Steven Guttentag, PhD
Katherine is a digital marketing specialist on the fast track to becoming a Chief Marketing Officer. I initially hired Katherine in a very focused lead generation role. Starting almost from scratch, she built a team and delivered on the company's lead generation targets. However, it quickly became apparent that she had a broader marketing skill-set, and she quickly become the company's lead marketing executive, overseeing all aspects of lead generation, marketing and public relations. I was particularly impressed with Katherine's ability to partner with the sales team, avoiding much of the typical friction between sales and marketing. She created an environment where the sales leadership and sales professionals all appreciated her contributions and relied on her to deliver their numbers. I already miss working with Katherine and can recommend her without hesitation.
Ted Ochs
While CFO at Reading Plus, I thoroughly enjoyed working with Katherine and appreciated the expertise and discipline she brought to the marketing function. We jumped light-years forward when Katherine joined our organization. The tools, processes, metrics, and marketing capability she brought made an immediate impact on the company and helped accelerate our growth plans. She worked closely with sales, customer success, and finance executives to align teams and goals through detailed, benchmarked revenue models and measurable operations to actively track performance against goals. I appreciated how her well-organized plans tightly aligned with the company’s strategic objectives and were backed with a business case and credible data analysis to guide allocation decisions. Katherine made it easy for me as a CFO to say ‘yes’. Contributing to her success was a strong team, much of what she had to build and develop since the company had only a few individuals when she joined.
Credentials
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Pragmatic Marketing Certified
Pragmatic MarketingJan, 2013- Nov, 2024 -
Digital Marketing Certified
HubSpot AcademyOct, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Digital Advertising Certified
HubSpot AcademyAug, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
SEO Certified
HubSpot AcademyAug, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Personal Trainer (NASM-CPT)
National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)Jan, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Conversational Marketing Certified
DriftJan, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
ClickDimensions Fundamentals Certificate
ClickDimensionsJan, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Hubspot Marketing Software Certified
HubSpot AcademyJan, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Inbound (Marketing) Certified
HubSpot AcademyJan, 2017- Nov, 2024
Experience
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DreamBox Learning
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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200 - 300 Employee
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Sr. Director, Marketing
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2022 - Present
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Director of Demand Generation
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2021 - 2022
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Director of Digital Marketing
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2019 - 2021
This role was part of Reading Plus which was acquired by DreamBox Learning in 2021. ➤ Responsible for building & empowering a rockstar in-house marketing team (from 1 to 11 members strong in 1.5 years and aligning sales and marketing to achieve new business revenue goals. ➤ Developed a model & infrastructure for evaluating marketing’s revenue impact through-to-sale. ➤ Launched customer advocacy strategy to celebrate the voices of our customers and share the impact and transformative power of reading.➤ Organized customer marketing to drive customer engagement and program usage to impact retention and customer-growth. Show less
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FullBloom
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United States
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Education Management
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Marketing Manager
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2017 - 2019
➤ Managed all marketing strategies and initiatives for B2B services including reading, math, and STEM programs, aligning with funding landscape and school/district initiatives. ➤ Helped lead task force launching first company-wide CRM system. ➤ Created an account-based marketing (ABM) playbook to drive new business growth. ➤ Managed all marketing strategies and initiatives for B2B services including reading, math, and STEM programs, aligning with funding landscape and school/district initiatives. ➤ Helped lead task force launching first company-wide CRM system. ➤ Created an account-based marketing (ABM) playbook to drive new business growth.
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Stride, Inc.
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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700 & Above Employee
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Portfolio Manager (Product Management / Product Marketing)
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2015 - 2017
➤ Drove roadmap and P&L for $11M+ portfolio of intervention and remediation product lines – including Anywhere Learning System (ALS), Stride, LearnBop (math), PEAK (Credit Recovery) programs. ➤ Led product marketing initiatives including pricing proposals, competitor briefs, and market sizing/analysis. ➤ Developed and launched upselling and cross-selling strategies to drive sales growth within existing customer base. ➤ Managed development of marketing resources including user guides, success stories, sales collateral, and customer support templated language.➤ Took weeklong road tour of alternative schools across rural Alabama, interviewing superintendents and school administrators of challenges faced. Show less
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Product Manager
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2013 - 2015
This role was part of Middlebury Interactive Languages which became fully owned by Stride, Inc. in 2015.➤ Oversaw PLG (product-led growth) strategy to align user acquisition, expansion, conversion, and retention with product development roadmap.➤ Represented the voice of the customer in product development initiatives. ➤ Prioritized backlog of 600+ bugs and features, wrote user stories and acceptance criteria, and assisted with development and QA processes, leading daily scrum and standup meetings. ➤ Managed platform integrations through learning tools interoperability (LTI) integration with Blackboard, Moodle, and Canvas. ➤ Led messaging and positioning for user guides, product collateral, demo guides, release notes, and additional product marketing resources. Show less
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Education
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University of Vermont
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) -
Ithaca College
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration with Concentrations in Management and International Business