I am a seasoned strategic marketing and sales leader with over two decades of experience in B2B and B2C, including CMO, Senior VP and director roles. I specialize in global market development, transformation, performance and AI-driven marketing, as well as content management and multichannel B2B lead generation. My career spans retail, manufacturing, SaaS, services, apps, and digital marketing across domains. I thrive on delivering measurable outcomes through strategic consulting and hands-on leadership, empowering teams in an evolving business landscape, driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and a vision to grow companies by enabling teams to excel in changing markets.

Gerrit D. Stroomann

I am a seasoned strategic marketing and sales leader with over two decades of experience in B2B and B2C, including CMO, Senior VP and director roles. I specialize in global market development, transformation, performance and AI-driven marketing, as well as content management and multichannel B2B lead generation. My career spans retail, manufacturing, SaaS, services, apps, and digital marketing across domains. I thrive on delivering measurable outcomes through strategic consulting and hands-on leadership, empowering teams in an evolving business landscape, driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and a vision to grow companies by enabling teams to excel in changing markets.

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I am a seasoned strategic marketing and sales leader with over two decades of experience in B2B and B2C, including CMO, Senior VP and director roles. I specialize in global market development, transformation, performance and AI-driven marketing, as well as content management and multichannel B2B lead generation.

My career spans retail, manufacturing, SaaS, services, apps, and digital marketing across domains. I thrive on delivering measurable outcomes through strategic consulting and hands-on leadership, empowering teams in an evolving business landscape, driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and a vision to grow companies by enabling teams to excel in changing markets.

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Language

German
Fluent
English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Intermediate

Work Experience

Interim Manager and sole CEO at iVISORY DIGITAL GMBH
January 1, 2013 - Present
Consultant for digital transformation, AI applications, ecommerce, apps and marketing. Industry focus on retail, brands, hospitality, mobility, digital models. Recent mandates included conceptualizing and developing an AI-based chatbot for online retail in CH/DE; turning around a pharmacy group (>€250m turnover) as Commercial Officer with 30 FTE across 80 internal projects, improving top- and bottom-line by +25%; leading a 35 FTE team (>€600m turnover / 2,000 FTEs) for a mobility app company through Covid and restructuring, achieving profitability in performance marketing by focusing on lifetime value; launching a mobility app within 8 months and steering the organization toward a B2C + digital model; designing multichannel B2B campaigns generating seven-digit ad revenue in DE/AT/CH for a leading global search engine.
Co-founder / Co-CEO at EXPANDEERS
December 31, 2024 - September 17, 2025
Management consultancy for global expansion management (45 employees, >€4m turnover). Built an ‘expansion-as-a-service’ model, founded subsidiaries in UAE and Malaysia, providing 360° marketing, sales and business development; acquired B2B customers and set up abroad operations.
Co-CEO at THE REACH GROUP
December 31, 2013 - September 17, 2025
Online marketing agency (40 employees, >€4m turnover) serving corporations, SMEs and startups in retail, publishing, real estate, FMCG, and tourism. Transformed a technical SEO agency into a strategic online marketing consultancy (search, social, data & analytics, commercial due diligence); achieved 30% CAGR in sales.
Senior Manager Digital Business at dGroup, part of ACCENTURE
December 31, 2011 - September 17, 2025
Boutique management consultancy. Managed growth, change & transformation projects in distance selling, FMCG and media. Transformed a catalogue-driven mail order company into a digitally oriented organization by delivering a board-level strategy for IT, marketing and purchasing over five years, including a PMO with 250 project participants.
Head of Marketing at LIBRI
December 31, 2004 - September 17, 2025
Media retail & wholesale company. Led a small marketing team; developed and supported B2C marketing; contributed to doubling turnover of the company’s online shop and 1,000 white-label shops.
Senior Marketing Manager at BOL.de / Bertelsmann Direct Group
September 1, 2000 - December 31, 2002
B2C media eCommerce retailer. Acquired over 500k new customers annually with an eight-figure budget; sales grew by 100% year over year through online and traditional marketing channels (TV/print).

Education

Lecturer for Online Marketing at Social Media Academy
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2023
MBA - with distinction at London Metropolitan University, UK
January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2005
Bachelor in Marketing & International Business at University of North London, UK
January 1, 1997 - December 31, 2000
Corporal, Staff College at German Armed Forces
January 1, 1996 - December 31, 1997
Qualified Bank Employee at Deutsche Bank AG
January 1, 1994 - December 31, 1996
Abitur / A-levels at Hamburg / Ottawa (Canada)
January 1, 1991 - December 31, 1994

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Education, Transportation & Logistics, Manufacturing