Hi there! I’m a hands-on growth and demand-gen marketer, managing sales-led and product-led growth (PLG) motions at venture-backed and publicly traded organizations. I’ve led GTM programs across outbound and inbound SDRs, ABM, and events, and I’m proficient at weaving best-in-class martech with emerging AI to accelerate workflows. I’ve built and scaled demand-gen programs that boost pipeline and revenue, from PLG to hybrid sales-led motions, and I’ve repeatedly increased average deal size, enhanced funnel metrics, and aligned sales and marketing to win-both SMB and enterprise deals. I’m passionate about experimentation, data-driven decision making, and helping teams adopt AI in practical, measurable ways.

Sobaan Khan

Hi there! I’m a hands-on growth and demand-gen marketer, managing sales-led and product-led growth (PLG) motions at venture-backed and publicly traded organizations. I’ve led GTM programs across outbound and inbound SDRs, ABM, and events, and I’m proficient at weaving best-in-class martech with emerging AI to accelerate workflows. I’ve built and scaled demand-gen programs that boost pipeline and revenue, from PLG to hybrid sales-led motions, and I’ve repeatedly increased average deal size, enhanced funnel metrics, and aligned sales and marketing to win-both SMB and enterprise deals. I’m passionate about experimentation, data-driven decision making, and helping teams adopt AI in practical, measurable ways.

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Hi there! I’m a hands-on growth and demand-gen marketer, managing sales-led and product-led growth (PLG) motions at venture-backed and publicly traded organizations. I’ve led GTM programs across outbound and inbound SDRs, ABM, and events, and I’m proficient at weaving best-in-class martech with emerging AI to accelerate workflows.

I’ve built and scaled demand-gen programs that boost pipeline and revenue, from PLG to hybrid sales-led motions, and I’ve repeatedly increased average deal size, enhanced funnel metrics, and aligned sales and marketing to win-both SMB and enterprise deals. I’m passionate about experimentation, data-driven decision making, and helping teams adopt AI in practical, measurable ways.

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Work Experience

Demand Gen & ABM Consultant at Dolby Optiview
September 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Led demand generation and ABM initiatives for a recently acquired low-latency streaming startup, pivoting from PLG to hybrid GTM with AI-augmented workflows. Drove pipeline growth and higher deal value: +6.5x average deal size, over $3M pipeline per quarter, and $400k in pipeline with $185k closed/won. Ran end-to-end ABM campaigns including creative concepts, paid media, direct mail, events, enablement, and reporting. Enhanced SDR productivity with AI-powered prospecting (Clay, Apollo, AI agents) and expanded TAM by 185% in Salesforce across live sports, live shopping, and auction houses, delivering $650k in new pipeline. Built AI-personalized outbound sequences, achieving 20%+ reply rate; supported Q3 2025 multi-region, multi-vertical campaign matrices.
Independent Marketing Consultant at Kandescent Marketing
April 30, 2023 - April 30, 2023
As a self-employed marketing consultant, I helped SaaS startups and publicly traded enterprises with GTM motions and demand-gen programs. Created, tested, and optimized demand-gen campaigns across SEO, email, webinars, events, and paid channels, generating $4.2M aggregate pipeline. Drove seed-stage Shopify app signups by 300% in 6 months; improved SDR efficiency by 5x via automation; built offline demand gen programs; achieved 7% MoM paid signups for publicly traded company; built direct mail and seminars/trade shows.
Director of Demand Generation at Gremlin
October 1, 2022 - October 1, 2022
Led Demand Generation for a Series B infrastructure startup; implemented PLG and sales-led GTM motions; managed a team including Growth Marketing Manager and Marketing Ops Manager; scaled across global campaigns; increased opportunity creation by 50% (Q1 2022 to Q3 2022); improved demo signups by 159%; reduced MQLs by 50% to improve SDR quality; built campaign matrices for 1:1, 1:few, and 1:many across product lines for Q3 2025 multi-region campaigns.
Senior Digital Marketing Manager at Cisco Systems (Kenna Security/Cisco SBG)
December 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021
Led digital marketing for Cisco Security Business Group, integrating Kenna Security and Cisco XDR marketing systems. Launched collaborative campaigns and aligned cross-team GTM efforts for a successful integration post-acquisition.
Senior Digital Marketing Manager at Kenna Security (Acquired by Cisco)
June 1, 2021 - June 1, 2021
Owned digital and online pipeline for a Series C cybersecurity platform; contributed ~70% of the team’s $8M monthly pipeline. Managed martech including Marketo, Pardot, Terminus, DemandBase, Drift, Sendoso, Funnel.io; executed full-funnel ABM programs; optimized budgets; drove demo signups and MQL quality; implemented attribution within Salesforce.
Digital Marketing Manager at Emarsys
July 1, 2019 - July 1, 2019
Drove $280k pipeline per month as part of a revenue-driven demand-gen team; increased event registrations and global campaigns; managed martech stack; built ABM across accounts and improved SEO; led cross-regional campaigns to scale North America growth.
Head of Marketing at US Diagnostics
September 1, 2013 - September 1, 2013
First marketer for a boot-strapped healthcare startup; scaled the marketing function, elevated brand, and built outbound and inbound programs; increased top-of-funnel awareness and generated leads through digital campaigns and field marketing.
Account Executive at US Diagnostics
May 31, 2006 - May 31, 2006
Full-cycle sales for a startup healthcare organization; sourced and closed sales; managed and grew accounts.

Education

Bachelor of Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
January 11, 2030 - October 29, 2025

Qualifications

Clay - Automated Outbound Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 29, 2025
Clay - CRM Enrichment Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 29, 2025
DemandBase - ABM Certification Foundations and Advanced
January 11, 2030 - October 29, 2025
Salesforce Trailhead Certification
January 11, 2030 - October 29, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, Education