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Jen Kady

VP Analyst

Jen Kady is a Vice President, Analyst on the Business & Technology Insights team providing advisory services for enterprises looking to drive marketing effectiveness and growth, and more tightly align marketing strategies with business objectives. She focuses on issues related to marketing investment and allocation, strategy development at corporate and regional levels, organizational design and resourcing, talent and implications of emerging tech like AI, cross-functional alignment, and articulating marketing's contribution and value.

Previous experience

Ms. Jen Kady brings nearly 30 years of experience in enterprise software and SaaS, spanning organizations at various stages of maturity and across multiple industries—including security software, hybrid cloud, learning and development, talent management, training, and data backup and recovery. As a marketing leader, she has overseen positioning and branding, product marketing, go-to-market operations (direct, field, and partner), content strategy, sales enablement, operations, customer advocacy and engagement, and inside sales. Ms. Kady has a proven track record of driving business growth, increasing marketing’s contribution to the bottom line, and ensuring alignment between business objectives and marketing strategies.

Professional background

Allego, Chief Marketing Officer, 2 years

Skillsoft, SVP Global Marketing, 1 years

Unitrends, VP Marketing, 2 years

Areas of coverage
  • Marketing Organization Design

  • Partner and Ecosystem Strategy

  • Marketing Leadership and Management

  • Go-to-Market Strategy

  • Marketing and Growth Strategies

Education

M.B.A., magna cum laude, FW Olin School of Management, Babson College, Wellesley, MA, U.S.

B.A., cum laude, College of Liberal Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA, U.S.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Certified Course, Sloan Continuing Education, MIT, Cambridge, MA, U.S.

Cloud Computing Certified Course, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Stanford University, CA, U.S.

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Marketing Investment & Resource Allocations

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Marketing & GTM Strategy

03

Organizational Design, Talent & Cross-functional Alignment

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Impact of AI on Marketing, Building AI Fluency

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