Meet Our Fractional Executives
Proven Fractional CMOs & CSOs for Marketing, Sales, and Growth
Our fractional marketing and sales executives bring decades of leadership experience to companies. Having supported more than 2,500 clients in over 70 industries, they bring the expertise, perspective, and hands-on leadership needed to accelerate growth.
5,000+
Client Engagements
100+
Proven Marketing &
Sales executives
17+ Years
Helping Companies
Accelerate Growth
$5B
In Revenue Growth
for Clients
With Chief Outsiders, you get a seasoned growth leader, made even stronger by a proven system.
A highly-seasoned, battle-tested growth executive leads the charge, bringing discernment, urgency, technology, and activation resources for delivery, exactly when and where you need it.
For additional support, you have a Managing Partner that stays in contact, plus a deep bench of vetted specialists and resources who can swiftly execute plans. Our AI-enabled technology keeps process and progress aligned and transparent. And each executive is backed by a collective of 100+ expert peers who can provide their shared wisdom on any engagement.
Our company of former in-house operators are accountable for building lasting value, not presentations.
Christa Martin
Partner & CMO
Works with B2B, B2C, technology, SaaS, healthcare, consumer goods and professional services companies to identify new market opportunities, develop new products and generate demand.
Meg VanderLaan
CMO
Works with CEOs in engineering, construction, and manufacturing companies to build the brand and align with company values to drive the choice of customers, employees, and partners.
William Bell
Partner & CRO
Works with industrial companies to drive consistent double-digit revenue growth and significant margin improvement through unique strategic initiatives and high-impact revenue growth solutions.
Tara Weymon Leonard
Partner & CMO
Works with CEOs at consumer products, durables, technology, professional services, beauty, and manufacturing companies to accelerate profitable growth through digital transformation and AI-powered ...
Matt Benner
Partner & CMO
Works with financial services, internet hosting, telecommunications, retail and energy companies to dramatically increase revenue and profit growth.
Evan Eckman
Partner & CMO
Works with a wide array of product companies, including food and beverage, infant care, homecare, beauty, luxury/fashion brand, consumer electronics and industrial B2B.
Aaron Gutowski
Partner & CSO
Leads sales teams who consistently exceed sales targets across many industries.
Ken Murray
Partner & CMO
Drives growth in partnership with B2B and B2C technology, financial services and manufacturing leadership teams. Builds enterprise value and accelerates growth with strategy development, insights and ...
Fernando Herrera
CMO
Partners with CEOs to reinvent challenger and legacy brands across consumer products and B2B—driving organization growth, P&L performance, and measurable marketing ROI.
Rich DePencier
Partner & CMO
Works with founder-led companies, small to mid-size businesses, and PE-backed B2C and B2B2C businesses in CPG, Retail, Food & Beverage, Home, Pet, Baby, Men & Women’s Wellness, Beauty & ...
Bill Warren
CMO
Partners with CEOs and private equity investors to accelerate value creation in life sciences and healthcare manufacturing organizations.
Gerry Giudici
CSO
Works with CEOs in automotive, defense, and industrial manufacturing companies to achieve profitable growth, shareholder value creation, and management development.
Atul Minocha
Partner & CMO
Works with global healthcare, automotive, technology, software and industrial goods companies to solve seemingly inextricable growth challenges.
Bob Sherlock
Partner & CMO
Bob works with companies (primarily manufacturers and companies that sell to manufacturers) that need to generate more revenue, faster.
Sabrina Donley
Partner & CMO
Helps mid-market manufacturers and technical services firms turn fragmented marketing into focused strategies that drive growth, efficiency, and ROI.
Carrie Lewis
CMO
Helps industrial manufacturers, B2B organizations, and channel-driven companies accelerate growth through strategic positioning, commercialization, demand generation, and complex go-to-market ...
Thomas Park
CMO
Works with B2B industrial, technology, and SaaS companies to unlock EBITDA and topline growth by rethinking strategy and execution across the commercial spectrum of sales, marketing, and product.
Rex Bull
Partner Emeritus
Works with technology, logistics, transportation, construction, healthcare and financial services companies to develop market strategies that maximize growth.
Dawn Werry
President, Partner & CMO
Growth executive, operator, and change agent who turns market insight into action and action into growth. Dawn helps B2B and industrial companies identify opportunities, find their competitive ...
Rob Godlewski
Partner & CMO
Helps SMB manufacturing company CEOs grow revenues, build omni-channel sales strategies, streamline operations, and drive innovation to achieve market leadership.
Beth Somplatsky-Martori
Partner & CMO
Works with consumer and industrial durable goods companies to develop and execute omni-channel strategies that accelerate growth and optimize profits.
Aurora Toth
Partner & CMO
Works with B2B and B2C businesses seeking new markets, customers or products to help grow revenue via breakthrough strategies and actionable execution plans.
Ray Healy
CSO
Works with CEOs and PE leaders in enterprise security, premium CPG, and transportation solutions companies to drive global revenue growth and lead high-performing teams.
Todd Chambers
Partner & CMO
Works with technology, SaaS, professional services, finance, and private equity companies to build brands and refine marketing strategies that drive revenue and profit growth.
Per Ohstrom
Partner, CMO & CGO
Works with small and mid-size private and PE-owned industrial and B2B service companies to create and execute strategies for profitable growth.
Sarah Polk
Partner & CMO
Works with CEOs of national and global healthcare, life sciences, industrial/manufacturing, professional services, technology, and financial services companies to solve problems, prioritize ...
David Vroom
Managing Partner, Special Projects
Matches CEOs with the perfect fractional chief marketing officer to identify growth opportunities and develop strategies to optimize profits.