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SaaS Product Marketers Fostering New Growth

SAAS companies and cloud computing are facing major disruptions due to COVID-19. With these disruptions the sector might be faced with new innovations and R&D as many companies are shifting to implementing further Work-From-Home processes. Focusing on such new innovations and new growth requires fast product led strategies and decisions.

This SmartGroup™ of experts is focused on discovering and sharing latest insights of latest product-led strategies to foster new innovations and growth in the SAAS world. SmartGroup™ members nominate and vote on future topics to explore as the platform curates weekly reports that develop the reputation of its contributors and enable other professionals to stay relevant on the topic.

Given the pace of change and new physical barriers, the desire for professionals to conveniently stay connected and relevant in their areas of expertise is greatly needed. This uniquely curated team of industry peers represents an opportunity to share your passion and test your thinking with those that can most appreciate them while thousand of viewers and hundreds of followers benefit from the insights.

How fresh knowledge movement works:
* 20 to 30 selected global professionals interact at their convenience.
* Insights are distilled into sharable personalized reports.
* Other professionals view, follow, and enjoy the insights.

Relevance today is a factor of timeliness and specificity. By hosting the small expert only groups, and continually keeping the topics fresh, we see that the group can attract quite a following over a few weeks and grow it over time, thus raising the profile of the individuals in the group.
If interested in giving it a try, please introduce yourself here. If you have specific questions, email us at smartgroup@currnt.com.
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The Currnt Team

peopleExpert participation

Industry / area focus: Saas, Tech, Enterprises, FinTech,
- Heads of Product Marketing
- Innovation Tech Leaders
- CMOs,
- Product Marketer,
- Commercialization, Sales
business services
enterprise marketing
customer marketing
growth marketer

Applicants
Wade Pfeiff
COO at Kollective Technology
Responsible for sales strategy and product marketing for a SaaS network infrastructure and video/eCDN Business.
Zulqarnain Ansari
Chief Design Officer at ExpertsDesk
Design Thinking ★ Digital Transformation ★ UX/UI/ID ★ UX Leadership ★ Innovation Strategy ★ Entrepreneur ★ Startup Coach Zulqarnain Ansari is a part of the foremost think tanks in design and user experience research. He is a pioneer in Pakistan User Experience and Design, having 19 years of experience setting up creative digital design business in global freelance marketplaces, Zulqarnain Ansari is CEO and founder of Pakistan's first UX Studio, Experts Desk. His creative, analytical and business skills make him distinct in global design community. Besides being a successful CEO, he is a life coach, techpreneur, mentor, and public speaker. His interests range from entrepreneurship to design. In past he head UX departments at Systems Ltd. and ROZEE.PK and some of the key accomplishments were TeamViewer, McDonalds, Zong, Freeman, Douney & Bourke, Mattress Firm, KUIU, Rebeccataylor, Sapphire, KHAADI, ROZEE.PK and the list goes on. LUMS, NetSol, NSPIRE, HospitAll, Takhleek, GLUG, PopCornStudio, IDEOOCON, Bitish Council, DICE Pakistan, Startup Grind, and Payoneer are some of the platforms where he provided design thinking mentorship. His core expertise includes Stanford University D.School's and Google Sprint Design's Design thinking and digital transformation trainings and mentorships.
Oladokun Ajilor
Senior Trainer
I'm a cloud computing enthusiast with particular interest and exposure to AWS and Microsoft Azure. I've been an IT professional and a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator with over 12 years experience.
Grant Gooley
MBA, Marketing
As a digital native with 17 years in marketing, SaaS development and experience is second nature. I am extremely passionate about using technology to make our lives easier in every sense of the phrase and look forward to collaborating with each of you.
Mark Walker
Delivering game changing on-shore application development along with consulting excellence in strategy and innovation.
SaaS product marketers fostering new growth...I have been involved in ICT solutions since the inception of pay as you go usage for software on your own infrastructure. It has now evolved into software as a service whereby all licence, support and maintenance are bundled and the amortised over a period of time. This "new" way of selling software has enabled anyone to access world leading applications irrespective of your company size which enables a toe-to-toe wrestle against the global corporations for client spend
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Eric Allen, Senior Manager, Supply Chain at EY

“I find the topics engaging and I love the
flexibility of checking in and providing insights
at my convenience.”

Kimberly Underwood, Consultant at Underwood Consulting

“Great platform, great questions and topics.
The potential to earn a little more money for
participating is nice as well.”

Oren Birks, Sr. Director of IT at PBI-Gordon

“I really enjoy being on the panels, sharing
information and reading the perspective of the
other panelists. It is quite intriguing and most
all of the panelists are quite bright.”

Patty Soltis, CX Strategist at Kinetic Edge Consultants

“Very interactive, informative and without
any inherent bias. This is as good a collaborative
platform as you can get.”

Pinaki Banerjee, Program Director at ITC InfoTech

“It is a perfect platform not just to share
but to learn and stay updated.”


Armando Leyva, HR Director at 360º HC

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  • add remove What is Currnt?
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SaaS Product Marketers Fostering New Growth