Go-to-market strategy makes or breaks a company's trajectory, especially in the earliest days. At Canvas, one way we support our founders is by connecting them with seasoned GTM leaders who provide valuable 1:1 advice to our CEOs around all aspects of early growth, from product marketing to building out a sales team.

Our GTM Council Members Have Helped Unlock Growth at Leading Companies

Airbnb
Airtable
Asana
Braintree
Calendly
Chime
Coherent
Dropbox
Experian
Figma
Freenome
Google
Headspace
HealthLoop
Humana
Livongo
Mercer
Netflix
New Relic
One Medical
OpenAI
PayPal
Pro.com
Spotify

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The Canvas GTM Council

GTM Council members bring expertise across growth marketing, product marketing, sales, brand marketing, business development, and more. One thing unites them. They are all passionate about the early stage.

AI GTM

Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger

Senior Director of Digital Member Experience,

Blue Shield of California

Previously:

Figure Eight, IBM

Product Marketing and Demand Generation

Andrew Hoerner

Vice President of Marketing,

Early Warning

Previously:

Coherent, Symphony, McAfee, PaymentOne

Product Marketing

Coley Czarnecki

Head of Consumer Product Marketing,

OpenAI

Previously:

Uber, Visa

Gabriel Madureira

Chief Growth Officer,

Prefect

Previously:

Azion, MongoDB, PlanetScale, Render, Sprinklr, Vercel

Sales

Haleigh Tebben

Chief Revenue Officer,

Kindbody

Previously:

Brightline, Collective Health, Mercer

Marketing Operations

Jack Hart

Senior Director, Business Operations and Strategy,

Yelp

Previously:

PwC

Business Development

Jamie Young Perlman

VP Global GTM Partnerships,

Box

Previously:

Dropbox, SlideShare

Partnerships

Jim Conway

VP Strategic Partnerships,

Lyra Health

Previously:

Netsmart, Fidelity, JPMorganChase and Lehman

Marketing Operations

Katie Ryan O'Connor

Head of Content Strategy,

Responsive

Previously:

Asana, Credit Karma, NerdWallet, Slack

Sales

Mark Musselman

SVP Sales and Business Development,

CloudZero

Previously:

Sumo Logic, BladeLogic, Akamai

Customer Success

Meg Holland

Executive Vice President,

Apixio

Previously:

Epocrates, Healthloop

Product Marketing

Nick Fairbairn

VP Product Marketing,

Chime

Previously:

Experian, Gabi, Le Tote

Product and Field Marketing

Sara McCulloch

SVP Marketing,

Doximity

Previously:

Ochsner Health

Enterprise Sales

Shay Forbes

GM, Employer,

Turquoise Health

Previously:

Tava Health, Artemis Health

Enterprise Sales

Tim Kuruvilla

Senior Vice President, Global Head of Commercialization,

Roche

Previously:

Viewics, Opus Capital

Sales

Tom Langan

President and Chief Commercial Officer,

Veradigm

Previously:

Practice Fusion, Symphony Health, MediMedia

The Canvas GTM Council Alumni

Since launching the GTM Council in 2021, Canvas continues to engage this growing network of sales and marketing leaders across our portfolio on an as needed basis.

Product Marketing

Ali Wiezbowski

Matterport, Peloton, Uber
LinkedIn

Brand Marketing

Andrea Collins

Cowbell, Flyhomes, Hippo, PolicyGenius
LinkedIn

Brand Marketing

Andrew Speyer

Landing, Airbnb
LinkedIn

Growth Marketing

Ash Blackmon

Restream, Pathstream, Zillow Group
LinkedIn

Brand Marketing

Ashley Chandler

Zipline, Color, Stripe
LinkedIn

Community

Claire Butler

Figma, The Climate Corporation
LinkedIn

Sales

David Gee

Coherent, Imperva, Zuora
LinkedIn

Growth Marketing

Declan Schweitzer

Albert, Bird, Headspace
LinkedIn

Product-Led Growth

Garrett Scott

Calendly, Quip, New Relic
LinkedIn

D2C Growth

Geoff Sanders

Firstleaf, Casper, Betterment
LinkedIn

Sales

Graham Chalfant

Rightway, 2nd.MD, One Medical
LinkedIn

Sales

Jeremy Bass

Bread Financial, Onswipe
LinkedIn

Product Marketing and Sales

Jerrod Helms

Ginger, One Medical, Humana
LinkedIn

Community and Social Media

Kashem Miah

Fiverr, Sermo, GoHenry, Shutterstock
LinkedIn

Digital Health

Kathryn Ross

One Medical, Sequoia Consulting, Delta Dental
LinkedIn

Partnerships

Kristin Thayer

Watershed, 1stdibs.com, Uber
LinkedIn

Growth Marketing

Matt McAllister

Yelp
LinkedIn

Growth Marketing

Patrick Moran

Robinhood, Houzz, Spotify
LinkedIn

Customer Experience

Sary Brunner

Hearsay Systems
LinkedIn

Sales

Tony Small

Pro.com, Convoy, Zillow Group
LinkedIn

Sales

Yuri Alexandrovski

Observable, CrowdAI, Parsable, Zenefits
LinkedIn