B2B Marketing Executive & Digital Transformation Expert; Vice President of Marketing at Rootstrap; Author of "Marketing Transformation"; Founder of NanoGlobals

Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Patrick Ward Biography

Patrick Ward is a B2B marketing executive and entrepreneur recognized for his role as vice president of marketing at Rootstrap, a custom software development agency serving clients such as MasterClass, Google, Tony Robbins, and Snoop Dogg. With more than a decade of experience in advertising agencies, finance, ad tech, and enterprise software, Ward established Rootstrap's marketing department, expanding it from a single person to a team of 11 and contributing to the company's revenue growth from $5 million to $25 million. During his tenure, Rootstrap appeared on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in America for four consecutive years and achieved the 35th position on Clutch's Top 1000 Global B2B Service Providers. The company also received two Webby Awards for digital excellence.

Ward is a writer whose expertise in international brand strategy and B2B marketing has been featured in Forbes, Ad Age, Fast Company, Morning Brew, HuffPost, and Business Insider. He is a member of the Forbes Communications Council and serves as co-chair of the Executive Marketing Channel at Pavilion, a community for sales and marketing leaders at growth-focused companies. Ward is also a contributing member of the Ad Age Executive Collective. He was named Mentor of the Year by Pavilion Revenue Collective and included in Marquis Who's Who for his leadership in B2B marketing.

Ward is the author of "Marketing Transformation: Why Your Marketing Mindset is Holding Your Organization Back," which appears in the Amazon best-selling "Money Matters" series. He is an experienced public speaker, having taught marketing workshops at General Assembly, Nonprofit Learning Lab, Serendipity Labs, and California Lutheran University. He has also guest lectured at the University of Southern California on AI and technology disruption and at the University of North Carolina on leadership. Ward has spoken at events including the Influencer Marketing Conference & Expo in Los Angeles.

In addition to his work at Rootstrap, Ward founded NanoGlobals, a platform supporting mid-size technology companies with global expansion through remote hiring, offshoring, and international market entry strategies. His career path, from an ad agency in Sydney to the Los Angeles tech marketing sector, demonstrates a blend of creative storytelling, data-driven strategy, and entrepreneurship, establishing him as a knowledgeable voice in B2B marketing and digital transformation.

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Patrick Ward Speaking Topics

  • Zero to $18 Million in A Year: Growing Pipeline from Scratch

    Revenue is the lifeblood of any business, but often early stage marketing teams spend their time trying to do everything leading to subpar results and burnout. Attendees will learn a proven process, built on the philosophy of addition by subtraction, that can be easily implemented to create predictable and sustainable growth.

    1) Channel Mix: How to identify the right channels for short-term immediate pipeline creation and long-term pipeline expansion

    2) Go-To-Market Motion: How to build the right type of Go-To-Market Motion for your Business

    3) Experimentation: Learn the process I use for experimentation and budget reallocation to create a predictable and scalable pipeline

  • 2 Billion in Valuation: A MasterClass Story

    MasterClass seems ubiquitous now, but like any startup, their success was not guaranteed. Their industry partner from the beginning teaches you the secrets to their success and, more importantly, how they overcame the substantial obstacles in their way.

    1) Hiring

    • Learn how MasterClass created a world-class tech team of blended outsourced and in-house technologists, to combat a tight hiring market in Silicon Valley

    2) Marketing

    • We dissect their famous marketing campaigns, and how their contrarian approach to alternative education marketing helped them stand out from the crowd

    3) Technology

    • The underpinning to any successful startup

    • how seamless UX and tech platforms were critical to MasterClass' premium offering.

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Patrick Ward Videos

Patrick Ward: eCommerce at Scale | Ecommerce Tech Inspire 2021

Patrick Ward: eCommerce at Scale | Ecommerce Tech Inspire 2021

Commerce Tech Inspire Summit 2021-2022 gathers speakers from top eCommerce companies to discuss cutting-edge trends, new technologies, COVID impact,...

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Patrick Ward is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Zero to $18 Million in A Year: Growing Pipeline from Scratch, 2 Billion in Valuation: A MasterClass Story, Why Side Hustles are a Company’s Key to Marketing and The ‘Marketing Transformation Mindset’. The estimated speaking fee range to book Patrick Ward for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Patrick Ward generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Gary Vaynerchuk, Peter Guber, Ray Kurzweil, PR Smith and Scott Jeffrey Miller. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Patrick Ward for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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