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David Gingell

Chief Marketing Officer

London, GB

About

VP Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer - who has worked for a number of major international technology companies including EMC, Adobe and Oracle, serving major industry sectors including Finance and Banking and Pharmaceuticals. Now helping StarLeaf become a global force in the video conferencing and meetings space. A grounding in technology and in putting the customer at the centre, in both B2B & B2C environments, has led to recognition as a driven, creative and visionary technology marketing leader who inspires his teams. A marketer who sees ‘the big picture’ and passionately believes that marketing should be a key strategic lever. Broad experience includes global leadership and team building roles in blue-chip technology firms and in mid-sized businesses looking to scale. A skilled developer and implementer of marketing strategies that help drive the transformation of organisations into successful and growing businesses by focusing on brand and lead generation. Skilled across digital, social, communications, lead generation, brand, partner and product & solutions marketing.

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Work experience

  1. January 2022 – present

    BlackBoiler

    Marketing Advisor
  2. February 2015 – present

    Three Like Minds Ltd

    Director/Owner
    see www.threelikeminds.com
  3. January 2021 – January 2022

    StarLeaf

    Chief Marketing Officer
  4. May 2020 – August 2020

    DocuSign

    Marketing (Transition)
    Transitioning Seal Marketing from Seal Software to DocuSign
  5. January 2019 – July 2020

    IACCM

    IACCM UK Council Member
  6. February 2017 – May 2020

    Seal Software, a DocuSign Company

    Chief Marketing Officer
    DocuSign acquired Seal Software in May 2020. Seal Software was the leader in contract discovery and analytics. We helped Fortune 1000 companies get a handle on arguably their most important documents - their contracts - and provided deep analysis on them to help identify revenue opportunities, to react to changes in their operating environments and legal frameworks, and to keep compliant. Please watch this 3 min video if you would like a quick overview.
  7. June 2015 – May 2016

    TeamViewer

    Chief Marketing Officer
    TeamViewer is fully focused on the development and distribution of high-end solutions for online communication, collaboration and remote monitoring of IT systems. Available in over 30 languages and with more than 200 million users worldwide, TeamViewer is one of the world’s most popular providers of remote control and online meeting software. airbackup, a cloud-based backup solution, and ITbrain, a remote monitoring and IT asset tracking solution, complement TeamViewer’s product portfolio. For more information, visit: www.teamviewer.com
  8. April 2011 – February 2015

    NetApp

    VP Marketing EMEA
    Driving a 50+ person marketing organization. Responsible for product & solutions marketing, alliances and channel marketing, communications, brand, digital and social media plus most importantly, demand creation and lead generation.
  9. May 2014 – September 2014

    NetApp

    Acting VP Product & Solutions Marketing
    Leading a team of 40 product and solutions marketers to take NetApp's offerings from product operations, through the product introduction process to market and drive sustaining programmes.
  10. March 2009 – April 2011

    Adobe Systems

    Senior Director, Marketing, EMEA
    Led the EMEA marketing team to support the EMEA sales effort, both direct and indirect.
  11. November 2006 – December 2008

    Dell EMC

    VP Marketing EMEA
    Responsible for the marketing of the EMC portfolio across EMEA. Leading a team of 100 marketers. Personally focused on evangelism, messaging and positioning.
  12. May 2004 – December 2006

    Dell EMC

    VP Marketing, EMC Software, EMEA
    Marketing EMC's Content Management and Storage Management Software portfolio
  13. September 1995 – June 2004

    Documentum

    VP Marketing EMEA, Documentum (Acquired by EMC December 2003)
    EMEA Alliances Manager; Global Marketing Manager, Financial Services; Marketing Director; VP Marketing
  14. July 1994 – September 1995

    Oracle

    Account Manager and Principal Consultant
    Worked in the Target Account Group in the UK with a business development role focusing on migration technologies from Ingres to Oracle. Latterly account manager for tier 2 pharmaceutical companies and biotechs in the UK.
  15. January 1992 – January 1994

    Ingres

    Pre-Sales Manager, Commerical
    responsible for 5 pre-sales engineers providing pre-sales support to UK commercial accounts.

Education

  1. Present

    Henley Business School

    MBA
  2. Present

    BSc, Psychology