Pantheon Platform CMO: Christy Marble

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Christy grew up on the San Juan Island, a very small community of people in a town that actually had no street lights!
After college, Christy got her first job at the wall street journal in advertising. She knew she eventually wanted to go to graduate school, so she chose a company that would support that in the future. During her time at the wall street journal, one male executive at the company discouraged her from attending graduate school. Feeling unsure, Christy turned to her mentors and colleagues at work who were women. That’s when she learned the importance of having peers at work who are eager to help you.
A few years into her career, Christy went on to work for Claritas, a marketing company that helps businesses make data-driven business decisions. She was looking for a job, and heard about the company through one of her friends who referred her and invited her to interview. She was there for 8 years and one of the biggest learning lessons she describes was a time she realized she didn’t' need to rely on anyone for validation.
After finishing her MBA in 1997, Christy when on to work for a several companies in marketing, then eventually landed at SAP Concur in 2013. She would work her way up to becoming the Chief Marketing Officer there.
Today, Christy is the Chief Marketing Officer of Pantheon Platform, a website operations platform for Drupal and WordPress, backed by a $100 million venture investment.