How to Grow a CMO · 2026-05-07 · 19 min
The making of a modern CMO There’s something different about hearing four CMOs in one room, live, talking less about marketing and more about how they got there. This first session from RSAC leans into the human side of leadership. Before the frameworks and strategy, it’s about what shapes how people lead when the stakes are high and the pace doesn’t let up. Host Alastair Hussain interviews: Jennifer Johnson (CMO at CrowdStrike) Sara Varni (CMO at Datadog) Brett Theiss (CMO at Check Point Software) Shannon Duffy (CMO at Okta) Listen to Part 1 for a more personal look at what shapes today’s CMO and how that shows up in the job. Part of the How to Grow a CMO cyber mini-series, from tmp
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