Ron McMurtrie is Chief Marketing Officer at Sage. Prior to this role, he was Executive Vice President of Customer Marketing. In his current role, McMurtrie leads global marketing strategy, inspiring long-term relationships through creativity and innovation including aligning the strategic direction of product, brand, digital marketing and communications, and overseeing new customer acquisition, building customers for life, and advancing Sage’s cloud strategy. Before joining Sage, McMurtrie was global Chief Marketing Officer at Recall, a global information management company. In his role, McMurtrie was responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations, specifically in the areas of client services, marketing, product management and product development. Previously, McMurtrie spent years serving executive roles that include Group President, Chief Marketing Officer, and Senior Vice President for Marketing for brands such as VCE, joint venture between Cisco, EMC and VMware, First Data, Verizon and MCI. McMurtrie is a multi-dimensional leader with P&L and personnel responsibility spanning direct sales, marketing, enterprise consulting and professional services in private and public sector markets. Follow Sage on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter. Connect with Ron on LinkedIn and Twitter.
John Lauten with Skully Technologies is a global operations executive who delivers exceptional client experiences and quantifiable results by directly improving operations, systems and processes worldwide while lowering operating expenses. Lauten has built and managed large, diverse global teams and held leadership positions in acquisition integration for both acquiring companies and acquired companies. His expertise and skills include international expansion, supply chain, program management, mergers and acquisitions, process optimization, sales and operations planning, corporate strategy, operations management, and business transformation. During his more than 20-year career, Lauten has helped lead the corporate directions of FOX Racing Shox (as VP of Strategic Operations and Business Development) and Cisco Systems, where he held various executive roles (Director of Business Operations Strategy and Planning; Head of U.S. and Canada Customer Operations; Director of Global Supply Chain Management) as well as additional roles in sales operations and finance. He has an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas at Austin and a BBA in Marketing from Texas Christian University. Follow Skully on Facebook and Twitter. Connect with John on LinkedIn.
