Chad
Fenner
Senior Executive
Product Management and Marketing
Driving Company Growth. Delighting Customers. Helping People Excel.
Product Management and Product Marketing Executive with 25+ years of experience and 15+ years of people leadership. Focused on driving company growth with creative problem-solving and guiding large teams with empathetic people leadership. Deep and broad background in enabling customer-first product and marketing solutions in diverse markets.
Areas of expertise: IT Solutions – Software and Hardware • Gen AI Solutions • ESG • Partner Management • SaaS • PaaS • Cloud • Legal, Tax, Security, and Risk & Fraud Markets
Career Highlights
SVP & Head of Product Marketing & Product Management, Thomson Reuters
Manage a global cross-portfolio team supporting all TR software solutions including Generative AI, SaaS, and cloud across legal, tax, security, and risk & fraud markets
VP & GM, Product Management & Product Marketing, Dell Technologies
Managed a global team of Product Management, Product Marketing, Partner Management & competitive/strategy researchers supporting a $17 billion business and growing 25%+ YoY
Leadership Skills
Leadership with a deep understanding of people and IT markets, plus a proven ability to learn
- Organizational Design
- Business Process Improvement
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Product Roadmaps, Strategy & Innovation
- Business Case Ownership
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Customer Requirements Definition
- Strategic & Financial Analysis
- Marketing & Sales Enablement
- Digital, Brand, Analyst & Press, Strategy
- Product & Customer Evangelism
- Portfolio Messaging & Positioning
- International People Management & Team Building
Key Achievements
- Created & ran 160-person Product Marketing/Product Management org & process for Thomson Reuters, helping double the corporate growth rate in 2 years
- Led Dell/VMware joint business growth from $1B to $3B in 2 years
- Rated by direct reports a “Tell Dell Rock Star” annually from 2011-2021, Dell’s highest-rated manager performance level
- Established product roadmap & go-to-market strategy for ESG at both Dell and TR
- Corporate evangelist at 50+ public events in 40+ countries, speaking to thousands of customers about product needs & strategy
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