Connor J. Laughlin
VP of Marketing & GTM (acting CMO), GTM Engineer · Chicago
Summary
VP of Marketing & GTM (acting CMO) and GTM Engineer. Built the revenue infrastructure behind $159.4M in marketing-influenced pipeline at a roughly $460M PE-backed enterprise. Designed a governed 22-agent AI GTM operating system, a 35+ KPI RevOps framework, and the cadence that made marketing legible to the board. Senior judgment plus enough technical depth to build the operating layer myself.
Headline impact
- $159.4Minfluenced pipeline
- $52.5Mnet-new revenue
- 22-agentAI GTM OS
- 35+RevOps KPIs
- 7acquisitions
- near $0to board-backed
Experience
VP, Marketing & GTM (acting CMO)
2024 to presentTSI (PE-backed enterprise, roughly $460M)
- Built revenue infrastructure behind $159.4M in marketing-influenced pipeline and $52.5M net-new revenue contribution.
- Designed a 22-agent AI GTM operating system with governed workflows, audit logs, and approval gates.
- Authored the 35+ KPI revenue funnel framework, board-ready reporting cadence, and ghost-pipeline inspection.
- Led the marketing function from near-$0 budget and 2 offshore resources to a 4-direct-report core team and 16-person international model.
- Managed GTM through 7 acquisitions, 8 acquired brands, 3 web properties, 5 regulated verticals, and a Canadian business unit across 13 provincial jurisdictions.
Director of Marketing, then Senior Director
2018 to 2024TSI
- Built signal-based BDR pod from existing resources. $2.5M+ first-90-day pipeline, 2-hour high-priority signal-to-touch SLA.
- Authored 774-line messaging architecture across 5 regulated business lines plus a 10,900-word master GTM brief.
- Rebuilt tsico.com twice for enterprise conversion. Clean B2B routing, GA4 and GTM instrumentation, +28% organic clicks.
- Designed the post-acquisition GTM bridge, identified $254M cross-sell whitespace from 2,676 clients, supported 73% CAC reduction and 112% NRR at the company level.
Marketing Manager, then Digital Marketing Manager
2015 to 2018TSI
- First digital marketing hire. Built web, analytics, content, demand, attribution, CRM, and sales-enablement layers from scratch.
- Stood up the marketing data foundation that later carried the RevOps and AI layers.
Content Creator
2013 to 2015Brad's Deals
- Wrote and produced content for a consumer site running 10 million monthly visitors.
Executive Search Associate
2012 to 2014Reilly Partners
- Researched, sourced, and assessed executive candidates across enterprise software and services.
BD & Marketing
2009 to 2012Vatican Museums
- Business development and marketing roles starting from a college internship in Rome.
Capabilities
Executive marketing leadership
- Budget cases and board-ready reporting
- Team design and operating cadence
- Agency and vendor leadership
Revenue operations
- Lifecycle definitions and attribution
- Funnel KPI framework, unit economics, ghost-pipeline inspection
- CRM architecture and data governance
AI GTM systems
- Agentic workflow design, RAG, n8n, MCP-style tooling
- Governance: approval gates, audit logs, regression checks
- Python, TypeScript, prompt engineering
Narrative and proof architecture
- ICP, positioning, competitive intelligence
- Claims governance and proof libraries
- Sales enablement and executive POV
Digital growth systems
- Programmatic SEO and GEO, schema
- Analytics instrumentation
- Conversion paths and technical web governance
How I work
The soft-skill edge a resume can't carry: taste applied at velocity, specification clarity, trust calibration, and the operating discipline that comes from delegating real work to AI agents.
Education
Santa Clara University
B.S., Finance · Leavey School of Business
2006 to 2009
Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism, coursework