Resume

Connor J. Laughlin

VP of Marketing & GTM (acting CMO), GTM Engineer · Chicago

connor.laughlin@gmail.comlinkedin.com/in/connorlaughlin

Case studies

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

  • $159.4M
    influenced pipeline
  • $52.5M
    net-new revenue
  • 22-agent
    AI GTM OS
  • 35+
    RevOps KPIs
  • 7
    acquisitions
  • near $0
    to board-backed

Experience

VP, Marketing & GTM (acting CMO)

2024 to present

TSI (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 2024

TSI

  • 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 2018

TSI

  • 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 2015

Brad's Deals

  • Wrote and produced content for a consumer site running 10 million monthly visitors.

Executive Search Associate

2012 to 2014

Reilly Partners

  • Researched, sourced, and assessed executive candidates across enterprise software and services.

BD & Marketing

2009 to 2012

Vatican 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.

Operating edge

Education

  • Santa Clara University

    B.S., Finance · Leavey School of Business

    2006 to 2009

  • Northwestern University

    Medill School of Journalism, coursework