Abdulla Basha

VP Marketing | GTM and Revenue Leadership | B2B SaaS | AI Platforms | 6sense | HubSpot | Salesforce | Full-Funnel Demand Generation | ABM | SaaS Marketing Leader of the Year 2023

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Prezentex-TEBMA SHIPYARDS LTDex-Growthstory

I started my career in Naval Architecture before pivoting to marketing, which shaped how I think about problems: systematically, with a bias toward structures that hold under

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 Over 14 years, I have built GTM engines across B2B SaaS, AI platforms, cloud technology, healthcare, and edtech, working across MENA, India, US, and SEA markets. The range is deliberate. I have seen what breaks at different stages and in different geographies, and I have learned to build  At GrowthStory, I directed marketing across 50+ portfolio companies simultaneously, from pre-seed through Series B. That is where I understood that most marketing problems are structural, not creative. At Space, I owned the full GTM motion solo, from positioning to pipeline, with no inherited  At Prezent, a generative AI communication platform, I rebuilt the entire GTM motion from scratch: redefined the ICP from closed-won data, restructured the team into four pods, scaled from 2 to 20, and accelerating growth of the company from USD 3M to USD 20M ARR in 18 months. I also deployed AI agents inside the marketing function, for ICP enrichment, ABM personalisation, content production, and reporting. That is not something most marketing leaders can say from production experience rather than pilot  I also published a research on consumer privacy and post-GDPR marketing effectiveness. As the UAE and KSA enforce PDPL compliance, this becomes relevant for any regional B2B marketing Reach me at com or connect here.

Career TimelineNOW → PAST

GTM Index

  1. PREZENTJOB
    1. VP Mktg
      3Y 1M
  2. FRONT.SPACEJOB
    1. VP - GTM (GTM) & Strategy
      2Y 8M
  3. GROWTHSTORYJOB
    1. Head of Mktg
      4Y 6M
    2. Head of Mktg & Founding Me…
      1Y 8M
    3. Head of Mktg & Founding Me…
      3Y
    4. Head of Mktg - Social Fron…
      1Y 11M
  4. MEDLIFE.COMJOB
    1. Senior Mktg Mgr
      11M
  5. SIMPLILEARNJOB
    1. Senior Group Mgr Mktg
      6M
    2. Associate Business Mgr & H…
      9M
  6. JMUS PVTJOB
    1. Project Mgr
      1Y 4M
  7. TEBMA SHIPYARDSJOB
    1. Senior Project Eng
      1Y
  8. AETJOB
    1. Eng Officer
      1Y 11M

Time in market 17YOpen 1Closed 11Stints 12

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  1. Job: TEBMA SHIPYARDS LTD — Senior Project Engineer · 2011-08 – 2012-08
  2. Job: Growthstory — Head of Marketing - Social Frontier (MarTech Agency) · 2016-03 – 2018-02
  3. Job: Front.space — VP - GTM (Go-to-Market) & Strategy · 2020-10 – 2023-06
  4. Job: Growthstory — Head of Marketing · 2016-04 – 2020-10
  5. Job: AET — Engineering Officer · 2009-08 – 2011-07
  6. Job: Growthstory — Head of Marketing & Founding Member - Clearout · 2019-01 – 2020-09
  7. Job: Medlife.com — Senior Marketing Manager · 2015-04 – 2016-03
  8. Job: JMUS Pvt Ltd — Project Manager · 2012-09 – 2014-01
  9. Job: Prezent — Vice President Marketing · 2023-07 – present
  10. Job: Simplilearn — Senior Group Manager Marketing · 2014-11 – 2015-05
  11. Job: Simplilearn — Associate Business Manager & Head SEO Operations · 2014-02 – 2014-11
  12. Job: Growthstory — Head of Marketing & Founding Member - Kintegra · 2017-09 – 2020-09

Skills

SalesforceHubSpotDemand GenerationKey AccountsGrowth InitiativesMulti-touchMarketing AttributionCampaign ExecutionExecutive VisibilityClient PresentationKey Performance IndicatorsInternal CommunicationsPharmaceutical MarketingOmni-Channel MarketingDigital TransformationQualitative ResearchQuantitative ResearchProduct ManagementSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Problem SolvingContent Management Systems (CMS)Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC)

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