Cory G.

B2B Technology Marketing Executive | Fmr. Head of Product Marketing, Amazon Connect (AWS) | Veteran U.S. Navy Submarine Officer | Babson MBA

Boston1.5k followers
Concentrixex-Amazon Web Services (AWS)ex-Convergys

I've spent my career in technology. The tech is interesting, but what keeps me here is the human side of it.

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How people and organizations adopt something new, experiment with it, and eventually make it their own. Getting adoption to work at scale is usually a culture and people challenge long before it's about the   I've worked this from both sides of the market. At AWS, I ran product marketing for Amazon Connect. Built the positioning and narrative, launched its first generative AI capabilities, and oversaw the marketing programs that helped take it from emerging entrant to a Gartner MQ and Forrester CCaaS Leader. At Concentrix, I'm building out how a BPO and global systems integrator markets AI transformation to enterprise buyers. Most business leaders approach problems from the lens they grew up in - marketing, operations, engineering, services, product. I've gotten in the habit of understanding where people and markets actually are, finding the blind spots, and working backwards from where we need to be. It's especially true now as agentic AI reshapes how CX technology gets built, sold, and Former S. Navy Submarine Officer. Babson MBA. Based in Boston.

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  1. CONCENTRIXJOB
    1. VP, Solution Architecture…
      1Y 7M
  2. AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS)JOB
    1. Head of PMM, Amazon Connect
      3Y 11M
  3. CONVERGYSJOB
    1. Sr. Dir GTM Product Strate…
      4Y 7M
  4. AVAYAJOB
    1. BD and PMM
      16Y 11M
  5. NOKIAJOB
    1. Product Eng
      2Y 11M
  6. TEXAS INSTRUMENTSJOB
    1. Lead Operations Mgr
      2Y 11M
  7. US NAVYJOB
    1. Submarine Officer
      5Y 11M

Time in market 35Y 9MOpen 4Closed 6Stints 10

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  1. Job: Concentrix — Vice President, Solution Architecture and GTM, Concentrix Global Solutions · 2025-03 – present · 1y 5mo
  2. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Head of Product Marketing, Amazon Connect · 2021-04 – 2025-03 · 3y 11mo
  3. Job: Convergys — Sr. Director GTM Product Strategy and Marketing · 2016-10 – 2021-05 · 4y 7mo
  4. Job: Avaya — Business Development and Product Marketing · 2000 – 2016 · 16y — CRM, Contact Center, IVR, and Natural Language Speech software
  5. Job: Nokia — Product Engineer · 1998 – 2000 · 2y
  6. Job: Texas Instruments — Lead Operations Manager · 1996 – 1998 · 2y
  7. Job: US Navy — Submarine Officer · 1991 – 1996 · 5y
  8. School: Babson College - Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business — MBA
  9. School: Purdue University — B.S., Physics
  10. School: Purdue University — Physics

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MakeLaunch ProductsEnterprise SoftwareGo-to-Market StrategyGrowth StrategiesMessagingDemand GenerationExecutive PresentationsMarketing StrategyProduct MarketingCustomer ExperienceB2B MarketingSolution SellingContact CentersProfessional ServicesStrategic Marketing ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)Amazon Web Services (AWS)Business-to-Business (B2B)Software as a Service (SaaS)

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