McClain E. Brown

▲ Startup Scale Advisor, GTM Leader, Austin AI Community Founder | ex-AWS, ex-engineer

Austin2.5k followers
Vercelex-goMLex-Amazon Web Services (AWS)

"I am an ex-engineer (still building & problem solving), now focused on Revenue, Go-To-Market, and Partnerships, with over 8 years of experience.

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I have proven leadership in strategic alliance management and development, program and project management, revenue development, and technical AI enablement. My prior project engineering and software engineering background gives be a unique foundation with strategic projects, problem solving, data analysis, and AI tooling- now focused on optimizing Revenue pipelines, Partnerships, and AI workflows."

Career Timeline

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GTM Index

  1. VERCELJOB
    1. Startups {strategy, scale,…
      5M
  2. THE AI COLLECTIVEJOB
    1. Chapter Lead, Austin TX
      8M
  3. GOMLJOB
    1. AI GTM Advisor
      5M
    2. VP of AI GTM
      9M
  4. AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS)JOB
    1. Account & Partnership Mgr
      3Y 2M
    2. Sr. Startup ISV Business D…
      8M
    3. Business Dev Specialist
      1Y 6M
  5. MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATIONJOB
    1. Project Mgr
      1Y 5M
  6. GE AVIATIONJOB
    1. Mechanical Eng
      3M
  7. THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYJOB
    1. Software Eng
      6M

Time in market 9YOpen 4Closed 8Stints 12

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  1. Job: Vercel — Startups {strategy, scale, partnerships} · 2026-03 – present · 5 mo — "Advisor for Startup Founders and Tech Teams, Building to Scale on Vercel."
  2. Job: The AI Collective — Chapter Lead, Austin TX · 2025-12 – present · 8 mo — "Austin AI Community Lead and Builder- Join us at our next event: https://www.aicollective.com/chapters/austin" The AI Collective is a non-profit, grassroots community uniting 150,000+ pioneers – founders, researchers, operators, and investors – exploring the frontier of AI in major tech hubs worldwide. Through events, workshops, and community-led research, we empower the AI ecosystem to collaboratively steer AI's future toward trust, openness, and human flourishing.
  3. Job: goML — AI GTM Advisor · 2026-03 – 2026-08 · 5 mo — "AI Partnership, Revenue, & GTM Advisor for pre-Seed to Series A Strategy."
  4. Job: goML — VP of AI GTM · 2025-06 – 2026-03 · 9 mo — "AI GTM, Channel, Revenue, and Technical Solution Leader-- helping founders with AI strategy and implementations."
  5. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Account & Partnership Manager · 2022-03 – 2025-05 · 3y 2mo — "High-Growth & Strategic Customer Cloud Account, Partnership, and Channel Manager"
  6. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Sr. Startup ISV Business Dev & Strat · 2021-06 – 2022-02 · 8 mo — "Sr. Startup ISV Business Development, Partnership, Channel Sales, and Technology Consultant"
  7. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Business Dev Specialist · 2019-11 – 2021-05 · 1y 6mo — "Business Development, Partnership, and Technology Consultant"
  8. Job: Marathon Petroleum Corporation — Project Manager · 2018-06 – 2019-11 · 1y 5mo — "Technical Terminal Project Engineer & Team Manager"
  9. Job: GE Aviation — Mechanical Engineer · 2018-03 – 2018-06 · 3 mo — "737 Jet Engine Exhaust Manufacturing & Optimization Engineering"
  10. Job: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company — Software Engineer · 2017-08 – 2018-02 · 6 mo — "Global Engineering Innovation Center Software Engineer (Tire Slip Performance)"
  11. School: Miami University — Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering
  12. School: Van Buren High School — Diploma

Skills

Unicorns 🦄Early-Stage StartupsOrganizational LeadershipMarketing StrategyVenture FinancingGo-to-Market StrategyChannel StrategyGlobal AlliancesRevenue AnalysisCoding ExperienceDevOpsCloud-Native ArchitectureSolution ArchitectureAeronauticsFlight TrainingFirst AidSystem AdministrationOperations ManagementRevenue & Profit GrowthAccount Management

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