Zafar Kahn

AI Engineer, Solutions Architect, LLMOps, Agents Builder, RevOps, Developer Advocate, HubSpot Partner. Acquisition • Growth • AI • Automation • Systems • Strategy.

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Zafar Kahn, LLCex-Lendico (Rocket Internet)ex-Rockpointe Corporation

Zafar is a seasoned growth architect, ML/AI engineer, go-to-market expert, serial entrepreneur, and revenue operations executive.

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He helps companies spring into hypergrowth by offering best practices across AI driven go to market systems, marketing automation, agentic engineering, demand generation, campaign management, business process automation, and digital strategy. Originally from Upstate New York, Zafar’s entrepreneurial spirit flourished in New York City. Cutting his teeth at digital marketing startups in the early 2000s, he’s hustled hard to become a familiar and trusted face in the field. After noticing a crater-sized gap in the industry’s approach (there were no real-world results), Zafar founded and currently runs a hyper-growth studio headquartered in Upstate NY. Composed of a global and remote workforce of expert digital marketers, software engineers, ML/AI experts, developers, SEOs, automation experts, designers, SDRs, and growth hackers, delivering big results for clients. Zafar enjoys identifying gaps and implementing operational efficiencies that bring key metrics and insights to the foreground, allowing smart, well-informed business decisions to be made. A true and abiding student, he’s lent his foresight and expertise to hundreds of emerging companies looking to scale quickly by dispensing cutting-edge tactics and wisdom gained from his 20+ years of experience in digital marketing. An abounding passion for digital marketing is evident in every interaction with Zafar. Trust him to connect the dots in your RevOps and offer a torrent of analytical insight. Areas of Expertise: · Revenue Operations and RevOps Architecture · Marketing Automation and Workflow Automation · Agentic Engineering and AI Orchestration · Applied AI and Machine Learning for GTM · Software Engineering and Internal Tools Development · API Integrations and Data Pipelines · Database Marketing and Audience Segmentation · Performance Marketing and Remarketing · Sales and Marketing Operations, Revenue Marketing Operations · Sales Enablement, Processes, Infrastructure and Systems · Data Sourcing, Competitive and Sales Intelligence · KPI Benchmarking, Analytics and Reporting · Account Based Sales and Demand Strategy · Business Development and Growth Strategy · Global Sales Management and Enterprise Solution Selling · Team Leadership, Talent Development and Client Facing Strategy

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GTM Index

  1. ZAFAR KAHN,JOB
    1. AI, RevOps, GTM Eng
      8M
  2. AVANTAHUB — YOUR HUBSPOT ADVANTAGE!JOB
    1. AI, Growth Architect, Eng,…
      6Y 5M
  3. OVERITJOB
    1. Head Of Digital
      4M
  4. EVERSANA ENGAGEJOB
    1. Senior Digital Strategist
      8M
  5. ROCKPOINTE CORPORATIONJOB
    1. Dir of Digital Mktg
      11M
  6. QORDATAJOB
    1. Founding Member, Head of D…
      2Y
  7. LENDICO (ROCKET INTERNET)JOB
    1. Head of SEO
      1Y 11M
  8. THE LINUX FOUNDATIONJOB
    1. Mktg Automation Consultant
      4M
  9. TRUELOGICJOB
    1. Head of Digital Mktg
      1Y 4M
  10. RINGCENTRALJOB
    1. Digital Mktg Mgr
      1Y

Time in market 15Y 5MOpen 2Closed 8Stints 10

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  1. Job: Lendico (Rocket Internet) — Head of SEO · 2014-01 – 2015-12 · 1y 11mo — Acquired by Futurenet PLC & Getprice / NextCommerce Australia
  2. Job: Rockpointe Corporation — Director of Digital Marketing · 2018-01 – 2018-12 · 11 mo — A leading provider of Continuing Medical Education (CME). Rockpointe has been at the forefront of delivering education near the point of care to busy clinicians. • Create digital marketing infrastructure for the company. • Making Rockpointe a preferred place for quality CME by reaching HCPs across all therapeutics areas while maintaining a unique, consistent branding theme for the company that is easily recognized through its brand identity. • Turning Rockpointe into a renowned key player in the medical education space by increasing brand presence of Rockpointe to its target audience nationwide and globally through digital channels such as Email marketing, Paid Ads, Retargeting, Social Med…
  3. Job: The Linux Foundation — Marketing Automation Consultant · 2013-08 – 2013-12 · 4 mo — Responsibilites included leading ABM and Marketing automation through Pardot for Training programs and Certification exams at the Linux Foundation.
  4. Job: EVERSANA ENGAGE — Senior Digital Strategist · 2018-12 – 2019-08 · 8 mo — Rebranded from The Patient Experience Project to EVERSANA ENGAGE after the acquisition by EVERSANA.com Responsible for providing strategic digital marketing direction, insights, thought leadership across a wide range of pharmaceutical clients, (Novartis, Biogen, AZ, Mallinckrodt, Horizon) particularly in the areas of website strategy and engagement, SEO, SEM, analytics, digital advertising, content marketing, email marketing, CRM, and social media. • Manage digital/social strategy, execution, measurement and optimization of large brand campaigns (Novartis, Biogen, AZ, Mallinckrodt, Horizon) • Lead paid search and display • Provide reporting that identifies key insights and includes actiona…
  5. Job: RingCentral — Digital Marketing Manager · 2011-03 – 2012-03 · 1y — RingCentral is the #1 cloud business phone system provider designed for mobile and distributed businesses, and is the market leader in cloud. Responsible for driving growth through organic search, inbound marketing, and social media for RingCentral. Built and managed the official content strategy for blogging and led the social search initiative by successfully tying SEO with social media and PR delivering significant month over month revenue growth. Integrated thought leadership content throughout the buying funnel to driving acquisition, engagement, retention & growth.
  6. Job: Overit — Head Of Digital · 2019-08 – 2019-12 · 4 mo — Responsible for driving digital marketing strategy for Overit and its clients. I helped the organization setup SOP's for marketing automation, inbound marketing and helped setup digital marketing processes for Overit clients, particularly in the pest control space.
  7. Job: Truelogic — Head of Digital Marketing · 2012-03 – 2013-07 · 1y 4mo — Focus included driving growth through channels such as SEO, SEM, Dynamic and Targeted Display, Emerging channels like mobile and social media. Built a strong brand leveraging bleeding edge digital marketing strategies such as news jacking, social media, freemium, behavioral, email and content marketing strategies to build a strong brand and demand generation.
  8. Job: qordata — Founding Member, Head of Digital Marketing · 2016-01 – 2018-01 · 2y — qordata is a SAAS company dedicated to increasing the value derived from data by Pharma, life sciences, biotech and med device companies. Built the company $10m in pipeline value and an ARR of $2m. I led sales & marketing functions which had marketing automation specialists, SDRs, account execs, digital marketing, corporate communication, UX / UI experts, SEO's and Outbound agencies, all driving growth through customer acquisition channels.
  9. Job: Zafar Kahn, LLC — AI, RevOps, GTM Engineer (RevOps) · 2025-12 – present · 8 mo — I’m an independent Growth Architect and RevOps strategist who lives at the intersection of ML/AI, software development, and go to market execution. I help companies design and build systems that actually move the needle: cleaner data, smarter automation, and scalable revenue operations. I work with ML/AI, LLM fine-tuning, and agentic coding to automate workflows, generate insights, and reduce manual busywork for sales, marketing, and operations teams. I design and implement custom solutions using API integration, custom code, and tools like HubSpot, n8n, AWS Lambda, and modern JS/Python stacks so teams get reliable, production-ready systems instead of one-off hacks.
  10. Job: AvantaHub — Your HubSpot Advantage! — AI, Growth Architect, Engineering, RevOps (RevOps) · 2020-03 – present · 6y 5mo — AvantaHub.com is a World-Class HubSpot Certified Agency from Upstate, New York. We’re a Top-Notch implementation and diverse team of HubSpot-certified and full-stack developers and digital strategists. The company's goal has always been eliminating the guesswork out of HubSpot setup and management. It’s a critical investment and deserves fine-tuning. Let us become your HubSpot advantage and take you to the moon with HubSpot 🚀 Visit 👉🏻 AvantaHub.com

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HubSpotautomationRevOpsGTM EngineerAI AgentsSoftware DevelopmentAEOMarketing OperationsDemand GenerationProduct MerchandisingThought LeadershipCorporate Social MediaCloud ComputingDirect MarketingSEOArtificial Intelligence (AI)Project ManagementPeople ManagementSaaSCustomer Acquisition Strategies

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