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10 fractional CMOs
These ten fractional CMOs have taken on chief marketing officer work for companies through fractional roles, and nine of them hold a fractional CMO title today. A reader can learn how a fractional CMO scopes an engagement, sets go-to-market priorities and judges when a company needs a full-time marketing leader.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alicia Kearns
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CMO Marketing & Growth Advisory · The Growth CMO
Fractional CMO Marketing & Growth Advisory at The Growth CMO since 2018. She was CMO at Plexus (2025) and CMO at Render Networks (2020–2024). Her profile describes her as a fractional CMO based in Australia who leads go-to-market, brand and demand strategies for B2B tech companies, and says she has advised and worked as a CMO within fast-growth tech scale-ups.
Angus Robertson
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CMO · Outcome Marketing
Fractional CMO at Outcome Marketing since 2026. He was CMO at ConnectWise (2024–2026), and at Chief Outsiders he was Fractional CMO (2020–2022) and Partner & Fractional CRO (2022–2024). His profile says he works with founders and leadership teams on go-to-market strategy, connecting positioning, demand and revenue, with growing attention to applying AI across GTM teams.
Avnita Gulati
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CMO and RevOps · TrustPointAI
Fractional CMO and RevOps at TrustPointAI since 2025 and Fractional CMO at Strategic Wealth Design since 2025; she also lists Founder- CMO and GTM Advisory Services at Data Prescient since 2024. Her profile says she helps B2B companies, including SaaS, fintech and private equity-backed businesses, scale faster, reduce CAC and optimize their go-to-market performance.
Erika Rosenthal
LinkedInExperience: Owner, Fractional CMO · Novastrat Growth
Owner, Fractional CMO at Novastrat Growth since 2026. She was Co-Founder & Managing Partner, fractional CMO at Veritac Group (2025–2026), Fractional COO CMO at Waccamaw Dermatology (2023–2024) and Chief Executive Officer there (2024–2025). Her profile headline lists healthcare services, health tech, medical device and medspa work, and describes fractional or interim Chief Marketing Officer roles with privately held companies.
Jenny Tacka
LinkedInExperience: Founder I Fractional CMO & GTM Strategist · Brands X Humans
Founder I Fractional CMO & GTM Strategist at Brands X Humans since 2019, which her profile describes as a marketing partner to startups and growth-stage companies. She says she works with founders and leadership teams to lead go-to-market, define positioning and build the foundation for long-term growth. She was Senior Vice President Marketing at Joyn Health (2024–2025).
Ketan Pandit
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CMO · Toucan Payments
Fractional CMO at Toucan Payments since 2024 and at Olly since 2026; he was also Fractional CMO and Advisor at Premagic (2025–2026) and Fractional CMO at RouteMagic (2025). His profile says he works with startups and growth-stage companies to build teams and grow revenue, and describes 20 years of experience working with B2B startups and growth-stage companies.
Neha Goel
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CMO, GTM Advisor · Rippler Group
Fractional CMO, GTM Advisor at Rippler Group since 2023 and Fractional CMO Board of Advisors at HR Geckos since 2024. She was CMO, Vice President of Marketing at Utmost (2020–2022). Her profile describes her as a fractional CMO for HR tech and B2B SaaS companies, with work in go-to-market strategy, demand generation and product marketing.
Nelle Sacknoff
LinkedInExperience: Founder & Principal Fractional CMO & Go-to-Market Leader Global Business & Digital Transformation · NSxGrowth Advising/Consulting
Founder & Principal Fractional CMO & Go-to-Market Leader Global Business & Digital Transformation at NSxGrowth Advising/Consulting since 2010. She was Product Management Director, Globalization (2020–2023) and Director, Product Management & Performance Solutions (2018–2020) at Salesforce. Her profile focuses on $5M–$50M B2B scale-ups and names problems such as expensive leads and misaligned sales and marketing.
Nisha Ahluwalia
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CMO & Advisor · Startups
Former Fractional CMO & Advisor to startups (2015–2023). Her profile lists engagements from that period including Interim COO at Narvar, Interim CMO at UserTesting, Fractional CMO at atSpoke (acquired by Okta) and CMO at strongDM. She was also Marketing Advisor at Heavybit (2016–2018) and is a Revenue Council Advisory Board Member at Bowery Capital.
Shanee Ben-Zur
LinkedInExperience: Fractional CMO · M1
Fractional CMO at M1 since 2026, Fractional CMO & GTM Strategist at Shanee GTM Advisory since 2024 and Fractional Chief Marketing Officer at Lumio since 2025. She was Interim CMO at Syndio (2025–2026) and Fractional CMO at EVA Works (2025). Her profile says she steps in at AI startups that need a marketing leader to help their teams grow awareness and generate demand.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's recent company stage and business model to yours, since advice for an early-stage startup finding its positioning differs from advice for a scale-up fixing its demand engine. Ask how each engagement was structured, including time commitment, team ownership and how results were measured, before choosing.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What do you do in the first 90 days of a fractional CMO engagement?
- 02How do you decide which marketing work to own yourself and which to hand to the in-house team or agencies?
- 03What signs tell a company it is time to replace a fractional CMO with a full-time hire?
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