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Anne Gherini

Chief Marketing Officer

Palo Alto, California, United States · 1 connection

Sierra Ventures

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About

My career started in the entertainment industry at Paramount Pictures and Sony PlayStation working with the biggest brands and partnering them with film and video game properties. I left corporate life to join a startup and worked my way up to lead marketing and partnerships at Consumer (B2C: gaming, eCommerce, mobile, social) and Enterprise (B2B: SaaS, Adtech) for over 15 years. Back when I worked in gaming and social media there was no notion of the metaverse, but there was a strong belief in building incredible communities and being able to connect synchronously with friends and strangers all over the world. I worked for several social and mobile gaming startups that were laying the foundation for what the metaverse will likely become. I moved to lead marketing in Enterprise SaaS after discovering Account-Based Marketing. B2B marketing was often thought of as being less creative, but ABM created an opportunity to build a symphony of creative high-fidelity programs around one common goal, revenue. This omnichannel approach allows marketers to take more risks and tap into their creative power alley to reach customers like never before. I transitioned to Venture Capital after leadi

Experience

Chief Marketing OfficerSIERRA Ventures
Jan 2022
Fractional CMORevalia Bio
Jul 2025
MemberGlobal Women in VC
Jan 2020
ContributorInc. Magazine
Jan 2016
Angel InvestorBitGo
Jan 2013 to Jan 2026
PartnerSilicon Foundry
Jan 2022 to Jan 2022
Chief Marketing OfficerShasta Ventures
Jan 2021 to Jan 2022
Vice President of Marketing and PartnershipsAffinity.co
Jan 2017 to Jan 2021
AdvisorSAP
Jan 2017 to Jan 2019
Vice President of Marketing (Acquired by SugarCRM)Node.io
Jan 2016 to Jan 2017
Co-FounderCadence Partners
Jan 2013 to Jan 2017
Head of Marketing and Business Development at StumbleUpon (Acquired by EXPA)StumbleUpon Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2013 to Jan 2016
Head of Marketing (Acquired by GSN)Idle Games, Inc.
Jan 2011 to Jan 2012
Growth & Social Media Marketing (Acquired by GLU)PlayFirst
Jul 2010 to Jul 2011
Marketing & PartnershipsDelivery Agent
Jan 2007 to Jan 2010
PartnershipsSony
Jan 2006 to Jan 2007
Marketing Brand PartnershipsThe Marketing Arm Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2004 to Jan 2006
Product Placement and Brand PartnershipsParamount Pictures
Jan 2002 to Jan 2004

Education

UC San Diego