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John Marini

Pioneer · DISC type dis
Head of Growth at Contextual AI
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

John Marini is the Head of Growth at Contextual AI, bringing over 15 years of experience in B2B and B2C marketing. A University of Washington alumnus, he specializes in data-driven strategies and is often described by colleagues as a thoughtful leader and a wonderful coach and mentor with remarkable technical skills.

His marketing philosophy centers on having high empathy for the customer, understanding their needs, and reaching them in an authentic and human way—while having fun in the process. His professional interests include following developments from Google and Harvard Business Review.

Unique fact: He works with an 1800s newspaper database, using advanced metadata search to improve the retrieval of stories about specific people across different issues.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Head of Growth
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How John shows up

Decisive But Friendly
Friendly But Fast
Dynamic But Sincere

They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product

Priorities

Topics John cares about

AI-driven Growth
As Head of Growth at Contextual AI, he is focused on deploying AI for business-critical use cases and scaling the company's early successes in the field.
Authentic Marketing
He advocates for creating trustworthy content that nourishes audiences and questions the rise of generic, low-quality "slop" in the marketing world.
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Career

Work history

12-2024
Head of Growth
Contextual AI
7-2021 - 12-2024
Sr. Director of Growth Marketing
Snorkel AI
5-2020 - 6-2021
Director of Demand Generation
Granular
3-2019 - 4-2020
Sr. Director of Demand Generation
Shogun Enterprises Inc.
2-2018 - 3-2019
Director of Demand Generation & Corporate Marketing
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Media appearances

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Education
2001 - 2005
Bachelor of Arts
University of Washington
1998 - 2001
Education details unavailable
Battle Ground High School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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